Jamerican Girl

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Life as the daughter of a Pentecostal minister may be many things, but carefree usually isn’t one of them. DC pop vocalist and Jamerican Odelia Muir knows this all too well. After her father caught her singing Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds as a child, he condemned her taste in worldly music. Undeterred, Muir began expanding her musical horizons, listening to anyone from Jimmy Cliff to Anita Baker, Madonna, Bon Jovi and Run DMC. Her appreciation for both the sacred and profane can be heard in her light-handed songcraft that works reggae, soul and pop into soft and supple grooves. Rock Wit Me may sound like the name of a club banger, but the goal here is to wind your body like karma sutra, not beat up the beat. The ballad You steps back into the ˜80s, with a bubbling beat and retro sequencers, while Only For A Little Bit takes a simple strummed guitar and organic percussion and creates a breezy melody where Muir can showcase her island patois. When it comes to music, the singer is most certainly a global citizen. Thank God for worldly music.