Tracy Chapman
She walked onto the Wembley stage with an acoustic guitar and stopped the world. "Fast Car" is a masterclass in storytelling that's made more people cry in traffic than any other song in history.
What Genre Is Tracy Chapman?
GenreFolk rock · Folk · Singer-songwriter
Short answer: folk rock. In the bigger picture, Tracy Chapman is a core canon 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. Tracy Chapman also performed at Lilith Fair, the all-female festival at the heart of the genre. Explore the full definition or the wider 90s female rock scene.
Does Tracy Chapman Smoke?
Nothing on her own habit. The famous story is about the audience’s cigarettes, not hers.
Full answer, with sources, in Which Cigarette Moms Actually Smoked?
Key Albums
- Tracy Chapman
- Crossroads
- New Beginning
Listen
“Fast Car”(Tracy Chapman, 1988)