She has a right to sing the blues

Painful romantic breakups and bitter divorces have inspired such landmark albums as Beck’s “Sea Change,” Joni Mitchell’s “Blue” and Marvin Gaye’s “Here, My Dear.” But in the case of budding jazz and Brazilian music singer Tokeli, getting divorced is what inspired her to start pursuing a musical career in the first place. While she didn’t enjoy the prelude, she’s very pleased with the resolution. “I went through a really bad and very expensive custody battle five years ago,” said Tokeli, a San Diego native who lives in Coronado with her 6-year-old daughter, Tayrn. Read the entire Union Tribune story here.