Fiona Apple

Bettye LaVette is a Detroit soul favorite who scored a Top 10 hit as a teenager on her debut single for Atlantic, only to find herself relegated to a series of smaller indie labels and could-have-been-hits that typically missed. But LaVette remained a cult favorite as a live ... moreperformer, and in 2005 she broke through to a new alternative audience with her riveting, soulful transformations of songs from Lucinda Williams, Johnny Cash, Fiona Apple and other surprising choices on "I've Got My Own Hell to Raise."

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