After nearly a decade of on-again off-again record deals, songwriting successes and the release of two mainstream piano-pop albums in Europe, Londoner Lucie Silvas decided to pack in the "flavor of the moment" industry treadmill of the U.K. and move to a radically different music scene in Nashville. She had, after all, begun primarily as a songwriter and she was looking forward to recharging creatively and perhaps finding a home for her songs in a town that still had a reputation for respecting and rewarding a superior tunesmith. After some productive writing partnerships and a portfolio of first-rate demos, Silvas looks to not only make her mark as an in-demand songwriter, she's ready to stick her toe back in the water as a performing artist as well.

Possessing a commanding, sandy-textured voice that serves as an ideal fit for her large-scale musical vision, Silvas creates songs that linger not just with infectious hooks but with fully realized melodies that connect with honest emotional resonance. Falling somewhere between the accomplished works of contemporaries such as Sara Bareilles and Delta Goodrem and a touch of classic, soulful piano-pop skills of Carole King and even Laura Nyro, Silvas' music has simply gotten better and better as she's been able to write more with her own interpretations in mind. Newer songs such "Fall For Something Real" and "The Right Kind" have opulent, richly detailed features in structure and performance that simply are head and shoulders above most of what's passing for current pop radio fodder. We think she's ready for that second shot.

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