Regina Spektor - in studio

St. Paul, Minn. — Singer-songwriter Regina Spektor moved to the United States as a kid in 1989; her Jewish family left the Soviet Union to make a home in the less anti-Semitic New York City.

She hunkered down there and only left the tri-state area as an adult to tour with the Strokes.

Despite those tour mates, her piano-driven music has more in common with Tori Amos than garage rock.

Songs performed: "Fidelity," "Better," and "Samson."