It has been a while since we heard from Juliet Kelly, six years in fact since her last album. Well, the London jazz singer-songwiter is back with Spellbound Stories, a fan-funded concept album inspired by some of Kelly’s favourite novels, ranging from Alice Walker’s The Color Purple to Zadie Smith’s White Teeth.

The album, the London-based Kelly’s fourth, is released on the singer’s own Purple Stiletto label in the summer, with a launch concert to take place at Pizza Express Jazz Club in London on 18 June.

Juliet Kelly, above