I saw Liane for the second time at the Highgate Jazz and Soul Festival at the weekend. A few years after first encountering her on TV coverage of the Brecon Jazz fest, I'm still at a loss as to why she is relatively unknown beyond jazz circles and the confines of bar residencies in her hometown of Hastings. Not only a naturally gifted pianist, she inhabits a song like Amy Winehouse, with the vocal range and soul of Joni Mitchell in her mid-'70s prime.

If she's at a small venue round your way, check her out. She may be a contented forty-something grandmother without the requisite back story for super-stardom, but she's special.

Liane Carroll - Dublin Morning