Tracy Chapman

While listening to Tracy Chapman’s self-titled debut that came out in the late 80s I was really taken back by how modern it sounded.

Released on April 5, 1988, Tracy was only 24 releasing this acoustic anthems that were not something you heard on a popular scale in the 80s. But this contemparny folk album paved the way for so many after it - just look at Lillith Fair in the 90s.

As most of us know Fast Car, the other songs really speak to me in sounds I really only heard of artists after her. For people like Ani DiFranco all the way to Garth Brooks I hear all kinds of their music in Tracy’s sound.

I love the way she could be on the stage with a country artist or a pop artist and still hold her own.](<While listening to Tracy Chapman’s self-titled debut that came out in the late 80s I was really taken back by how modern it sounded.

Released on April 5, 1988, Tracy was only 24 releasing this acoustic anthems that were not something you heard on a popular scale in the 80s. But this contemparny folk album paved the way for so many after it - just look at Lillith Fair in the 90s.

As most of us know Fast Car, the other songs really speak to me in sounds I really only heard of artists after her. For people like Ani DiFranco all the way to Garth Brooks I hear all kinds of their music in Tracy’s sound.

I love the way she could be on the stage with a country artist or a pop artist and still hold her own.

When I listen to Across the Lines I hear melodies used in 90s country songs. I hear inspriration from Hurricane by Bob Dylan. I get rap cadences in some of the beats.

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Soundone should make a beat from the guitar part of this song - that could be kinda tight.