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Wednesday, February 21, 2007 

Adriana

Nowadays the term ‘singer-songwriter’ can roll off the music journalist’s tongue a tad too easily, a fate which I’m trying desperately not to meet when describing this acoustic-tinged single released by Adriana last year. The dark and poignant ‘Fire in Me’ deserves nothing less than a respectful round of applause and certainly not the connotations surrounded by the easy-listening genre previously mentioned.
Although this single was released in 2006, the Glasgow artist has earned herself an unsolicited plug thanks to a mere 30-minute set which she played in the Ayr branch of popular coffee and music house Beanscene. Adriana easily held the attention of the caffeine injected mob by kindly introducing each thoughtfully written song with a genuine charm often uncommon for someone so experienced in the industry.
The classically trained vocalist claims influence from Ani DiFranco to Joni Mitchell to Tori Amos…. all of whom seemed to taught her the importance of beautifully structured melodies along with pure honesty within her lyrics.

Fire In Me is available for download at iTunes and other download sites.