Coming up strong behind R Stevie Moore as the most talented singersongwriter to be based in the nondescript bedroom community of Montclair NJ Jenny Owen Youngs looks like Lindsay Lohans indie-kid younger sister though ironically the baby-faced Youngs…

Armed with one of the most lush and disarming voices in pop music, Neko Case brought the DIY approach of her punk past to bear on the country singer-songwriter tradition. Releasing her first album in 1997 under the moniker Neko Case & Her Boyfriends,…

b. Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The daughter of celebrated black liberation and civil rights scholar and vocalist Bernice Johnson Reagon, Toshi is an accomplished singer-songwriter who often covers similar subject matter. Her mother helped co-produce her 1…

Evocative downtempo music. Portishead meets Beth Orton meets Imogen Heap.

b. Saco, Maine, USA. Folk singer-songwriter Curtis first started out as a drummer, before switching to guitar in time to perform at coffee houses during a college stint at Brown University. She began her recording career in 1989 with Dandelion, on th…

Soulful modern pop with exceptional female vocals

Jolie Holland grew up in Texas where from a young age she experimented with writing playing and singing music By her teens she had learned piano guitar and fiddle and was making music her education as a traveling musician San Francisco was home for a…

Born in spring 1976 in Birmingham Ala the ethereal-voiced Maria Taylor won over her first fans at age 15 as part of the Birmingham duo Little Red Rocket a poprock group that brought comparisons to Belly When that outfit which issued two CDs -- 1997s …

The ironically named Beauty Shop was formed in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA by singer-songwriter John Hoeffleur and drummer Casey Smith. The duo made their debut in the late 90s with the self-released Grief EP, which was initially issued in a very…

Washington DC-based indie pop singer Sarah Shannon was the lead singer and focal point for Velocity Girl whose three early-90s albums Copacetic Simpatico and Gilded Stars and Zealous Hearts reworked the British shoegazer aesthetic into a distinctly o…

b. Detroit, Michigan, USA. Of French descent, singer-songwriter and guitarist Denise James was raised in Detroit, Michigan, which may explain her appreciation of garage rock. James is not limited to a single style, however, as she has a knack for inc…