We saw her live quite early in her career, and the quality was uneven; great voice, some great delivery, but overall she looked uncomfortable on stage and rapport with her musicians seemed to be lacking. But I do remember some thought provoking lyrics and remember thinking that she was someone on the way up.

The video Peter Laban has linked to just shows all that early promise coming to full flower - thanks for that link. The song, the voice and her delivery are great here.

Her self-destructive addictions will no doubt be the topic of may debates across all media, and maybe there are people around her who could or should have done more and sooner to try and pull her out of that trajectory. It is pointless to speculate whether her career was already over, or whether she would have gone on in her musical development; that is just unknowable. There have been musicians who have burned out early, and others who have recovered and come back to even greater form.

For now, I prefer to just enjoy the too-small collection of music she leaves behind, and to think a little about how sad the death of anyone at the age of 27 is.