Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn soul singer and Big Legal Mess recording artist
Bette Smith’s swaggering new album ‘Jetlagger’ is out as of last week
and has earned her an upcoming NPR taping with World Café. Jimbo Mathus
produced ‘Jetlagger.’ Smith plays Kung Fu Necktie (Upstairs) in
Philadelphia on October 25.
Here’s what we’re reading:
"A rugged, chugging southern soul record... Like Betty Davis or
Betty Wright before her, she's imbues tracks with shingly, sawtoothed
texture, capable of breaking off a high note with a throaty cry or
scraping so low and wide that she threatens to put her bass player out
of work."
- Elias Leight, Billboard, July 26, 2017
“An incredible debut from the next big-voiced soul sensation out of Brooklyn.”
- Lois Wilson, MOJO Magazine, October, 2017
"a batch of tunes as powerful and taut as her wonderfully craggy
voice... with a debut full-length as sturdy and uncompromising as
Jetlagger, she’s the swaggering proof that there is nothing dated about
soulful rock and roll sung with attitude, defiance, and a
take-no-prisoners aesthetic."
- Hal Horowitz, American Songwriter, September 29, 2017
“A major new voice in soul music… Brooklyn’s Bette Smith possesses a
one of a kind voice, deeply drenched in hot soul of the nearly
incendiary Southern type. That voice could rock the biggest of stages
and move mountains if it had to… Count me as a massive fan. Smith is the
sort of artist that you’ll find yourself following her whole career.”
- Sarah Zupko, Pop Matters, September 19, 2017
“88 [out of 100]… At last, her vibrant recording debut is here to
bring healing and happiness to fans of singers like Sharon Jones, Betty
Wright and Naomi Shelton.”
- Annie Dinerman, Elmore Magazine, September 27, 2017
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