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The tour is scheduled to begin on July 12 at the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, NJ, and end on Sept. 1 at the Peace Center in Greenville, SC. The month and a half long tour also includes stops in Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Colorado, Utah, Washington, California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina.
As a child, Natalie Merchant wasn't allowed to watch television until she was 12 years old, which left a large amount of her time preoccupied by music. Her mother, a lover of classical music, took her to the symphony and exposed her to music from Aretha Franklin, The Beatles and Al Green.
After leaving high school at 16 Natalie started singing with Still Life (later known as 10,000 Maniacs) at age 18. She stayed with the band as the lead singer for 12 years before leaving to become a solo artist in 1993.
The day she split with 10,000 Maniacs, Natalie composed the song "I May Know The Word," which appeared on her first solo studio album, "Tigerlily." Though "Tigerlily" included very limited instrumentation, Natalie's second album "Ophelia" (1998) featured 30 musicians, including Chris Botti. The album was a success. Natalie toured extensively and even performed and recorded on Broadway.
Natalie later went on to create two more albums: "Motherland" in 2001 and "The House Carpenter's Daughter" in 2003. "The House Carpenter's Daughter" was the first album that Natalie recorded under her label, Myth America Records.
Her latest album is "Leave Your Sleep." It consists of music modified from 19th and 20th century poetry about childhood.
Posted 6/2/2010
The former 10,000 Maniacs singer Natalie Merchant is touring this summer in support of "Leave Your Sleep," her first album in seven years. "Leave Your Sleep" was inspired by poems from Nathalia Crane, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Edward Lear and more. Some of the songs include "Calico Pie," "Maggie and Milly and Molly and May," "The Land of Nod" and "I Saw a Ship A-Sailing."The tour is scheduled to begin on July 12 at the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, NJ, and end on Sept. 1 at the Peace Center in Greenville, SC. The month and a half long tour also includes stops in Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Colorado, Utah, Washington, California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina.
As a child, Natalie Merchant wasn't allowed to watch television until she was 12 years old, which left a large amount of her time preoccupied by music. Her mother, a lover of classical music, took her to the symphony and exposed her to music from Aretha Franklin, The Beatles and Al Green.
After leaving high school at 16 Natalie started singing with Still Life (later known as 10,000 Maniacs) at age 18. She stayed with the band as the lead singer for 12 years before leaving to become a solo artist in 1993.
The day she split with 10,000 Maniacs, Natalie composed the song "I May Know The Word," which appeared on her first solo studio album, "Tigerlily." Though "Tigerlily" included very limited instrumentation, Natalie's second album "Ophelia" (1998) featured 30 musicians, including Chris Botti. The album was a success. Natalie toured extensively and even performed and recorded on Broadway.
Natalie later went on to create two more albums: "Motherland" in 2001 and "The House Carpenter's Daughter" in 2003. "The House Carpenter's Daughter" was the first album that Natalie recorded under her label, Myth America Records.
Her latest album is "Leave Your Sleep." It consists of music modified from 19th and 20th century poetry about childhood.
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