Neko Richelle Case (pronounced NEE-koh KAYSS) is an American singer-songwriter born on September 8, 1970. She is a member of the Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers. Case's contralto voice has been described by contemporaries and critics as a "flamethrower", "a powerhouse [which] seems like it might level buildings," "a 120-mph fastball," and a "vocal tornado".
Case is known for her idiosyncratic, "cryptic," "imagistic" lyrics, and she is credited as a significant figure in the early 21st-century American revival of the tenor guitar. Her body of work spans a range of traditions, including country, folk, art rock, indie rock, and pop, often described as defying or avoiding easy generic classification.