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If Ani Difranco was from the south, she might aspire to sound like Jennifer Nettles on her newest release, Gravity, Drag Me Down. This incredible album has the potential to propel Ms. Nettles onto the national scene.

The first song, "Signed Up For," begins the experience -- funk-rock with creative drumming, minimal but well placed guitar, bass and keyboards, and Jennifer's powerful vocals. She sings with uncensored defiance, "They wonder why women just want to pack up and leave; it's because we're given too many grievances and no permission to grieve."

Equally unafraid to show her weakness, "Gravity" is an impassioned plea to the world to go easy on her -- "The loser that's winning is the one who has dibs on my face in the ground."

The only difficulty is deciding which is her best feature -- her songwriting or her voice. "Nighthawk" shows her vocal versatility as she goes from a sweet whisper to a full-bodied wail.

"El Camino" is a Nettles-style Southern country-rock spoof with all the trimmings. For the serious rocker, there is "Shift." Complete with reverb, rap, samples, feedback and attitude, this song proves Jennifer is no folk singer. In fact she cannot be characterized into any single genre and she prefers that. Her self-portrait is that she "holds the world between a downy cradle and a raging fist."

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