Singer-songwriter who gave folk music a contemporary edge.
She studied Modern Dance at New York's High School of Performing Arts.
She was born in Santa Monica, CA, and her songs Luka and Tom's Diner were both on international top ten lists.
She got married to Mitchell Froom on March 17, 1995, and after their divorce in 1998, she remarried Paul Mills on February 11, 2006.
Part of her song Tom's Diner was used in the song Dopefiend's Diner by Tupac Shakur.