I thought the best way to tell you about Becky Duke would be to print this review of her debut album, so here it is.

Becky Duke's Like It Like This? (Pixel Records) - A first album from a new voice, although I gather she's well known around the London clubs, and has played the Edinburgh festival. What a fine voice Becky has too, well suited to this collection of jazz/folk and catchy pop numbers. There is a clear John Martyn influence, among others - her choice of Danny Thompson on bass is surely no coincidence. Bruce Knapp also adds some excellent chunky, as well as subtle, guitar to the mix - and what a mix it is. No shrinking violets here, as the album blasts off with 'Drown in Beige', a superb song of defiance, and continues with a selection of well crafted and very personal compositions, the highlights being 'If you Fall', 'Like it like This', 'It's the same View', 'Don't cross the Line', and 'It's the Way'. The final track, 'Can you hear me' is one of those hypnotic chanted musical works that one really doesn't want to end - I loved this track, and the mandolin really works superbly! One of the best debut albums to be released recently - buy it!!