Cup XV: I've Just Heard a Voice I Can't Forget

Tea: Wild Berry Plum Green

Music: Lara Supan, "Almost Blue"

Time: Midpoint of a pensive night

OK, so I've heard this voice before. But I like hearing it. And you should hear it, too.

I found Lara Supan on YouTube, while looking for versions of Elvis Costello's "Almost Blue." Her take on the song, simply recorded in her living room, may be my favorite.

Check that. It's definitely my favorite. I love the low woodwind in her voice on this song, and the others she covers. She doesn't try to be Elvis Costello -- or Mrs. Costello, aka Diana Krall, whose version I also own and like.

And in making the song her own, she makes it achingly unforgettable. When I think of "Almost Blue" now, this is the version that leaps to mind.

Her MySpace has other songs ... and she has an EP of original material coming out this fall. Yes, I plan to order it.

Give her a listen. I'm betting you'll be hooked, too.