nothing is more exciting to me than finding an old soul in new music. adele certainly channels some 1930s jazz monsters, norah jones had it for a little while, madeleine peyroux kicks some blues tunes and hooray for finding another impressive soul sister, melody gardot. her subtly is incredible and so refreshing. these ladies are all so wonderful because they just ooze talent. there is no impressing needed - they sing what they feel and are clearly connected to the music whether its an original or a cover. nothing pretentious about it. so lovely.
