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Anna Calvi has been included in the longlist for the Sound of 2011.

Anna sings songs haunted by the ghosts of long dead rockabilly singers and broken hearted chanteuses. Stirring a cauldron of influences from Messien and Debussy, Maria Callas as well as the lush cinema of Wong Kar Wei and the music played to her at her Italian father鈥檚 knee.

Anna Calvi is swiftly garnering favourable reviews. She鈥檚 recently toured with Grinderman and an early champion was none other than Brian Eno, who in a 6 Music Interview, remarkably called Calvi 鈥渢he biggest thing since Patti Smith鈥�. The debut album is produced by Rob Ellis, long-term collaborator of PJ Harvey and it鈥檚 tempting to make comparisons between Polly Jean鈥檚 gothic universe and the dark fables told by this compelling young singer. Let her tell you a story.

Find out more about this artist on bbc.co.uk/soundof2011.