Cigarette Mom Rock
2000s Extension

Heather Nova

A Bermuda-born singer-songwriter whose atmospheric rock was perpetually underrated. "Walk This World" deserved to be a massive hit, and everyone who heard it knows it. The definition of a hidden CMR gem.

What Genre Is Heather Nova?

GenreAlternative rock · Folk rock

Short answer: alternative rock. In the bigger picture, Heather Nova is a 2000s extension artist of Cigarette Mom Rock — the gritty, emotional, female-led alternative rock of the 1990s and 2000s, and the feminine counterpart to Divorced Dad Rock. Explore the full definition or the wider 90s female rock scene.

Does Heather Nova Smoke?

Thirty years of interviews and not one of them touches cigarettes.

Full answer, with sources, in Which Cigarette Moms Actually Smoked?

Key Albums

  • Oyster
  • Siren
  • South

Listen

“Walk This World”(Oyster, 1994)

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