( Veldhoven , January 25 1981 ) is a Dutch singer-songwriter . Bradley has an English father and Dutch mother. In her early teens she began writing her own songs. Since 2005 she is the singer of the Tilburg blues and rock 'n' roll band Bradley's Circus . With this band were released three studio albums, Bang Bang Wa Wee's and kickin 'But Not High were recorded at Dockside Studio, Louisiana USA. Kickin 'But Not High was nominated in 2013 for best blues album. She was named best blues singer in 2012 and took her first award home. In 2012 Mattanja was on radio station 3FM named Serious Talent . That same year did Mattanja solo part in the program 's best singer-songwriter of the Netherlands and reached the final. On May 31, 2013 she released her first solo album, titled Wake Me Up . Her third single "Hurricane" was used for the summer promo HBO.nl . As of May 14, 2014 she appeared in the sixth season of the best singers in the Netherlands . <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Mattanja+Joy+Bradley">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.