Joan Osborne
The Kentucky folksinger Joan Osborne found herself somewhat incongruously in 1996 with a single that invited the listener to consider the possibility that God might be ‘just a slob like one of us’. Not the kind of thing that was going to earn plaudits from the guardians of America’s public morality, but it did create a sizable following. Her follow-up album ‘Righteous Love’ is less likely to draw attention but is nonetheless a solid showcase of the warm virtues that led to her breaking through in the first place.
