When I heard her (live, informally in Packie's front room from a couple of feet away a few months ago) I loved the - what I can only describe as - dark earthy quality in her voice. I also love that she plays with a cellist, one of my fave-ever instruments, and am so sorry I can't get to her gig tonight.

I also remember her as a young child - Packie & I used to play at the club her grandparents ran, and we stayed in her folks' house. (I even remember their gorgeous huge furry dog...!) It was hearing the artists from the folk club that inspired her own love of the music, she told me. If there's a more perfect illustration of what that process is all about, I couldn't tell you what it is.