Vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist that has been active in the alternative scene since the early 1990s. She is famous for her intriguing combination of modest guitar and piano playing with truly moving vocals, reflecting the author’s extreme, intense emotions. Her minimalist and unconventional work defies genres and stylistic pigeonholing. She is sometimes named as the successor of Marianne Faithful, or ‘the best diva of American alternative music’. Karl Lagerfeld stated that ‘she is the only woman on Earth who looks good with a cigarette in her hand’.