Tanita Tikaram- Eleven kinds of Loneliness
Eclectic folk/jazz/worldmusic based record recorded in 1992. Spare, stark, longing, sexy. Brilliant musicianship from sidemen I've never heard of. Tikaram has a very low voice, and sounds like a mix between Tracy Chapman and Fiona Apple; at once sad and vulnerable, yet forceful and strong.
A really nice surprise from the stack of records I got from my Southern version of the Crack House.