Viktoria Tolstoy, great-great-granddaughter of famous Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, is one of the most successful Scandinavian female singers and was the first Scandinavian singer signed to the famous Blue Note label back in 1996. On Shining On You, she performs songs written for her personally by famous piano player Esbjörn Svensson of the E.S.T. Trio.  "A Swedish singer ... who resembles the young ,b>Debbie Harry and is very good indeed, deserves notice. The songs, in the Broadway songform tradition, are written and arranged by Swedish pianist Esbjörn Svensson, the leader of the group E.S.T. ... Tolstoy is a hypnotic stylist." -- International Herald Tribune