Pacific Northwest contingent of Tarnation checking in. I've been in and out (logged in, but out of my living room).
Right now, I'm listening to Nellie McKay's 2-CD set called "Get Away From Me" (each CD is only about a half hour so that the whole thing is just over an hour). I've only listened to a couple of songs but so far I really like it (I got it from the library). According to reviews, she's something like a combination of Doris Day and Eminem. She's also been compared to Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holliday. I can see all of them, except Eminem. I haven't gotten to anything like that yet. You can get a "Clean" edition...okay, I just got to the song "Sari" and it's sort of a rap song. It does have "language" but nothing as explicit that "regular" rap songs have.