Katey Laurel

Noisetrade introduced me to this artist from Denver.  The style is somewhat poppy (particularly her newer stuff), but she has kind of an interesting, retro-sounding voice, which also happens to be extremely tuneful.  The backing instrumentation is pretty full and orchestral...it's well done.  Overall, it's not nauseatingly poppy (like some modern artists), but more folky.  You can listen to her older releases on her bandcamp.  Give it a listen if you aren't disgusted by the poppiness!