Blessed with a magnificent range, Mary Fahl is an expressive, emotional singer/songwriter who is best known for the three years she spent with the October Project. Unlike some of the female singer/songwriters who were popular in the 1990s, Fahl has never gone for a waifish, girlish approach à la Suzanne Vega, Natalie Imbruglia, or Jewel -- her soaring vocals have always been big, robust, and full-bodied. In fact, Fahl has been quoted as saying that she likes female vocalists to sound like women instead of girls. Fahl, whose influences range from Judy Collins and Joni Mitchell ...