Jane turned a corner

Even if this is too glib, something like this did happen, right? Jane
changed. Our Dear Jane did pass through a life crisis, and as she came
through, her songs shifted from being more  complicated, hermetic,
distressed, to being simpler, happier, and more religious, right?  

And I take it that the crucial song here is Maria's "would you go > Mary
had..." where she lays down this hoped-for transit-- in the most explicit
manner! Explicit to the point of being didactic.

Explicit especially in relation to the hermetic "white tent, the raft"
where her distress is obvious, but her detailing of that distress is...
hard to follow. As we just noted.
 
I've never seen her perform, alas, so I wonder how her stage presence has
changed over the years. I would guess that as she changed and her songs
changed her relation to her audience became more direct & communal & happy. 

Is PLAIN JANE the NYTimes' heading? Or hers? If the former it's inaccurate
& offensive. Being "spiritually inclined and deeply earnest" is not at all
being "plain."
  
Bruce 

>PLAIN JANE
>The songwriter Jane Siberry was an indie-pop secret in the late 80's who
>won a devoted following as she reinvented the sort of mysterious,
>allusive music Kate Bush pioneered. Ms. Siberry alienated some of her
>fans in the 90's, when she took a slight turn into New Age. Tonight the
>spiritually inclined and deeply earnest Ms. Siberry plays the second of
>three intimate nights at Joe's Pub.