Anna Margaret Michelle Calvi ( born 24 September 1980 ) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist . Her eponymous debut album was released in the United Kingdom in 2011 and earned her the European Border Breakers Award . Furthermore , it was nominated for the Mercury Prize as well as for British Breakthrough Act at the 2012 Brit Awards . Her second album '' One Breath '' was released in 2013 through Domino Records and was also nominated for the Mercury Prize . She has been called a virtuoso guitarist , although her first instrument is the violin , in which she has a university degree , and is noted for her powerful , wide ranging operatic voice
2012 Brit Awards
2012 Brit Awards
Anna Calvi