AJ Lambert: how Frank Sinatra's granddaughter does it her way

The only Sinatra descendent to sing Frank’s songs, Lambert is releasing her debut album at the age of 44, after being delayed by drink, drugs – and the shadow of her legendary family

In a cramped rehearsal room on a side street in Brooklyn, AJ Lambert and her band are quibbling over the order of their set, trying to make sure it contains contrast and dynamism. It includes a handful of covers of songs by Shame, Spoon, TV on the Radio, Robert Wyatt and Chris Bell, all radically repurposed by the band of two synths, bass and drums. The setlist also contains a handful of Sinatra standards and these need to be especially well-judged. After all, Sinatra was Lambert’s grandfather.

“When I hear things he sings, I hear them through some other filter,” she tells me later. “I hear them as a fan, but also as a human being I knew.”

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