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A+C MUSIC It’s a warmer-than-average spring evening, and bandmates Enjoli Mitchell and Eden Butler sit elbowto-elbow outside, laughing at inside jokes and wearing smiles as bright as the blazing, soon-to-set sun. There’s silliness but, even as the two joke and jostle, also a clear display of mutual support and a unified passion for music.
“See, this is the same vibe we give onstage,” Mitchell said. “We just really like to have fun, make noise, and make music. That passion keeps us together.”
VOICE Enjoli Mitchell’s Passion Drives Sultry R&B Vocals Mitchell sings for Enjoli &
Mitchell grew up singing in church in North Omaha, alongside her organist father, vocalist mother, and other family and community members.
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Timeless, in which Butler handles drumming duties, Timothy Corbitt plays keys, and Ray Williams plays bass guitar. They affectionately call themselves “four-piece-and-a-biscuit.”
“Both sides of my family are musically oriented, between playing instruments and singing,” Mitchell said. “[Music] was in me before I even knew what it was. Then, when I was about 16/17, I figured out that I could sing outside of the church.”
Mitchell emphasizes strong lyrical content, citing influences including Patti LaBelle, Aretha Franklin, Jazmine Sullivan, Fantasia, Tyrese, and Musiq Soulchild. Her natural talent does the rest—with vocals that come in smooth and silky but also pack a spicy smack. “To know Enjoli is to love her,” Butler said. “If you close your eyes and just listen to the music, the lyrical content is the contents of her heart, and it’s pure. It draws people in, like the moth to the flame. That passion is there and that’s what I appreciate. That’s what keeps us together and keeps us pushing.”
