With Divine Brown, it's simply the voice. Bend a note here, extend a phrase there, scat somewhere else to suit the mood of the rhythm track. Most urban-pop music aficionados have already known for the last few years that when you need a vocalist to shut the house down, you call Divine Brown to lay down her brand of soul, pop and jazz. With her self-titled debut released last year, Brown has made the leap from slightly-below-the-radar local vocal phenom to full-on, ready-for-the-world soul chanteuse. When Brown belts out her typically tender soul music numbers, it's as clear a partnership of soul, pop and jazz as you'll hear in the clubs, or on the airwaves. The most common views held about her vocal tapestry? Her pipes must be the product of another time period, when vocal chops really mattered. Her brand-new CD will be released this summer on Warner Music Canada.

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