MUSIC MY SIX BEST ALBUMS

KATRINA LESKANICH

KATRINA & The Waves star Katrina, 60, is best known for hits Walking On Sunshine and her Eurovision winner Love Shine

A Light. New album Hearts, Loves & Babys by Katrina from Katrina & The Waves is out now.

KARLA BONOFF:

Karla Bonoff (Columbia)

She’s known mostly as a songwriter, she wrote hits for Linda Ronstadt, but this was her own debut album. She sings like a songwriter –melodic, clear, sultry and honest.

MAMA CASS: Mama’s Big Ones

(Dunhill)

She was the biggest influence on my singing. She has a strident and melodic delivery and a folk background, so every word is heard. My mother played this every day.

EMMYLOU HARRIS: Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town (Warner Bros)

This is pure Emmylou. It’s hard to figure out some of the words she’s singing but it flows over you. She is more than just a country artist. She’s remarkable.

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO: The Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve)

What a debut and what a cover – the famous Warhol banana. I loved Nico’s delivery, it’s creepy, low key, and magical. She was a huge influence on me for eyeliner alone. The drummer, Moe Tucker, was a housewife mother of five who stood up to play.

MILES DAVIS: Kind Of Blue

(Columbia)

The definition of cool.An incredible line up of musicians producing the greatest jazz album of all time.

JONI MITCHELL: Blue (Reprise)

A fresh exploration of relationships done in a beautiful poetic fashion. She has originality and energy, and was very interested in jazz and folk.The result is very eclectic and quite strange.