Karen Elson: The Ghost Who Walks | CD review

(XL)Karen Elson's debut certainly doesn't fight shy of inviting cynicism. She is a supermodel turned musician. Her band includes husband Jack White (producing and on drums), members of My Morning Jacket and the Dead Weather, and even Jackson – son of Patti and Fred "Sonic" – Smith on guitar. The sleeve features them posing painstakingly in retro outfits with vintage musical equipment. On songs such as the Nancy Sinatraesque title track, the music is similarly overstylised. Oldham-born Els...

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