Tell me where you're going

I really like a LOT of singers.

Seriously. A LOT. I'm not mean with my affections. I'm not sparing with my praise. I'm also really very loyal. All of which means there are a vast number of artistes I consider to be 'mine'.

Very high up this really quite long list, is Silje Nergaard. I've never seen Silje live - although I still harbour vague ambitions of doing so at some point. I'm sure she's very good live - but all I have to go on is her recordings. Which are wonderful.

Silje is a Norwegian jazz singer who gained a very small amount of fame in the UK in the 90s when she released a single called 'Tell me where you're going' which got a fair amount of airplay on the DLT show on radio 1 at the weekends. Not the most promising of testimonials you might think - but actually, at that time DLT was playing good stuff. Lots of Steely Dan and Donald Fagen, which was what reeled me in (see what I did there? ;) ) and lots of stuff that people who liked that sort of thing would, you know, like.

And I did.

Sadly, few other people did and Silje's UK career didn't take off. So she went back to Norway, and released a whole series of wonderful Jazzy records which are a delight to listen to. My personal favourites include 'At First Light' and 'Darkness Out of Blue', both of which have some beautiful songs. and 'Tell me where you're going' remains one of the most joyful and uplifting pop songs I have ever heard.

So - love the lovely Silje!