Q: What can we expect a new album from pop singer Vanessa Carlton?
She's working on one now. After traveling from New York to the Artic to London and back to the USA late last year, Carlton, 28, is officially "out of my cave," she tells us, and has written half of a new record, which she's producing herself: "I feel in control more than ever of how I'm going to connect my music to a stranger." Carlton, who had a huge hit with 2002's A Thousand Miles, also is thinking of scoring instrumental music for films. Her inspiration? John Williams' Jaws soundtrack and its famous two-note theme. "It's always stuck with me how music can alter the way you absorb a film."
Roshan Thomas, Findlay, Ohio
