Plan B, LondonSinging pop songs has turned into something of an arms race of late. Thanks in no small part to the bear pit of TV talent shows, female singers are now required to holler louder, longer and more fiercely than the next girl; their notes need to bend more ways than a wrestler in a torture chamber. "Smashing it" is the grail – a display of firepower, not restraint; a surfeit of heat, to the detriment of nuance.Jessie Ware, 27, from Brixton, is different. Having spent the past couple...
Guardian Music — Plan B, LondonSinging pop songs has turned into something of an arms race of late. Thanks in no small part to the bear pit of TV talent shows, female singers are now requ... more info