Imelda May: Don't step on my red suede shoes

Record companies didn't get Imelda May and her mix of retro sounds. Did that put her off? Not at all. And now they are taking noticeBack when Imelda May was toiling around the pub circuit, unsure if she would ever be more than a session singer and bit-player in the retro music scene, she was given a lot of well-meaning advice. She was told to stop mixing jazz, country, rock'n'roll and rhythm and blues, and focus her sound in one direction. Above all, she was urged to abandon rockabilly. "Lots of...

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