Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Great Regulars: America's answer to Amy Winehouse

may just be a former wedding singer whose résumé includes a lengthy stint as a prison guard. Atlanta-born Sharon Jones is a decade or two older than Winehouse, but the big-voiced African-American singer is doing her part to revive old-school soul music--and she's doing it without emulating Winehouse's tabloid-magnet antics.


from David Kirby: The Christian Science Monitor: Why Sharon Jones is the new face of old soul music

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