Tara Priya

San Franciso-raised singer-songwriter Tara Priya boasts some unusual credentials, including a BA in economics and a blood relationship with famed Persian poet Sohrab Sepehri. But what's really getting her noticed is her music, the kind of punchy, sass-laden retro soul that the late Amy Winehouse used to do so well. It remains to be seen whether Priya manages to achieve the same kind of crossover success that Winehouse did, but you might want to catch her now – just in case she does.