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Jane Bolduc – “Real Live Girl”
by Steve Wagner
The title track of Jane Bolduc’s new CD might be the sexiest, most swaggerin’ protest song ever written. Over a groove that’s part Stones and part amped-up new country, she takes a stand for authentic—if imperfect—feminine beauty: “Don’t want collagen / won’t inject no restylane…don’t want silicone / thank you, but I’ll keep my own…I’m here to reveal the appeal of a real live girl.”
In the liner notes for the disc she admits that it’s a song “for me and every woman who has ever doubted her self worth, lamented her wrinkles, her quirks or her convictions.” Read more →