*Macy Gray is preparing for the release of her 10th studio album, “Ruby,” due this fall along with a supporting to Ruby — due under Artistry Music, a Mack Avenue label – features “a bevy of gritty R&B ...

In recent years, critics have revived the reputations of quasi-soul singers like Nina Simone and Roberta Flack. I listen to both of them, but I prefer the relative vulgarity of R&B singer Esther ...