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Not to be confused with the television actress of the same name who co-stars on the hit series Lost, Elizabeth Mitchell is a folk-rock singer and guitarist with a widely varied background that incorporates coffeehouse-style folk singing, moody and contemplative alt-country, and playful children's music. Mitchell's professional musical career began when she was studying at Brown University in the late '80s, when she formed a folk duo with her roommate, Lisa Loeb, that worked the Providence, RI singer/songwriter circuit. When Loeb and Mitchell both graduated in 1990, Mitchell took a day job as a teaching assistant at a private kindergarten on Roosevelt Island, NY. While in New York, Mitchell met a fellow singer and guitarist named Dan Littleton, with whom she formed a quiet, folky indie band called Ida in 1992. (Mitchell and Littleton also sang backup and played guitar on Loeb's unexpected 1993 hit single, "Stay [I Missed You].") Three albums into their career, during an enforced layof...