21 (Adele album) music inflections. Instruments such as the saxophone, harp, banjo and the accordion contributed to its exploration of blues and soul. The singer drew from the music of Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, Elbow, Mos Def, Alanis Morissette, Tom Waits, and Sinéad O'Connor in the cultivation of the album's sound, and credited Yvonne Fair, Andrew Bird, Neko Case, and The Steel Drivers with its musical direction. Adele's style on "21" is generally characterised by critics as soul, although some suggest that the album eschews any distinct stylistic epithet. John Murphy of musicOMH characterises the album as British soul. Jon Caramanica of
James Morrison (singer) Malaysia. Morrison performed alongside Rick Price and local singer Dayang Nurfaizah. Morrison collaborated with Jason Mraz on the track "Details in the Fabric" on Mraz's studio album, "We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.", which was released on 13 May 2008. On 29 September 2008, Morrison's second album entitled "Songs for You, Truths for Me" was released. In the writing process for this album he worked with Ryan Tedder, Dan Wilson, Martin Terefe, Martin Brammer, Chris Braide and Steve Robson. The album also features a duet with Nelly Furtado entitled "Broken Strings" co-written with Fraser T Smith and Nina Woodford.