An aquaintence of mine dismissevly commented that Sunny was a -

[The Polack MSgt]

A smaller version of Joan Armatrading.

As if that was - first of all - an insult or - second of all - made a lick of sense

And just to be Clear, NO SHIT SHE SOUNDS LIKE JOAN. WTF. She grew up listening to her. Jesus wept.

How is that even an insult?

Know what?

Saying "Black folk singing females all sound the same" tells us more about you than it does about anything else

[msongs]

1. went to a Joan A concert, it was wonderful nt

[argyl]

2. Everyone knows great music springs from the brow of Zeus

fully formed like Athena, no previous influence whatsoever. This is obviously Your friend must not know much about music. I guess he doesn't even realize how much influence music from the past influences music from the present.
If it didn't there'd be precious little music to listen to.

[peacefreak2.0]

3. Thank you!

She’s wonderful. There’s always been the folk tradition. One artist learns from another. It’s exciting to hear the next generation.

[marble falls]

4. No, they don't "all sound the same". They each sound wonderful ...