There is no doubt in my mind that Nanci Griffith is my favorite musical peformer of all time. No matter what mood I'm in, a Nanci Griffith does the trick. I could be angry, and the music will soothe my nerves. I could be driving along a dark, desolate road at night, and her music keeps me company. I could be feeling really sad, and her music reaches out to let me know I'm not alone. Rolling Stone dubbed Nanci "the Queen of Folkabilly." Telegraph Magazine called her "the torch-bearer of American folk music." Artists such as Emmylou Harris, Suzy Bogguss, Kathy Mattea and Willie Nelson have recorded her songs. Others, such as Toad The Wet Sprocket, have written songs of tribute to her. Bob Dylan asked Nanci to perform at his anniversary concert. Both legendary folk singers, such as Dylan, Odetta, Caroline Hester and Guy Clark, and younger folk singers, such as Darius Rucker, the Indigo Girls and Beth Nielsen Chapman, have had guest appearances on her album. She has played everywhere from from Texas honky-tonks to Carnegie Hall. She is a Grammy Award winning musical artist. She received five Grammy nominations, her first being for The Last Of The True Believers in 1986. She won her first for Best Contemporary Folk Performance in 1993 for Other Voices, Other Rooms. She also received two Grammys for her performances on albums by the Chieftains. Nanci is quite popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland, bringing Julie Gold's "From A Distance" to a number 1 hit, five years before Bette Midler's version. In 1998, she published her first book, Nanci Griffith's Other Voices -- A Personal History of Folk Music, a companion to the Other Voices albums.