Drawn to "creepy things" since childhood, Melora Creager wrote her first song, which was about Lizzie Borden chopping up her mom, at the age of five. The tune featured stabbing piano chords to capture the force of the 40 whacks Borden gave her mother with an ax. Creager describes her career since then as essentially an extension of that first composition. Fittingly the songs of her cello-rock ensemble Rasputina tend to center on narratives, some of which are partially infused with real-life historical references. A vague aura of dread pervades, but Creager's off-kilter sense of humor bristles even more... More >>>