Tuesday Tunes - ADELE

...she gets capital letters a) because Wikipedia says that it's the 'alternate styling' of her name, and b) because I'm shouting her name.

Just. Brilliant.

At dinner last night with the lovelies, Cian Kate and Simon, she came up in conversation and this led to several screenings and playings and YouTube clips. All enhanced by copious amounts of wine, Earl Grey tea and Milk Tray. (See? No point in doing the no-chocolate thing until I get out of Dublin. Srsly.)

Anyway - Adele is marvellous. Put Dusty Springfield, Nina Simone, Billie Holliday and a pinch of KT Tunstall in a blender, serve chilled and raw, and you have some idea of how great she is. Admittedly I really didn't care for 'Chasing Pavements', but anyone who sees and isn't moved by this video - of her singing her heart-squeezing ballad 'Someone Like You' at the Brit Awards, and then breaking down, gently, at the end - likely shouldn't be reading this blog.