Regina Spektor Looks Back on the ‘Magic,’ ‘Confusing’ Downtown New York Scene As 2002’s ‘Songs’ Sees First Official Release
Four years before her fourth album, 2006’s Begin to Hope, made Regina Spektor one of the brightest stars of the ‘00s indie boom, the Russia-born American singer-songwriter was just another starving artist traipsing around New York City, playing free gigs and selling CD-Rs out of her backpack. Flashy newcomers such as The Strokes and Yeah…