When Emanuela Trane finally made her mainstream musical breakthrough after winning the reality TV show Music Farm in 2005, it must have felt like a long time coming. Even before adopting her Dolcenera stage persona, she seemed destined for music stardom, writing her first songs and forming a band as a teen. On her debut solo album, Sorriso Nucleare, the Lecce-born singer set out her stall as an artist who embraced drama. Sweeping instrumentals and impassioned, husky vocals have become her calling card ever since, as on hits from “Com’è straordinaria la vita” to “Ci vediamo a casa”.