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Joan As Police Woman: Damned Devotion (PIAS)

There are few voices out there as liquid-gold as that belonging to Joan Wasser. Under the monicker Joan As Police Woman, she has released four solo albums, each one as mellow and honeyed as the next, but none of which has made her a household name. More’s the pity, because there is something about her affecting, honest songs that pleads for mainstream airplay. Her ...