Setting fire to the rain…

I’d pay money to hear her sing, and in our business, where we can hear anyone free, that’s saying a lot.

Adele.

Her voice isn’t rich and powerful, as Whitney’s was, but there’s a husky, raw quality that suits the pain of the stories she sings. It’s my favorite female pop voice since Dusty Springfield…

 
She performs tonight, on the Grammy Awards Show.

If you’ve never seen her PBS “Live From The Artist’s Den” performance, here it is (thanks to HULU)…

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