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Julia Cumming, Kay Kasparhauser, and more of our favorite female musicians on the music that got them started on their path.

Raised in downtown New York on Joni Mitchell, long-haired dream girls Heather Golden and Emma Rose Jenney have a lilting folksy sound with echoes of Stevie Nicks.

Here are our top five picks of who to check out at CMJ this week – from Le1f to Empress Of.