Eleanor Friedberger

First known as half of the kaleidoscopic brother-sister duo the Fiery Furnaces during the 2000s, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Eleanor Friedberger established herself as a witty and sensitive solo artist once that band went on hiatus in 2011. Her own albums were nearly as eclectic as the Furnaces', ranging from the classic rock and folk-inspired warmth of 2011's Last Summer and 2016's New View to the goth-pop homages of 2018's Rebound. Friedberger grew up in a musically inclined family in Oak Park, Illinois: her grandmother was a musician and choir director at...