Brittany Howard

the alabama shakes singer’s solo debut was always going to be special, but we couldn’t have guessed just how magnetic her soulful introspections and flavours of funk and jazz could be.

She titled the album after her sister, who taught her to play the piano and write poetry, and who died of cancer when they were still teenagers. "The title is in memoriam, and she definitely did shape me as a human being," says Brittany Howard. "But the record is not about her. It’s about me. I’m pretty candid about myself and who I am and what I believe. Which is why I needed to do it on my own." “Jaime is a giant leap forward: a testimony of liberation but just as accessible as her old music” 4/5 – mojo.