Bella White

Bella White grew up in Calgary steeped in bluegrass, and her early songs leaned on that tradition: high, lonesome vocals, acoustic picking and plainly stated heartbreak. Her debut album, Just Like Leaving, was released on Rounder Records, and she followed it with Among Other Things, which widened the arrangements toward country and folk-rock.

Her writing tends toward direct, first-person accounts of restlessness and leaving home, sung in a voice that carries a slight Appalachian catch.