2010
The best musicians in funk, soul, hip-hop, and jazz pay homage to the great Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim with a platter of all original material.
"Evocative, hooky big-beat folk-rock." T-Bone Burnett contributes one of his most nuanced productions on The Indescribable Wow - full of varied settings for Phillips's love songs (the Shirelles-style Latin lilt of "Out of Time") and spiritual doubts (the raga-rockish "Holding On to the Earth").
Phillips has struck out on her own with a work that's among her most challenging to date, and it reveals that she's held on to the gifts that have made her one of the most rewarding artists of her generation while adding fresh accents as she follows her muse with commendable courage and clarity.
