KT

note: this photo is NOT from last night

Yes. She's got it. But that's sort of like saying Oasis is a popular band or something, as KT Tunstall is a triple-platinum superstar in the UK, and all.

So what is it that's she's got. Songs for one, I mean, when you bring people out to the show that have no idea who this person is, and they end up really enjoying and getting into the songs you know that this is someone different. There's also a lot of charisma, in a down-to-earth Scot charm sort of way. And she didn't care that the industry-heavy crowd assholically chatted right through her set(!)

The fine Fake Plastic Trees cover at the end didn't hurt either. People here are going to eat her up on this side of the ocean, too.