As melhores cantoras “novas”, e um breve comentário sobre elas.

Adele
19 anos
álbum de estréia: 19 – No 1 UK
hit: chasing pavements – No 2 UK
o que o AMG disse: What’s simply awesome on 19 is its capability to capture the listener through mere teasing; Adele doesn’t shout for attention, and doesn’t rely on anyone but herself to prove she’s worth it, in the same vein as Sara Bareilles, another heavily praised artist of 2007.

Sara Bareilles
28 anos
álbum de estréia: careful confessions (2004)
álbum recente: little voice (2007) – No 7 USA (até agora)
hit: love song – No 4 USA (até agora)
o que o AMG disse: The songs are sultry and generally upbeat, and delivered in a soulful manner with polished production and arrangement, but her X factor is in her ability to make it all sound unforced and very, very easy.

Duffy

23 anos
álbum de estréia: rockferry (2008) – No 1 UK

hit: mercy – No 1 UK

o que o Observer disse: Say hello to Duffy, the 23-year-old singer born Aimée-Ann Duffy who is, as countless pundits have declared, the Sound of 2008, the New Amy Winehouse, or simply the Welsh Adele.

Laura Marling
18 anos
álbum de estréia: alas, i cannot swim (2008) No 45 UK
hit: ghosts
o que o AMG disse: There’s every chance that Laura Marling will get lost in the shuffle as the unexpected commercial success of Feist´s the reminder leads major labels to unleash hordes of similarly talented female singer-songwriters, but Alas I Cannot Swim is far better than the average coffeehouse-endorsed girlypop.

Ingrid Michaelson
29 anos
álbum de estréia: slow the rain (2005)
álbum recente: girls and boys (2007) No 63 USA
hit: the way i am – No 37 USA
o que o Blog Critics Magazine disse: Although the main theme of the album is relationships, mostly failed ones, Michaelson manages to touch on varied emotions with an honesty that veers around the uncomfortable, get-me-some-prozac-and-Ben-and-Jerry’s-stat whining, and drives to the purely relatable.

Róisín Murphy
34 anos
álbum de estréia solo: ruby blue (2005)
álbum recente: overpowered (2007) – No 20 UK
hit: let me know – No 28 UK
o que o Pitchfork disse: She’s funny, clever, heartbreaking, and strident, the kind of disco singer Dusty Springfield never quite had the abandon to become. At times, however, she’s almost too willing to play it straight.
ps: sim, ela já tem 34 anos, está no seu segundo solo e era vocalista do Moloko. Mas ainda tem um “ar” de novidade (prá mim, pelo menos).