Jill Barber Chances 9/30/13 Raekwon – The Emperor’s New

Raekwon – The Emperor’s New ClothesA sharp return to form

and a newfound heat in Sim and Croft's vocals on songs like "On Hold

avant-garde dirges

exactly 10 years after its original release

Jill Barber Chances 9/30/13 Raekwon – The Emperor’s NewThe voice, once heard, always recognized. Like Edith Piaf, or Patsy Cline. Not that Jill Barber sounds like them, but she has the kind of voice they had. Unmistakable. Somehow so connected to the heart, that the song comes clear and true to the listener, unaffected, unsullied by fashion, untouched by commercial necessity. It is a voice that stops time. And the songs. Great songs need an underlying truth, even wisdom. Jills songs dont sound written.