I was introduced to her work in 2006, and wrote a thread about her then. It's kind of funny that folks say they never heard of her, but she's been around too long to get a new artist award. LOL. When the tween acts win, people complain, when the modern pop acts win, people complain. Here a young, black woman who plays in a genre that is rarely rewarded, who is much jazzier and sophisticated in her music than practically anyone who has won Best New Artist, and who is not only a fine singer who does not use autotuning in her live shows, but is a songwriter and a world class instrumentalist on the acoustic upright bass, which she plays without autotuning, and...people complain.

There is one lesson to be learned here. No matter what...people complain. smile

You've got to know your limitations. I don't know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way. -Johnny Cash

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