It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas….because a) Anna Calvi is back in town again, and b) I’ve got a bumper crop of free tix to give away. Woohoo! Yes, that would be me in the red jingly hat.

It’s been hard to miss Anna Calvi this past year. She’s ignited both critical and popular interest since the release of her self-titled debut album in January 2011. Mentored by Brian Eno and Nick Cave, with her album produced by Rob Ellis (frequent PJ Harvey accomplice), Calvi’s severe and dramatic persona, almost fierce guitar playing and smouldering voice is wildly seductive and utterly mesmerising. It’s no wonder she was nominated for a Mercury Prize this year. I saw Ms Calvi play at the Montreux Jazz Festival during summertime, and she was, to be completely honest, magnificent.

Watch Anna smoulder her way through ‘Suzanne and I’ (wish there had been more Anna, less ballerinas):

If you haven’t had the (life-changing) experience of seeing the formidable Ms. Calvi, then I urge, nay, implore you to get your hot little hands hands on tickets to her gig at Kaufleuten next Tuesday, anyway you can (see below). I’ll see you there in the front row.

Want some free tix? Of course you do!

Send me an email by Sunday 23.10.11, and tell me the name of your favourite Anna Calvi song. First in, first served!

Anna Calvi plays @ Kaufleuten, 25.10.11. Tickets here.

Anna Calvi is out now on Domino Records.

Download the classical mixtape Anna made for Rough Trade store here.

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