Priscilla Ahn

Ahn makes gentle, twinkling folk-pop and sings it with such unforced sweetness that even the angst-ridden metalheads of podunk Pennsylvania probably get dewy-eyed over it. Blue Note is, predictably, pushing the album’s most maudlin song, a cello-laden high school diary entry called “Dream,” but hey, it’s working—the song turned up on the season finale of “Grey’s Anatomy” and landed Ahn a spot on “The Tonight Show.” But it’s the quirkier numbers on “A Good Day” that really showcase Ahn’s unique talents, especially a gorgeous shy-girl love song called “Wallflower” and the almost rockin’ “Red Cape,” which suggests that Ahn has a very bright future when she puts some more distance between herself and her open-mic folk roots.