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Janie
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 Posted - 28/05/2008 : 10:47:13
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http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/05/28/014606.php
Extract only (because of Dusty reference  ) - see link for full review
Music Review: Judith Owen - Mopping Up Karma
Written by Holly Hughes
Published May 28, 2008
Judith Owen is the sort of artist that makes you want to throw labels out the window. So what if she’s generally listed under jazz? There’s nothing on her albums that wouldn’t play well on an intelligent FM rock station — that is, if you can find one these days.
I suppose the jazz tag has stuck to Owen because of her extraordinary vocal purity and technique. Her natural gift is a voice like watered silk, full of coloratura glints and shadows, but she brings in shrewdly intelligent phrasing and a gutsy rhythmic sense that work equally well as alt-rock. Like her frequent collaborator Richard Thompson (another underrated virtuoso), she can get plenty funky when she wants to; comparisons to Dusty Springfield and Chrissie Hynde are equally appropriate.
Janie  x54
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Judith Owen - ANOTHER Dusty comparison
