NEON SUNDAY
October 14, 2007 - 9:00 pm
Jill Scott sings
at House of Blues
Equal parts honey and hellfire, Jill Scott possesses one of those voices that would still sound perfectly inviting if it was delivering a death threat.
The neo-soul siren is a poet, but don't hold that against her: Scott's not nearly as self-indulgent as some of her peers, whose words come freighted with so much faux-literary pretension that you'll be reaching for a Britney Spears disc as a palate cleanser.
Instead, Scott's repertoire is more subtle and refined, elegant, delicate and yet still lethal, like a porcelain bullet.
See her at 9 p.m. at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Tickets are $42-$65; call 632-7600.
-- JASON BRACELIN