Posts tagged with "HOPE WAITS"
HOPE WAITS
HOPE WAITS
HOMETOWN: Monroe, La.
INFLUENCES: Tori Amos, Ani DiFranco, Billie Holiday
ALBUM: Introducing Hope Waits, out now
WEBSITE: hopewaits.com
If the depth in Hope Waits’ soul-drenched voice suggests experience beyond her tender years, it’s no accident. Waits was born one of 12 children in a family plagued by poverty, neglect, her father’s alcoholism and her mother’s manic depression. “Basic needs were rarely met, and the abuse was astounding,”...