Leela James is one of the few southern soul singers who can still achieve a hit today. Her most recent example, “Don’t Want You Back,” is an exercise in classic form — a handsome, raspy “good riddance” with a guitar that studiously recreates the sound of Hi Records. But the window-shaking drums updated that style enough to make it a Number One radio record.
James harnesses her vocal firepower for something more gnarled and abrasive on the Are You Ready Ep, due April 12. Lead single “I’m Not That Woman” is a vicious,...
James harnesses her vocal firepower for something more gnarled and abrasive on the Are You Ready Ep, due April 12. Lead single “I’m Not That Woman” is a vicious,...
- 3/21/2019
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
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