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Nanci Caroline Griffith, born July 6, 1953, is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas, United States. Her career has spanned a variety of musical genres, predominantly country and folk, and what she terms “folkabilly.”
She won a 1994 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album for Other Voices, Other Rooms, an album of Griffith covering the songs of artists who influenced her.
Her best-known song isFrom A Distance, by Julie Gold, although the version that achieved greater commercial success was not Griffith’s but Bette Midler’s (From A Distance). Similarly, other artists have occasionally achieved greater success with Griffith’s songs than Griffith herself: for example, Kathy Mattea, who had a country music top five hit with a 1986 cover (Love At The Five and Dime) of Love At The Five And Dime.
She won a 1994 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album for Other Voices, Other Rooms, an album of Griffith covering the songs of artists who influenced her.
Her best-known song is
From A Distance, by Julie Gold, although the version that achieved greater commercial success was not Griffith’s but Bette Midler’s (From A Distance). Similarly, other artists have occasionally achieved greater success with Griffith’s songs than Griffith herself: for example, Kathy Mattea, who had a country music top five hit with a 1986 cover (Love At The Five and Dime) of Love At The Five And Dime.
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demondad2 wrote:
a great listen songs to relax to and think
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Ruminator wrote:
Nanci is one of the best singer/songwriters currently working. I first heard her work about 35-years ago when a friend shared a custom-made collection of her work on a cassette. Yep, it was a cassette. I wore it out.
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indietrash wrote:
http://www.lastfm.com/group/sad
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daviesr7 wrote:
Four of her current top five songs on here are covers - seems strange as she is a fantastic and prolific songwriter.
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stupidstuff wrote:
Yes, JulieOlberding, plenty of them... Other Voices/Other Rooms contains all covers. The other albums have original songs.
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strajnic wrote:
...Corpus Christi seems so far away....
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JulieOlberding wrote:
Any originals?
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maineman99 wrote:
Playing in Rockland Maine on Dec 2. http://mainelyconcerts.com/?p=186
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davidgeorgea wrote:
A nice one , I also like Bette Midler both are 2 good version of this song
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reagan0 wrote:
Nanci is my favorite female vocalist. What a voice. Talented songwriter, too.
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semionato wrote:
still not in love with the other three albums from nancy i've listened. maybe i just love her voice.
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semionato wrote:
still in love with "other voices, other rooms", six months after.
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jmbmac wrote:
Pure class
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emcxmc wrote:
Love at the five and dime. Happy Birthday, Nanci.
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madbard wrote:
i "don't like country" but in the 90s, a college roommate introduced me to Nanci Griffith and I've been a fan ever since.
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beckybartkowski wrote:
Loving Court Yard Hounds. You can check out their music here: www.courtyardhounds.com
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strajnic wrote:
....and I got a worried and a jealous mind...
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semionato wrote:
i'm so hopelessly in love with the pitch-perfect, stuff-dreams-are-made-of "other voices, other rooms" that i can't listen to anything else by nanci griffith.
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emcxmc wrote:
She's one of the greatest american country singers all time.
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TheHagMan wrote:
Nanci was one of the main reasons I got into Country Music, her early albums were amazing, great vocals and lyrics. "Last of the True Believers" and "Lone Star State Of Mind" are her masterworks. I wish she would get back to that pure country sound.
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- Feb 27 Nanci Griffith The Tommy Leddy Theatre, Drogheda, Co.Louth, Ireland
- Feb 28 Nanci Griffith Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Ireland
- Feb 29 Nanci Griffith Glór, Ennis, Ireland
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Nanci Griffith in York on 03/23/12
23 Mar 2012 | from www.nancigriffith.com
Date: Friday, March 23rd 2012
Time: 8:00pm
City: York
Venue: Barbican
Country: UK
Box office: 0844 854 2757
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