Jennifer Terran writes imaginative lyrics and truthful melodies and sings them with extraordinary light, so we can forgive her if, on the cover of her third CD, "The Musician," she is slumped naked behind her piano in what might be a fit of artistic melancholy. She may be sad sometimes, but she knows how to turn emotion recalled in solitude into song. Terran is smart to use careful doses of dissonance tuned to match the depths of her brain and her heart, and she deserves a much wider audience for her funny, touching, tough-girly songs. Pick your favorite comparison: Joni Mitchell? Kristen Hirsch? Liz Phair? Sarah McLachlan? Eric Satie? Put them all in a blender and you''ll still be able to taste "The Musician."