Brittany Howard review, Jaime: Alabama Shakes frontwoman grapples with racism and religion on debut solo record

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Brittany Howard review, Jaime: Alabama Shakes frontwoman grapples with racism and religion on debut solo record
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Jaime is named after Howard’s sister, who taught her to play piano and died of cancer when she was eight years old, but the singer has said the album is ‘not about her’

It’s not uncommon for an artist to be influenced by the place they grew up in. Yet few are likely to have as much inspiration to draw on as India-born, Zimbabwe-raised and now Peckham-based artist Rina Mushonga. The singer-songwriter’s nomadic personality is reflected in the vast scale of reference points on her new record, In a Galaxy. It’s technically a follow-up to 2014’s The Wild, the Wilderness, but the newfound boldness on this new work is startling.

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