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Singer/songwriter/keyboardist Kim Fox updates the female singer/songwriter archetype of the early '70s (think Carole King and, especially, Laura Nyro) in much the same way as the indie-piano trio Suddenly, Tammy! -- whom she credits with inspiring her move from opera and classical music into pop -- and her former Bloomington, IN, neighbor, Lisa Germano. Her 1997 album Moon Hut also adds a hint of XTC and Aimee Mann, making Fox a natural for those who crave a certain level of intelligence with their pop hooks. Kim Fox was born in Manhattan in 1968, the daughter of Norman Fox, a '50s doo wop singer whose band, Norman Fox and the Rob Roys, was one of the few integrated bands of the '50s. Fox took piano lessons as a teenager, inspired by a Laura Nyro record lent to her by one of her junior-high teachers, and wrote and self-recorded several songs while in high school. This primitive demo helped Fox get into the prestigious music composition and theory program at Vassar College, where she t...