The Essential Selection: An Interview with Beth Ditto

[30 July 2007]

by Robert Collins

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Beth Ditto from the Gossip unveils the music that made her the woman she is today, calls L.A. girl punks, Mika Miko, "the best thing ever", and describes her kinship with Missy Elliott.

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Beth Ditto is a great new artist!

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