Happy Rhodes

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Happy Rhodes is an American singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and electronic musician. Her vocal range reaches highs in which she sounds very much like Kate Bush did in many of her early works, and lows in which she has been mistaken for Annie Lennox. Her songs “When the Rain Came Down” on the album “Ecto”, as well as “Tragic” and “Winter” on “Many Worlds Are Born Tonight” exhibit this range.

Born Kimberley Tyler Rhodes but called “Happy” since infancy, she legally changed her name to Happy Tyler Rhodes at the age of 16. The title of her 1987 album has provided a name to what some have begun to call “Ecto” music.

There are several You Tube vids of Happy and, if you want to sample the ‘two-voices-in-one’ phenomenon, then her stunning version of Peter Gabriel’s ‘Here Comes the Flood’ should be a pleasing introduction.

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Two_Snakes wrote:
24 days ago

What the hell is wrong with the world that a singer like this should have so little recognition?

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vjsupersaint wrote:
last month

Brilliant in every way.

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_KevMusic_ wrote:
last month

Oh I love and adore Happy. Everyone should.

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farover wrote:
October 2009

Happy is amazing, I am doing my best to promote her over here in England, she deserves so much more recognition for her fantastic songs. Will she ever tour again?

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emcxmc wrote:
August 2009

A 72 minutes concert is available to watch on MySpace : Happy Rhodes at the Tin Angel in Philadelphia, PA on May 9, 1996.

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xenussister wrote:
August 2009

Since no links are allowed in the article, here are a few. I hope this is ok: The Happy Rhodes YouTube project... Every Happy Rhodes song is being uploaded to YouTube (of course with her permission, everything is done with her permission). To follow the progress, subscribe at: http://www.youtube.com/user/happyrhodesalbums#play/playlists Video and rare audio-only tracks can be found on YouTube via: k8fan: http://www.youtube.com/user/k8fan xenussister: http://www.youtube.com/user/xenussister (View All on both) Streaming audio of all her albums can be found at: http://rhodesongs.com/music Downloadable album tracks can be found at: http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples Downloadable rarities can be found at: http://wretchawry.com/happy/samples Happy's unofficial but authorized fan-run MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/happyrhodes (Main page)

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Andereklaas wrote:
August 2009

I don't think it's a pity she is not good known. I don't think it does an artist's creativity any good when he gets popular.

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nothingunusual wrote:
July 2009

6,916 listeners? What a pity more people aren't familiar with her.

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emcxmc wrote:
July 2009

111,661 plays is extremely low for an artist who made 10 masterpieces in a row. A shame she's still so unknown.

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Meowgasmic wrote:
May 2009

I'm happy to see that she has more listeners.

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Argon64 wrote:
May 2009

Lovely. Will there be a new CD out anytime soon or just MP3 downloads? How about a west coast tour? What's been happening since 2007 release of Find Me? This voice should not be idle.

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DaniNahid wrote:
April 2009

Não conhecia.. gostei!!

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Bandit72 wrote:
February 2009

great artist. i love "words weren't made for cowards"

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rainy-dog wrote:
February 2009

just like tivoli is genius

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manwithhands wrote:
January 2009

excellent mental depth great movement superb audio dimension best i have heard in awhile

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zawi25 wrote:
January 2009

underrated!

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emcxmc wrote:
January 2009

I do admire her a lot. She's the only one who comes really close to the one and only. Some of my favorite tracks : Ra is a busy God, Temporary and Eternal, Just like Tivoli, Save our Souls, To Live in your World, To be E. Mortal, The Issue Is, He's Alive, Noone Here, ...

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Meowgasmic wrote:
December 2008

"Find Me" is such a gorgeous album; it was definitely worth the wait! I'm so in love with "Here and Hereafter", "Can't Let Got ", and "She Won't Go". But the whole album is such a gem.

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_KevMusic_ wrote:
December 2008

Stunning indeed :) Would not have discovered her without the ectoguide, bless 'em!

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macychick wrote:
December 2008

I really like her. Reminds me of Loreena McKennit.

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