Adele
The Warfield
January 29, 2009
Better than: Watching Amy Winehouse frolic a step away from death.
British singer/songwriter Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (known simply as Adele) totes a voice that's dripping with old soul, yet she's only 20. When she took to the stage last night at the Warfield, that voice sounded as crisp, clear and pitch-perfect as it does on her debut album 19 (so named for her age at the time of its recording), a tone that outclasses performers more than twice her age.
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