In 1998, Paula Cole was already a Grammy award-winner and respected artist, post cutting her musical teeth with the likes of Peter Gabriel. He features on This Fire, her second album I got to unpack with her, 18 months after its initial release.

If her music is not known to you, think the very best of Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Melissa Etheridge and Sarah McLachlan, and you’ll be in ballpark she owned for the latter part of the ’90s. The big hit off that record was, “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone” – go listen.

A vital voice you should listen to if you are a fan of passionate, lyrical wizardry.