For her seventh album, Kentucky-born singer-songwriter Joan Osborne returns to her roots—the soul, blues and R&B she sang while coming up in New York. But perhaps she shouldn’t have waited so long. Featuring covers of songs from the likes of Ike and Tina Turner and Muddy Waters, Bring It on Home sounds less like the recordings of a woman throwing herself into the music that moves her than those of a tired artist running out of ideas. Osborne’s voice has always outshined her songwriting chops, but on this record, it sounds decidedly on the wane, especially on tracks like "Shake Your Hips” and "Champagne and Wine.” Without the power and finesse she exhibited on earlier recordings, Osborne lacks the tools to make these old classics sound fresh again. ~ Rachel Bailey, pastemagazine.com

    Bring It On Home is Osborne s first album of hand-picked vintage blues and soul songs, a collection that fans have long been asking for and Osborne herself delighted in making.The recording sessions were electrifying, as the singer/songwriter tapped into her lifelong love of blues and R&B and unleashed her impassioned vocals...

...The template for this material may have been established decades ago by soul and R&B legends, but Joan Osborne co-opts some shared ownership of them with "Bring It On Home.”...