Back To Basics
Christina Aguilera seemed intent on constantly reinventing herself over the course of her first several albums, and it’s hard not to be impressed by her leaps from teen-pop sensation (1999 self-titled debut) to raunchy, sexually precocious R&B singer (2002’s STRIPPED) to blues and jazz-steeped diva on 2006’s BACK TO BASICS. With its smoky torch songs, occasional big-band arrangements, and allusions to seminal divas like Billie Holiday and Etta James, the ambitious double disc casts Aguilera in the soft, romantic light of vintage soul crooners....

Dean Martin
Djivan Gasparyan & Ensemble
Olivia Ong
I've Seen That Face Before
Janis Joplin