Music: Down In The Groove

Soul-rockers Rebekah and Billie Myers make pop that mixes genres and breaks boundaries

In the biographical notes on the back of advance copies of her forthcoming album, Remember to Breathe (Elektra), singer-songwriter Rebekah, 25, professes her love for such varied musical artists as James Taylor, Garbage, and Earth, Wind & Fire. At a recent performance at the Mercury Lounge, a music club in New York City's East Village, her diverse musical tastes were on full display. She charged through a pop-rock composition she co-wrote titled Sin So Well, and she romped through an R.-and-B.-flavored cover of the Rolling Stones' Get Off of My Cloud. Afterward, she quieted the crowd and sang another original, the...

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