Vanessa Carlton

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Vanessa Carlton is a new young artist that has come a long way in a very short amount of time. She got a four star rating on her debut album, Be Not Nobody. That says a lot for a young artist these days. She not only has a beautiful voice, but she can play the piano like Beethoven. She even writes her own lyrics and Alicia Keys influenced her. Although people may say that they sound alike, they are entirely different artists. Stephen Erlewine, the writer from allmusicguide.com, says that she has the soul-searching of Fiona Apple and the precise intricacies of Rick Wakeman.
Her style is very laid-back and relaxing. She uses a lot of orchestral background music to help aid her Spring-like voice. The result is something quite surprising: it has an overwhelming, sweet, multi-layered appeal to people of all ages and cultures. The first person who actually introduced me to her music was one of my guy friends. He is only twenty and he is African American. I was surprised to hear that he moved out of his normal rap music and actually paid attention to someone like Vanessa Carlton. When I first heard her voice, I thought she was about twenty-six years old. I was soon startled when I found out that she was only my age.
You may wonder why people are so infatuated with her and her music. The answer lies within her unique voice and engaging melodies. She is not the normal “self-centered” diva. She isn’t the average “buy my music because I have a young sexy body,” appeal either. She just has the “oomph” that you need to have to become a good artist these days. If our class were to divide into two groups of people who like her music, and people who don’t like her music, I am almost positive that the majority of our class would be on the side of the room that does like her music because she is so incredibly talented.
Her album debuted in April of 2002 and has done extremely well in album sales. As Erlewine s...