“Au revoir to the piano bar: the ladies fronting trip-hop and downtempo "ensembles" are the torch singers of our time. From Portishead to Beth Orton, the sultry lady of yore has grown electronic-savvy and more powerful, while still emitting a hella-tragic, star-crossed and/or doomed existence via her breathy, lilting voice. Australian-now-Chicagoan Tania Bowers sings with an extraordinarily breezy,”
