The Estonian singer-songwriter has been recognized by some of the jazz world’s top critics, with British singer-songwriter-guitarist Rosie Frater-Taylor and American singer-songwriter Dara Tucker joining Metheny on the jury.

Jazzwise critic Kevin Whitlock described “The Siren” as the work of an experienced and confident singer, and predicted a major breakthrough for Aleksandra.

“As a singer, she knows how to sound intimate and flirty, but not overdoing it. She looks natural. She’s on those singers who just don’t sing the song, but embody it as an actor,” Whitlock wrote.

The album was released by Japanese label Blue Gleam, and originally titled “Souls of the Night”, but was released internationally as “The Siren”.

In addition to Aleksandra, the album features top Finnish musicians Joonas Haavisto on piano, Joonas Tuuri on double bass and Ville Pynsi on drums.

“The Siren” is Aleksandra’s second album after “Miracles”, released in 2015, and features original works inspired by jazz, pop and folk music.

From a family of musicians, Susanna Aleksandra, 32, is from Tallinn. She studied jazz singing at the Heino Eller Tartu School of Music, then studied jazz at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.

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