Her mother died, and a 12-year relationship ended, sending Lewis on a cross-country journey in search of herself. The up-tempo songs “Red Bull & Hennessy” and “Heads Gonna Roll” from her On the Line album, with Lewis’ unerring sense of tunefulness, will get the initial attention. Adams, who produced Lewis’ 2014 album Voyager, produced some of the new music, too. Jason Lipshutz, senior director of music for Billboard magazine, said it might have been an issue if Lewis had publicly defended him or been part of the Times’ story. “I do think that it is something that people are going to be able to separate from her music,” Lipshutz said.

Source: National Post March 19, 2019 13:52 UTC