Laurie Anderson

Don't let the deadpan voice, arch phrasing and avant-garde haircut fool you. Despite her
forbidding performance-art reputation, Laurie Anderson is a singer-songwriter of crushing
poignance - a minimalist painter of melancholy moods who addresses universal themes in
the vernacular of the commonplace. She's at her best on Life on a String, her first studio
album in seven years. Horns dance like Mardi Gras revelers through "The Island... More >

In Juilliard-style postmodern artsong, "can't sing" is perhaps an advantage ("Slip Away," "The Island Where I Come From")