-- HOMETOWN Ottawa
-- DEBUT ALBUM Failer
-- MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTION OF HER SOUND Lucinda Williams x Sarah McLachlan
-- WHY WE THINK YOU SHOULD BUY HER ALBUM Like Williams, she has an addictively gritty voice and a knack for emotional specificity.
-- WHY SHE THINKS YOU SHOULD BUY HER ALBUM ''Because everyone who has isn't disappointed,'' says the 24-year-old singer-songwriter. ''But maybe no one has the balls to tell me they hate it.''
-- WHY YOU'RE NOT HEARING HER ON MAINSTREAM RADIO Well, she does have a tune called ''One More Song the Radio Won't Like.'' ''I wrote that more about labels than radio,'' she says. ''It's a little bit of a f -- - you to the people who felt the record wouldn't go anywhere without a big, glossy single.''
-- ODDS SHE'LL GO PLATINUM 30 to 1
-- WHY SHE THINKS YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO HER INSTEAD OF SHANIA TWAIN ''I write and produce my own stuff. I can't speak for Shania Twain, but a lot of people in mainstream music these days allow other people to formulate their music.''
-- WHAT'S NEXT A video for her single ''Six O'Clock News'' and lots of touring.
-- WHAT SHE'LL BE DOING IN 10 YEARS ''I hope I sound like Eminem,'' she jokes. ''I'll be doing what I'm doing today. Playing music is a great job.''
