THE SOUL, SOLACE AND SERENITY OF JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN
It shouldn’t take a new, career-spanning, three-CD set (called Joanthology) to see that Joan Wasser, Joan As Police Woman to record buyers, is one of the finer, and certainly the most consistent and dedicated,soul singers of the past 20 years. She brings a deep well of emotion and insight to songs which slow burn, plays with rhythm in ways that make bodies react before minds do, and while technically sound there’s an intensity of spirit that works with, rather than being unde