Regina Spektor - Far
I haven't spent a lot of time listening to Spektor's music—there's only so much time in the day—and I'm trying to make up for that a bit, since she's obviously talented.
I especially appreciate the willingness to write outside a pure autographical perspective, something that can be lacking in a lot of "modern music" (a broad generalization, I know, but we don't get enough song-stories).