This is a band that draws on rock, pop, Americana, folk, roots and blues in a delightful, seamless fusion which in live performance - propelled by Anna-Lena's clever, incisive lyrics and charismatic stage presence - is as powerful as anything around right now. She opened for Bob Dylan in Scandanavia, and influence wise, you can hear bits of Lucinda Williams, 10,000 Maniacs and Fleetwood Mac. But the band's origins are so skilfully assimmilated it's impossible to pinpoint exactly where all this comes from.

The sound is their own, completely contemporary - and the impact as direct as classic rock. In fact their show here was so incendiary it left me convinced they need to record a live album as soon as possible. Because live they're even better than they are in the studio.

Million Miles
Wild Child
On A Train
I Need
Happy
What If I See You
Everything Was Right
Waterfalls
Trespass
Here I Go
He Won't Tell Me

Buy their latest album
Ten Songs

The Band Room: England's tiniest major venue.

forthcoming shows

Built for the local silver band in the 1920s this 100 capacity venue - 35 miles north of York - has got to be one of the best 'intimate' gigs in the whole of England, with its great acoustics, fantastic atmosphere and unpretentious homespun vibe (we don't sell booze - but you're welcome to bring your own). And there are great places to stay on the moors if you want to make a weekend of it - in farmhouse B&Bs, country inns or 200-year old self-catering sandstone cottages.