She says she’s been inspired by both Pink Floyd and Mozart. But Vanessa Carlton’s voice and talent are distinctly new and completely her own. She’s fast becoming one of music’s hottest young ...

Vanessa Carlton released “A Thousand Miles” 20 years ago, and has spent a good part of the past 20 years talking about it — how she came up with the piano riff, how it was almost titled “Interlude,” ...