MOVE over Collie Buddz, Bermuda has another talent to add to the growing list of rising music stars with connections to the island. Twenty-year-old Bailey Tzuke (pronounced 'zuke'), a budding pop and adult contemporary star, is the daughter of Bermudian Paul Muggleton, now a record producer in the UK, and English singer/songwriter Judie Tzuke.

Born Bailey Jean Muggleton-Tzuke, Ms Tzuke's pop/alternative sound and persona has been described by some in the music world as the "new Joss Stone" - that is, the Joss Stone who performed in Bermuda's 2005 Music Festival to great fanfare. She has also been compared to the likes of Christina Aguilera, the famous American pop star with strong vocal talent.

Ms Tzuke was born into the musical scene, attending famed British musician Freddy Mercury's birthday at nine weeks old and has been performing on stage since she was a preteen singing back-up vocals for her mother, who is most famous for her 1979 hit Stay With Me Til Dawn, on three UK tours.

By the time she was 14 years old - Ms Tzuke had begun to pursue her own musical aspirations by writing and singing her own songs. Recently, she's been working with Warner/Chappell, an American music publishing company, which represents musicians from all over the world. She is currently honing material for an unnamed album, performing at shows and doing promotional work throughout the UK and Europe.

In October 2007, Ms Tzuke's vocal talent was featured on the downloadable Freemasons track Uninvited, which is a cover song of the 1998 Alanis Morissette hit. The song climbed to number eight on the UK music charts and to number four in the Netherlands. A video for the song is available on YouTube and iTunes.

Ms Tzuke was also named "Artist of the Week" in February 2007 by the popular, but now defunct, Popworld programme airing on Channel 4 in the UK. Popworld commented, "Bailey Tzuke could be the new Joss Stone, thanks to the similarity in age, her boho chic and the ability to write and sing credible songs. This 19 year old does have her own unique style, through a piano-based folkey sound and pretty vocal lines that have lyrics that seem to really mean something to her."

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree as Ms Tzuke has musical roots on both sides of the family.

Her Bermudian father, Paul Muggleton, enjoyed musical success on the island and abroad as he was one of the founding members of The Savages, the very popular local garage band from the late 1960s. The Savages performed at a nightclub called "The Hub" at the Hamilton Princess hotel and played for thousands of American college students during their spring break holidays at Elbow Beach. Bermudian Eddy DeMello, who currently runs The Music Box on Reid Street, was the band's promoter.

The Savages almost made it to the big time when they travelled to New York to record their track Roses Are Red and two other songs at A&R studios with engineer and producer Chuck Irwin. Today Mr. Muggleton is a record producer living in Surrey and is currently "working around the clock on Bailey's album".

"She is already doing very well without really having started her own career," he said. "She has had a hit with some friends of ours called the Freemasons and she has done an album with Rollo, who is Dido's brother and producer, in which she sings half the album. She's very talented and has an understated way of delivering her songs that seems to entrance people."

Bailey's mother, Judie Tzuke, is still touring and writing songs and has recently completed a new studio album entitled Songs 2 that is available via her website www.tzuke.com. In 2002, her '70s hit Stay With Me Till Dawn was voted by the British public (via a poll from BBC Radio 2) as one of the 50 best British songs released from 1952-2002.

Stay tuned for more from Ms Tzuke as it seems the only direction for her is up. For more information on the budding star and find out about upcoming shows, visit http://www.mybaileytzuke.com