Patti Rothberg! It all stemmed from coming across this release on Bandcamp -
http://squeakywheel.bandcamp.com/releases and loving it so much I bought it on the spot. From there, I became fascinated with Patti Rothberg's career and how she had some huge hits on a major label and then it folded, made appearances on Letterman and toured the world with some huge acts; a few years later she recorded a masterpiece of a follow-up to her debut ('Candelabra Cadabra'), and has kept a fairly low profile ever since.
My next port of call was 'Candelabra Cadabra' and bought it on the spot -
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/pattirothberg - one of the best albums I have heard in a long long time. A masterpiece of psychedelic rock. There's a superb version of David Bowie's 'Moonage Daydream' on it that will floor the listener!
Going backwards, I finally got her debut 'Between the 1 and the 9', released at a time when Alanis was ruling the world.. and here's this album that from every review I read online, it's become one of their favourite albums ever made that they still love today - people hold fond memories of it. I can see why! While I find it to be a little generic compared to the all-out beautiful sonic assault of 'Candelabra', it's still a very tidy debut album with plenty of great songs and a breeziness to it all. She played all the instruments on it except the drums and she is a fine guitar player in her own right.
So yeah, Patti Rothberg has been a huge revelation to me in little ole New Zealand where yes we got to hear Alanis Morissette, Meredith Brooks, Tracey Bonham, Joan Osborne, Lisa Loeb - but alas no Patti! Til now!
This is the title track from her 2001 album Candelabra Cadabra -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21LDiBdH5rk - really great guitar playing and superb songwriting!
