Loving Vanessa Carlton comes with baggage. Not as much as if you were a Hanson fan. But there’s still something people find scoffable about the “A Thousand Miles” songstress. While she’s certainly grown up and expanded her sound in the 14 years since that first hit single, it’s the song that will continue to haunt the flowery Folk/Pop singer.
But Carlton’s Billboard-topping days shouldn’t taint how one takes in the beauty and quirkiness of her newest album, Liberman. One of the first singles, “Blue Pool,” has all the tinkering piano and sweet-voiced singing you’d find in a Regina Spektor song. Read more about Carlton in this week’s Sound Advice.
See Vanessa Carlton with Joshua Hyslop Thursday at new local club Live at the Ludlow Garage.
This article appears in Oct 21-27, 2015.
