Share
FUNKY DIVA STRIKES BACK
Nikka Costa adheres to rhythm and blues
By Kandia Crazy Horse
Saturday, October 11th 2008 at 3:46am
When Everybody Got Their Something dropped back in 2001, Nikka Costa almost instantly became the new millennial white-chocolate hope. Yet, amid the much-ballyhooed pop mega-releases of various former child stars, Costa's brand of grown-ass sangin' and sass--complete with bold stagecraft courtesy of Mr. Brown--appeared too hot for the infantilized masses to handle. Time has not been kind to her and her struggles to accomplish what the bicentennial Teena Marie could not, but Costa's now signed to Stax and keeps on truckin' in a heavy blend of rock 'n' soul. If Pebble to a Pearl connects with audiences strung out on Blighty blues Mummers Amy Winehouse and Duffy, perhaps their precursor will finally get her due? With Pictures and Sound.
Mon., Oct. 20, 7 p.m., 2008
Recent Articles
More by Kandia Crazy Horse
Janelle, Erykah, and Santogold Are the Afro-Techno Revolution
While Beyoncé just struggles to keep up
COUNTRY GOT SOUL
Courtesy of Lady Antebellum
GLAMDAMMIT
Celebrate Bowie’s birth with glitter
BRIDGING THE DIVIDE
Gregg Allman’s blue-eyed soul abides and replicates
FROM KENTUCKY TO KALAKUTA
My Morning Jacket might could sing us back home
Site Search «
Most Popular
-
The Strangest Landlord-Tenant Relationship In Town? Stacked up in cubicles for decades, immigrants living in a Bowery tenement may have a very unusual situation.
-
Spike Jonze Can't Quite Get Spirit of Where The Wild Things Are On Screen Max and the gang's all here. Let the mild rumpus start!
- A Bloomberg Score Card: The Mayor's Hits and Misses
- We've Bailed out the Banks. When Do We Go After the Crooks Behind our Financial Collapse?
- On Michael Jackson's Mercifully Goofy, Cheerful This Is It
| buy, sell, trade 10,245 | musician 3,613 |
| rentals 12,896 | jobs 1,972 |
| adult entertainment 34,887 | |
| classifieds | backpage.com | Post ads for free! | |
|---|---|