Beverley Knight: Soul UK (Hurricane)
WITH a superlative soul voice, a lovely personality and adventurous approach to music – she’ll do anything from deep soul to shake-it-out rock – it’s a surprise Beverley Knight isn’t a massive star.
Maybe with this album of covers of British soul hits her moment has come. For other artists this sort of thing might be an in-betweener album. Beverley’s interpretations of tracks by among others Soul II Soul, Jamiroquai and Princess and including Say I’m Your Number One, Apparently Nothin’ and Fairplay, are original, thoughtful, soulful and pack quite a punch.
Nice one.
Verdict: 4/5