SOUL SISTER

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Ladies, have you had your fill of dubious dudes who ask for your number then never call? Or pursue you relentlessly, and then when you finally start to respond, lose interest and move on? Jess Godwin feels your pain. More than that, she’s put it to music. And not just any music”big, soulful R&B that comes out swinging and demands your attention, if not your love and respect.

This is not to say that men won’t appreciate Godwin’s fiery piano invectives; many will. But Godwin has a way of succinctly summing up the single lady experience with wit, intelligence and brass that will have a lot of women putting their hands up even higher than they did for Beyonce. In her potent soul single, Three Weeks Shy, she takes a negligent love interest to task by asking, If I had worn the blue dress, if I had a burger, if I had been blonde / Would you have tried to reach me sooner? Her expressive vocals swing from lilting jabs to heart-wrenching explosions, putting her somewhere in between Regina Spektor and Alicia Keys. After the seismic soul chorus of Three Weeks Shy, Godwin cools things down, singing sweetly and simply, Let’s call it what it is / Just that not in to me.

Maybe he’s not, but the rest of us most definitely are.