Beth Rowley: Little Dreamer
2:49pm Thursday 12th June 2008
By Scott Wilson »
THE press release that accompanies Beth Rowley's debut album describes the Bristol singer as a vintage blend of blues and soul with a joyous, contemporary edge. Does it remind you of anyone?
A certain Miss Winehouse continues to exert a considerable influence on the singer-songwriter scene, but Duffy and Adele have carved out niches of their own, and the early evidence suggests Rowley could yet enjoy similar success.
An inventive cover of Bob Dylan's I Shall Be Released suggests promise, and the gospelinfluenced One Cloud hints at a direction that might one day be her own.
For the moment, though, she will have to fight for recognition in the box into which she will inevitably be placed.
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