Fiona Apple & Gwyn Ashton

Doesn't this woman look sorta like a cat?

Fiona Apple's Tidal is just one CD in my person's "Angry Women of the '90s" collection, and I'm never quite sure when those tunes are going to come off the shelf, but when they do, stay out of her way! Out comes the turkey baster--or sometimes, a real microphone--and the caterwauling begins. (I really like that word, because it starts with "cat.") 

It's powerful stuff. The way my person sings those lines "I've been a bad, bad girl. I've been careless with a delicate man" makes me tremble a little, and when she gets to "Darling, give me your absence tonight," I know it's time to go nap under the bed.

Apple's second album, When the Pawn, includes the titles, "Limp" and "A Mistake."  I agree.
Listen to "Criminal" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRv4VQra2kc
Gwyn Ashton's 1996 Wanted Man is a little hard to find, but there are still a few CD copies available on Amazon.com. My person found our copy in a bin at a Best Buy in Oklahoma City.  
Ashton is part of a 2-man blues band now, grandiosely called Two-Man Blues Army, but Wanted Man features a full band, as well as two guys on the Hammond organ and three different harmonica players. It's a tasty blend of blues and rock, acoustic and electric.
Sample a little Ashton at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZQ2JmGfQl4 

Ashton was born in Wales, but most people think he's Australian, because that's where he started his music career. My person said to tell you that you can find out more about Ashton on Wikipedia. I'd do that for you, but I'm not very adept at using the computer keyboard. I'm really good on the piano keyboard, though--I can play with all four feet.
Peace out!