If the all-rhythm-and-no-blues lockstep of modern R&B turns you off, you might want to cock an ear to this North Carolina chanteuse, a Macy Gray protégeé. Anderson's not an envelope-pusher a la Badu, but she's got a knack for crafting freshly minted soul scorchers (like her current hit, ''Heard It All Before'') that old- and new-schoolers alike can get behind, making Your Woman a relative ray of...well, you know.


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