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Vanessa Carlton
A classically trained pianist who turned a walking-through-the-city daydream into a piano riff that lodged itself in the collective consciousness. "A Thousand Miles" is the most triumphant commute song ever written.
What Genre Is Vanessa Carlton?
GenrePop rock · Piano pop
Short answer: pop rock. In the bigger picture, Vanessa Carlton is a strong fit 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 Vanessa Carlton Smoke?
Candid about pot, pills, coke and booze. Silent on cigarettes.
Full answer, with sources, in Which Cigarette Moms Actually Smoked?
Key Albums
- Be Not Nobody
- Harmonium
- Rabbits on the Run
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“A Thousand Miles”(Be Not Nobody, 2002)
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