ANA POPOVIC "STILL MAKING HISTORY" Source: Blues Art Journal Date: 06/2007 Writer: Norman Darwen

Singer, guitarist and songwriter Ana is now on her fourth solo CD and makes her US debut with this richly varied set. European artists signed to American blues labels are a rarity in themselves and she certainly sets out the brief for Delta Groove’s new subsidiary label ‘Eclecto Groove’ with the first three tracks of this CD. She opens with ‘U Complete Me’ - a bluesy hard rock number, moves on to a funk influenced track and follows it up with a Bob Marley reggae styled piece – now that’s eclectic! This versatile approach continues throughout the set with plenty of rock, some jazz, and occasional world music elements, and on hearing the tough funky urban contemporary sound of ‘Sexiest Man Alive’, my wife asked if it was Joss Stone. Of course, the blues underpins everything, and the blues pure and simple rings through loud and clear on ‘You Don’t Move Me’, a joyously romping cover of Snooky Pryor’s ‘How’D You Learn To Shake It Like That’, and a slow blues rendition of ‘U Complete Me’. Lyrically, Ana’s own compositions are thoughtful mixes of world and personal topics. Not a set for the purists maybe, but certainly one to give notice that Ana has arrived.