Introducing Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators

At first glance you’d think this photo was obviously taken from the 1960s or 1970s, instead of 2007.
And that’s just the point, musically.
U.S. music artists have been stuck in a rut lately; dulled and lulled by the T-painization and Lil-Wayneism of popular music, if you will.
Nicole Willis, who’s “If This Aint Love” is on constant rotation in my ride, is from New York, and her band from points in Finland and beyond, the Soul Investigators just may be about to blow.
The band has been tearing up performances across Denmark, Spain, Portugal and France, to name a few, but the U.S. beckons.
It won’t be a British re-invasion.
Willis and her troupe are content to stay across the pond, but when it comes to real instrumentation and earth vocals, the U.S. scene is in trouble.
And that may be a good thing.
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