This Road CD

On her first full-length excursion, Denise Sherwood has wisely called on the production talents of her father, legendary On U-Sound main man Adrian Sherwood. It's a smart move. While it always sounds like her musical vision - it's her sweet, emotive and quietly soulful voice that dominates throughout - Sherwood the Elder has predictably done a terrific job in bringing it to life. While his dub roots naturally shine through, This Road is a pleasingly eclectic beast, with tracks variously touching on trip-hop (the string-laden brilliance of 'Let Me In', the dub-wise 'Mezzanine'-era Massive Attack paranoia of 'Fairy Tales'), drum & bass (Lee 'Scratch' Perry hook-up 'Music Shall Live'), Roots style hip-hop soul ('Sweet Mary Jane'), dubstep ('Ghost Heart'), jazz-meets-South African Juju ('Sunny Days') and Lovers Rock ('Uncertain Times').