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 Named for
a halloween costume based on an Edgar Allan Poe short story, Poe gained
a contract with Atlantic during the boom of female singer/songwriters during
the mid-'90s.
Originally from New York City, she moved around frequently
with her parents — a director and an actress — but returned to New York
at the age of 16 when they divorced. Poe enrolled at Princeton, and played
in a band during her time there.
Signed to Atlantic in 1994, she recorded
an album with several producers and co-writers and released Hello the following
year. The single "Angry Johnny" pushed Hello into the album charts,
and during 1996 Poe supported Lenny Kravitz with a band including guitarist
Daris Adkins, drummer Dan Jones, bassist Toby Skard and cellist Cameron
Stone and headlined several tours of her own.
Five years after her critical
debut, Poe returned with Haunted, an album rhythmically adjacent to her
brother, Mark Z. Danielewski's novel House of Leaves.
~ John Bush, All Music
Guide
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