...but Atoosa's upcoming release on May 20th, When the Cardinal's Come, is by far her best album to date. It features her otherworldy vocals, brilliant songwriting, and a phenomenal backing band that features a whose who of the NYC music scene - James Mastro - guitars (Ian Hunter, Patti Smith), Rob Burger - piano/organ (Norah Jones, Iron & Wine, Lucinda Willliams), Todd Sickafoose - bass (Ani DiFranco, Andrew Bird) and Ben Perowsky - drums (Joan as Policewoman, Elysean Fields, John Zorn)!