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Serena Ryder - Unlikely Emergency |
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Written by Nicholas Jennings
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 Hailing from Peterborough, Ont., Ryder channels Etta James and Janis Joplin to create something completely fresh. “Don’t you dare hold nothing back,” she sings over a chain-gang beat in the chilling acapella opener “Sing Sing,” a mission statement of sorts. She closes in the same fashion with a heart-stopping rendition of James’ “At Last.” In between, Ryder delivers a quintessential summer song with “Every Single Day,” a sultry, banjo-driven cousin to Bobbie Gentry’s Delta classic, “Ode to Billie Joe.” A future star.
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