New band of the day – No 926: Anna Calvi

This highly touted singer creates music full of brooding intensity and simmering sensuality. It just sounds all too familiarHometown: London.The lineup: Anna Calvi (vocals, guitar), Mally Harpaz (guitar, harmonium, percussion), Daniel Maiden-Wood (drums).The background: Anna Calvi is one of only two artists out of the 15 in the BBC Sound of 2011 long list that we haven't yet written about, and there's a good reason: we were abiding by the old rule dictating that, if you can't find anything nice ...

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