Anna Calvi on why Jeff Buckley’s Grace feels like falling in love for the first time

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It bothered me that I hadn’t been to his funeral, that I’d never been able to tell him anything,” Buckley told Rolling Stone in 1994, when Grace was released. “I used that show to pay my last respects.” Buckley performed “I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain” from his father’s 1967 album Goodbye and Hello. open image in gallery Anna Calvi says Jeff Buckley’s ‘Grace’ altered the course of her life One song on Grace that really influenced me was “Dream Brother”. Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up If I was to suggest a new listener to Grace, I’d say there are songs like “Eternal Life” where you can hear the Nineties-ness of it, which detracts from how brilliant he is.