“You Chose Not To Be Mine” is one of those slinky, smoky, and utterly self-assured torch songs that knows exactly what it’s doing. Aly Berry, a rising jazz vocalist and songwriter from Northern England, wraps you in the velvet of her grainy mezzo tone with a sensual and unbothered performance.…
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