When you have influences as wide-ranging as alternative, afro-punk and bluesy-tinged pop, oscillated between homes in Georgia and Washington DC and have a vocal range that recalls a Fiona Apple rather than a Ledisi, it’s practically a given that you are not a cookie-cutter R&B artist. And over the past seven years too many listeners have been deprived of that uniqueness that is Alice Smith. It’s been years since her debut, 2006’s celebrated For Lovers, Dreamers & Me (which was re-released by Epic Records a year after its initial release), but instead of remaining stymied by the label’s ill-fitting assembly-line approach to promoting her work, Ms. Smith kept it moving—writing, singing and producing new material, growing her fan base with critcally-acclaimed live performances across the country and becoming a mother . These are, just a few of the lifestyle and relationship shifts that are covered in Ms. Smith’s affecting and introspective follow-up, She.

Thanks to a lilting croon, sophisticated storyline narratives and a fearless melding of multiple styles (a twist of country, a dash of pop, etc.), Alice and her pair of collaborators (Syience and Rebecca Jordan) create lush musical landscapes with haunting mid-tempos like “Ocean” and the shimmery dance groove of “Shot,” a tale…
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