Adia Victoria “Different Kind of Love” – NY Times & NPR Best Songs of 2019
December 11, 2019
NY Times – 54 Best Songs of 2019
#15 – Adia Victoria, “A Different Kind of Love”
“Rockabilly meets Radiohead, with a backbeat below and a canopy of feedback above Adia Victoria’s voice, in “A Different Kind of Love”. It’s a checklist of failed romances from a songwriter pushing Americana toward sonic experimentation”
NPR – Public Radio’s Most Popular Songs of 2019
#17 – Adia Victoria, “A Different Kind of Love”
“She calls her music “gothic blues”. The gothic is obvious, with lyrics that conjure the darker aspects of human nature, but her approach to the blues comes from a historical perspective. The blues has been a haven for black women’s voices and it is through this lens that Adia Victoria spins her tales of life’s struggles”