I was in the studio yesterday and Billy Holiday's version of Lover Man came on in all its haunting blues and raw sentiment. Now, I enjoyed Amy Winehouse and her stumbling, mushed-mouthed self pity, and Duffy's sentimental pop woes-me ballads, but only two recordings in the last decade remind me of a song like this. Two shamefully overlooked recordings. His Name Is Alive's 2001 Someday My Blues Will Cover The Earth (the title alone says it all). Lovetta Pippen can sing fiery rings around Winehouse. The other is Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man's 2002 recording Out of Season. If you even mildly enjoy Portishead's Third, then you can not miss this one.
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