Ana Popovic

Catch some fiery blues and more, laced with plenty of guitar

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Still on the road for last year’s Dance To The Rhythm, her tenth studio album, the Serbia-born, America-based, Bruce Springsteen-approved singer, guitarist and songwriter sets the scene for a one-off UK date at the Jazz Café in London’s Camden.

There are several versions of your live band. Which are you bringing to London for the Jazz Café?

It’s going to be a seven-piece. If the stage isn’t big enough we’ll have to send the horns out into the crowd [laughs]. Sometimes I play as a four-piece, which I love, and there’s also an eleven-piece, with multiple horns, drummers and background singers. My last two records have a lot of gospel sounds, and I love that big-band lineup, but not every show can accommodate it.

How did it feel to have Bruce Springsteen acclaim you as “one hell of a guitarist”?