Comments:

Julia - 2006-07-02 10:50:47
Yay, new music! You'll have to let me know what you think of Alice Smith. I don't think her CD is out yet, but you can find downloads scattered around the web.
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rs536-2000 - 2006-07-02 18:57:33
The cuts I've heard from her CD from 2005 didn't impress me--it's covers of songs that others have sung better, so I'm interested to hear her older work.
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Harriet - 2006-07-02 20:19:03
I totally agree, rs, about Bettye's new stuff. I went to iTunes with plans to download and didn't really like it, in part because the instrumentals sucked. But "The Stealer" was great. It reminded me most of "Respect"-era Aretha, but she had her own style -- a little more lascivious. The interview was interesting too. She was talking about a female producer who predated Barry Gordy. She was apparently pretty unscrupulous (Bettye said Gordy got all her artists because she treated them poorly) but I think she co-wrote some of the early songs. It sounds like a story to investigate at a later date.
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