Shocking Omissions: Nikka Costa's 'Everybody Got Their Something'
Superstardom should have been a foregone conclusion for the genre-blending singer. Her passionate proclamation of an album was initially hard to pigeonhole, but made its mark over time.
This essay is one in a series celebrating deserving artists or albums not included on NPR Music's list of 150 Greatest Albums By Women.
Superstardom should have been a foregone conclusion for . She has the pedigree: The daughter of music producer and arranger Don Costa and the goddaughter of , she even sang with The Chairman at nine years old. She has the stage swagger, groomed from years of performing abroad — including a stadium gig opening for thunder-rock kings . Attractive and exuberant, sporting red, Medusa-like curls, Costa radiates's sanctified power with a few molecules of ' weathered rasp.
