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SOBER WINO With material better than what's on Pebble to a Pearl, Nikka Costa could make people say, ''Amy, who?''
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Release Date: Oct 14, 2008; Lead Performance: Nikka Costa; Genre: Soul
B-
Leah Greenblatt
Poor Nikka.
Long before a
certain beehived Brit hip-cocked her way
into the spotlight, the American-bred
Costa was working the retro-soul whitegirl
growl like a pro, as evidenced on her
excellent, funked-out 2000 debut,
Everybody's Got Their Something (coproduced,
coincidentally — or not! — by
Amy Winehouse collaborator Mark Ronson).
Alas, while an increasingly beleaguered
Winehouse may have abdicated
the throne by personal default, Costa
won't likely step in to replace her with Pebble to a Pearl.
Though blessed with a singularly smoky,
supple voice, she simply lacks the material;
Pebble is, incongruously, too smooth
to turn into a pearl. B–
Download This: Listen to a preview of ''Cry Baby'' on Amazon.com or tracks from Pebble on NikkaCosta.com
Posted Oct 07, 2008
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