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Natalie Anne O’Shea Merchant (born October 26, 1963 in Jamestown, New York, U.S.) is a professional musician. She co-founded and fronted the band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981. Later, she went to college and then left the band in 1993 and started a successful solo career. Merchant plays the piano, produces and writes many of her songs.

Her debut solo album Tigerlily (1995) had three top-40 singles: ‘Carnival’, ‘Jealousy’ and ‘Wonder’. This was followed in 1998 with her second solo album Ophelia, her third in 2001 with Motherland, and fourth in 2003 called ‘The House Carpenter’s Daughter’.

Merchant has sung alongside Tracy Chapman, Michael Stipe, David Byrne and Peter Gabriel. She has also collaborated with Billy Bragg a number of times, including the 1998 album Mermaid Avenue. Like Bragg, her work touches on social and political themes; she has been active in promoting a number of campaigning issues in both her songs and through the causes to which she lends her name.

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Top Tracks

1	Carnival	554
2	My Skin	450
3	San Andreas Fault	379
4	Kind & Generous	306
5	Life Is Sweet	249
6	Motherland	214
7	Wonder	211
8	The Living	184
9	Cowboy Romance	176
10	Jealousy	157
10	Thick as Thieves	157
12	Beloved Wife	145
13	Break Your Heart	137
14	Ophelia	118
15	Not in This Life	116

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mehdi483

My Skin <3

14 days ago
Bachelor_No2

@Furashubakku: Yes. Yes, she is.

last month
Furashubakku

I like the Arabian reggae thing going on in This House is On Fire.

last month
Furashubakku

She is interesting, I guess.

last month
BarneyJWY

She's excellent! Thank you principle for forcing me to listen to her Ophelia album!

December 2011
konraaad

artist with amazing soul, no need to explain.

December 2011
SimoneBerlioz

artist like her really need a grammy <3

November 2011
emcxmc

Happy Birthday, Natalie.

October 2011
ShySquirrel

funtomas76 "Absolutely underrated musician!" [2] she really deserves more listeners

September 2011
cheergirl21

My Skin <3

August 2011
funtomas76

Absolutely underrated musician!

August 2011
xevissimo

Space Oddity <3

August 2011
Crowriver

A voice that provides the best evidence yet that there really is a God. Also, "Man in the Wilderness" was my favourite song for months!

July 2011
musiclovesme

are you on google +? i just realized i could add all my last.fm friends there and geek out to new music with them on there

July 2011
xanti_j

te amooooooooo <3

June 2011
theapril-sea

her voice is divine

June 2011
mellow_becktabs

hear this a lot when grocery shopping :) good stuff

May 2011
jimmyrabbitte

I still think she's got the most powerful voice of the last few decades. It lifts me up and lets me plummet to the ground unharmed, a glorious ride through both the sacred and the profane, great sadness and great joy. Very few singers can manage that.

May 2011
catradali

the best lyricist of our time, seriously amazing.

April 2011
Bachelor_No2

Her version of Will the Circle be Unbroken is stunning. As is everything she does.

March 2011