Highly revered in the Seattle folk scene for her songwriting and guitarwork, she released 13 albums across her career.
Dubbed "the musical mistress of the eclectic" by James Bush, her songs incorporated her classical background with American and European folk, in addition to influence from jazz, rock, blues, and gospel.
Waterfall grew up in a family of classical musicians in Wilmette, Illinois, and began studying piano at the age of eight and learned guitar in high school.
She moved to Seattle in 1975 and released her first album, Mary's Garden, on her own label Trout two years later.
[5] Waterfall spent several years as a student of Baba Hari Dass and studied Transcendental Meditation, a daily practice for her until her death.