Matraca Berg (born February 3, 1964 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a country music singer-songwriter who first came into the public eye by writing songs for other people. Matraca released her own debut album Lying to the Moon in 1990. The album was met with critical praise but was not a commercial success.
Matraca continued to build her resume by writing for others, and in 1994 released her second album At the Speed of Grace, another critically appraised album but commercially unsuccessful.
1997 was a big year for Matraca.