Consumer Guide: May, 2022

Sexual autonomy & mortality in a country style, almost abstract polygrooves in a South African style, and indie-femme pop sopranos. Plus: soul heroines, leftist shitfits, & more.

Mary J. Blige: Good Morning Gorgeous (Mary Jane Productions/300) As I figure it, Mary’s studio albums run about 50-50. So it’s no surprise that when this one sounded good enough to inspire a compare-and-contrast with 2017’s weak Strength of a Woman I very nearly bogged down in analogies that weren’t there. Absolutely this very good album is superior whi…