Nobody's really ever a brand-new artist. Then she giggles at her own somber tone. Tedeschi is up against some stiff competition if you're measuring by album sales and bucks in the bank, but that doesn't faze her. I think Macy Gray or maybe myself or even Kid Rock will get it. And no matter what happens at the Grammys, Tedeschi has already done pretty well for herself as a woman playing blues, which even in this day and age makes her a minority entertainer.
None are household names.
I think she's 14 or 15. She looks a lot older and sounds a lot older. But she's adding more rock-sounding songs, because that will sell more records. Good question, and one that seems to find an answer in unit sales. Instead of getting her armpits Botoxed, Tedeschi scheduled herself for a couple of weeks at Darkside, and you can bet that's where she'd rather be.