Her 1998 album 'Siren' brought wider attention to songs like 'Frontier' and 'Ship Song'.
If you want to hear her at her most straightforward, try 'Ship Song'. For something with a little more ache, 'Maybe An Angel' holds up.
Heather Nova writes with the kind of plainspoken clarity that reminds you of Joni Mitchell or Bob Dylan, two artists she's mentioned as early influences. Songs like 'Ship Song' and 'Frontier' have that direct, unadorned quality, lyrics that feel lived-in, not just written. She's kept at it through vocal surgery and lineup changes, working with musicians from Felix Tod to David Gilmour, which says something about the respect she's earned.
She started writing songs as a teenager in Bermuda. Her debut 'Oyster' arrived in 1993, then 'Siren' in 1998 opened things up. Since then she's put out eight studio albums through 2015, including 'Storm', 'South', and 'Pearl'.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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