HERE'S the chance to start the new year on a winning streak, with three great album competitions.

For starters we've got our hands on three copies of Eva Cassidy's latest album release 'Somewhere' - a collection of 12 previously unreleased songs from the late folk songstress.

Eva of course came to prominence through her 'Songbird' album a decade ago, and some of the material herein originates from the same sessions as those tracks featured on her no.1 album 'American Tune'.

Perhaps her most diverse release to date, 'Somewhere' continues the legacy of one of the greatest talents uncovered posthumously, and is another essential addition to her body of work.

We've got copies of 'Somewhere' on CD to give away to the first three entrants who can correctly answer this question:
WHICH RADIO 2 DJ WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVA'S RISE TO PROMINENCE?

Send answers to andrew_sl@tiscali.co.uk - and good luck...

ONE of the most influential and essential British bands of the last 30 years, Joy Division's music is as startling now as it was when they emerged in the late 1970s, and their legacy has been recorded in film (Anton Corbijn's acclaimed 'Control') and through the work of Interpol, White Lies and numerous others.

Along with The Smiths and The Stone Roses they established Manchester as the home of truly groundbreaking alternative guitar bands, and in Ian Curtis they possessed perhaps the most enigmatic frontman in living memory.

This 2CD set - of which we have three copies - collates their career-defining moments on disc one ('Atmosphere', 'Transmission', 'She's Lost Control', and of course 'Love Will Tear Us Apart') while the second disc includes eight Peel Session tracks along with two other live recordings and an interview with Ian Curtis.

In order to stand a chance of winning 'The Best of Joy Division', please email >andrew_sl@tiscali.co.uk with the right answer to this not terribly teasing teaser:

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE BAND FORMED BY THE REMAINING MEMBERS OF JOY DIVISION?
Winners will be notified by email.

AN artist who has polarised opinion he may be, but, in the same way Scissor Sisters appeared from nowhere not so long ago, the pop landscape has certainly been a more colourful place since Mika's 'Grace Kelly' reigned supreme.

The subsequent album, 'Life In Cartoon Motion', has shifted over 1.5 million in the UK, and this live show illustrates his appeal perfectly.

Recorded at Parc De Prince, Paris, in front of 55,000 fans last summer, it contains the full 18-song show, plus a 'Making of...' documentary, a bonus video and footage from his Jools Holland performance.

Three copies up for grabs; email >andrew_sl@tiscali.co.uk with the correct answer to the following question to stand a chance:

IN WHICH COUNTRY WAS MIKA BORN?