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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 and , and what she terms “.”

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

    a great listen songs to relax to and think

    January 2012
  • Ruminator

    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.

    October 2011
  • indietrash

    http://www.lastfm.com/group/sad

    October 2011
  • daviesr7

    Four of her current top five songs on here are covers - seems strange as she is a fantastic and prolific songwriter.

    March 2011
  • stupidstuff

    Yes, JulieOlberding, plenty of them... Other Voices/Other Rooms contains all covers. The other albums have original songs.

    February 2011
  • strajnic

    ...Corpus Christi seems so far away....

    January 2011
  • JulieOlberding

    Any originals?

    December 2010
  • maineman99

    Playing in Rockland Maine on Dec 2. http://mainelyconcerts.com/?p=186

    November 2010
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Nanci Griffith in London on Jul 25

25 Jul 2012 | from www.nancigriffith.com

Artist: Nanci Griffith Date: July 25, 2012 Time: 8:00pm City: London Venue: SBE Country: UK Box office: 0844 477 2000 Notes: Date re-scheduled from 3/14 Add to Google Calendar | …

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