Laurie Levine: Six Winters – review

(ADA/Warners)This young Cape Town singer manages to sound more West Virginian than South African on this third album, which blends country tropes with touches of electronica in support of her heartfelt, bittersweet songs. It's a varied creation that runs from the doom-laden trip-hop of opener Oh Brother to the jaunty dobro and fiddle of Stray. There's a slow-motion cover of Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire, but Levine has her own voice, one that's apparently taken the six winters of the title to find,...

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