Sanabras, Clara: The Emblem (Smudged Discs Audio CD)  

Sioux and Gypsy blood run through Clara Sanabras’ veins. She was born in France, raised in Barcelona, and has grown, after a lengthy tenure in the metropolis, into a Londoner. Her music is as varied as that background suggests. Carried by the power of her virtuosic voice, this psychedelic- folk songstress creates an unmistakable bluesy sound with a continental urban twist. With her new album The Emblem, Clara sums up her chief preoccupations as an artist: the juxtaposition of ideas and influences in life, pieces of a jigsaw puzzle that fit together perfectly, assembled to produce a complete picture, an emblem.
The result is an eloquent, diverse and unquestionable musical tableau, consisting of ten original songs and a folksong, intended
for the modern listener.