20/01/2008
Michael Berkeley meets singer and songwriter Katie Melua, whose musical choices include works by Beethoven, Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Ravel.
Michael Berkeley meets singer and songwriter Katie Melua who, in the course of a career lasting only four years so far, has sold more than 7.5 million albums, and by 2006 was the highest-selling European female artist in the world.
Katie acknowledges the influence of many different artists on her style, including Joni Mitchell, Eva Cassidy, Paul Simon and Irish folk music, but she also loves classical music, and her choices include works by Beethoven, Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Ravel.
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