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Lead Performance: Alana Davis
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Tom Sinclair
Tom Sinclair is a senior writer for EW and has been called "the handsomest man in rock criticism'' (by his wife)
ALANA DAVIS Blame It on Me (Elektra) ''I am 32 flavors and then some,'' sings this 23-year-old newcomer, covering Ani DiFranco. That may be overstating matters, but the 12 songs on this impressive debut do add up to a rather savory stylistic melange. Projecting the assurance of a seasoned chanteuse, Davis slides from plangent folk to jazzy pop to old-school R&B balladry with ease. She seems to have no interest in rocking out, but that's just fine: Blame's slow-burn incandescence is so perfect that any hint of histrionics would spoil it. A-
Posted Jan 09, 1998
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