Vanessa Carlton, courtesy Alysse Gafkjen. Vanessa Carlton is plotting future pain on her first headlining tour since before lockdowns, but it’s a current pain that’s postponed this conversation by a week and has her attention for the moment: The “A Thousand Miles” singer-songwriter broke her foot on a step…

Vanessa Carlton, “Love is an Art.” Vanessa Carlton returns with her first new album in five years with the expansive Love is an Art, a deep dive into the different ways relationships manifest and how we experience them. Carlton writes about both her own experiences as well as observations of love…

Vanessa Carlton performs at The Independent on Jan. 19, 2016. Singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton, who has moved from New York to Nashville, recently had a daughter with husband John McCauley of Deer Tick and released her fifth album, Liberman, in October. Tuesday’s show at The Independent served as an introduction to…