Tracey Dey comes from a long line of buttery sweet voices. Raised on Ella and Sarah with some Billie and Aretha thrown in, she is influenced by the fact that each of them sing purely with their own styles. With Duke Ellington, Grace Jones, Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, Nana Mouskouri and Calypso kings and queens playing on the home stereo she had a eclectic mix of compositional styles to draw on.

Her songs can be quirky and quietly observant of human nature, there is no trace of boredom-induc...