The first night of a tour is like a dress rehearsal. Loose, inventive, most artists try their new ideas out for size on Night #1. Singer-Songwriter Joan Osborne, 61, has been putting out great music for 28 years, ever since her Relish introduced her to the masses in ’95. Her 2012 Bring It On Home covers album (where she rocks Willie Dixon, Ike Turner, John Mayall, Allen Toussaint, Slim Harpo, Al Green, Otis Redding and Bill Withers into submission), and her 2017 Songs Of Bob Dylan tribute, were up amongst the best albums of those two years. Her new album, Nobody Owns You, will be released September 8. The gal can growl with the kind of emotion that will stiffen the hairs on your arm.
