Katey Brooks

Revolute

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This Bristol-born singersongwriter is bigger than the ‘blues’ tag; her material skips through gospel, rock, soul and country, her themes run from #meToo to past shamings for her sexuality. But Brooks’s astonishing bruised voice always keeps one foot anchored in our genre, and on moments like The sweetest Things it’s a snap-to-attention tool that could and should springboard her to great things. ■■■■■■■■■■