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" Give me goosebumps and you&amp;#039;ve got my attention. But whip me into a cold sweat and you&amp;#039;ve got my heart. Bettye LaVette does both better than anyone I&amp;#039;ve ever heard. Her voice is elegance and abandon, complete control and total chaos. Which makes her not just the sexiest 59-year-old on the planet but also the best definition of a soul singer since Janis Joplin and Tina Turner. Her story--43 years of hard knocks and gritty R&amp;amp;amp;B that included stops at both Atlantic and Motown--is extraordinary. But even better is her new I&amp;#039;ve Got My Own Hell to Raise (September 27), in which she takes songs from Rosanne Cash, Aimee Mann, and Dolly Parton and ratchets up the heat until they&amp;#039;re full-blown panty-dropping anthems. It&amp;#039;s growling, sweaty soul straight from her diaphragm. And quite possibly the sexiest female voice you&amp;#039;ll ever hear. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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