Leela James is in your face. Her vocals feel like they have you gripped by the collar, much like her greatest inspiration, iconic soul titan Etta James (from whom Leela adopted her stage surname). So it only makes sense that her fourth album (second for...
When hearing Leela James' decadent, husky vocals on a track, you'd be forgiven for thinking you'd been dropped into a 1970s time warp. Everything from the album art to her musical tone invokes a feeling of nostalgia for that era of classic soul, regardless of whether you were alive then or not.
My Soul is James’ third release and her first since being signed to soul label Stax Records. It was released on the 25th of May 2010 and debuted at number 7 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip Hop albums chart.