Deva Mahal: Run Deep review – gentle sepia R&B debut

(Motéma)The daughter of blues legend Taj Mahal has forged her own path towards this debut album – gently rocking soul and R&B that nonetheless feels just apposite enough for 2018. The title track, released last November as part of a three-song EP, garnered some love for the way it filtered vintage Lauryn Hill vibes into an Amy Winehouse earworm. Elton John played Run Deep on his Beats 1 show. Even better was Snakes, a tremendous call-and-response blues stomper whose visually str