Are you tired of all politics all the time? Yes, me too. Would you like to try something different. Well, how about a visit our good friends on the other side of the pond. What you've never met Nick Barrett at taliesin's log? I have, and he's always a great read. You can never sure what you might find there, but one thing is certain you'll never leave without a smile on your face, or a tear in your eye, or like I did on a recent visit discover Ana Gracy, a very talented singer.

Nick writes:

"When Ana Gracey has the misfortune (sorry, mixed fortune) to make the annals of a musical fame beyond fads, remember that you probably read it here first. Here's one "voice of a woman" giving me a hard time to find words for what it is that she does, particularly on the strength of gifts displayed in semi-"demo" shape.
Listening to 'The Unplugged Album', fleeting analogies in mind have been the vocal range and surprises a Kate Bush musters, the maturing I hear in Madonna's music before and after Alan Parker's multi-layered 'Evita' (1996; IMDb) and the voice training that went into that screen role, the great Ella F. being scatty, and the sweet-sour sadness of some of the Brit-folk renewal bands of the 1970s and early '80s.
All such passing comparisons, however, simply reflect facets of a young singer who has come into her own; the sense of listening to a lass maturing may also simply lie in the order in which I -- not Ana -- chose to compile the mp3s downloaded from her website (left to right and top to bottom for the 12 'Unplugged' tracks, followed by 'Rain You Down' (or 'You Rain Down'?) and 'Dream' (again) off the released 'Innocence' album."

and much more go read the rest of what he has to say and then like I did follow this link to Ana Gracey's site and download the Unplugged Album.

There is more on Ana and her parents in this post

What, you liked the music but still want to read something poltical well then go over to Lunaville and read this.