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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.
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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Retrospective 1990-2005 (disc 1)
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Bachelor_No2 wrote:
@Furashubakku: Yes. Yes, she is.
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Furashubakku wrote:
I like the Arabian reggae thing going on in This House is On Fire.
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Furashubakku wrote:
She is interesting, I guess.
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BarneyJWY wrote:
She's excellent! Thank you principle for forcing me to listen to her Ophelia album!
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konraaad wrote:
artist with amazing soul, no need to explain.
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SimoneBerlioz wrote:
artist like her really need a grammy <3
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emcxmc wrote:
Happy Birthday, Natalie.
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ShySquirrel wrote:
funtomas76 "Absolutely underrated musician!" [2] she really deserves more listeners
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cheergirl21 wrote:
My Skin <3
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funtomas76 wrote:
Absolutely underrated musician!
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xevissimo wrote:
Space Oddity <3
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Crowriver wrote:
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!
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musiclovesme wrote:
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
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xanti_j wrote:
te amooooooooo <3
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theapril-sea wrote:
her voice is divine
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mellow_becktabs wrote:
hear this a lot when grocery shopping :) good stuff
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jimmyrabbitte wrote:
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.
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catradali wrote:
the best lyricist of our time, seriously amazing.
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Bachelor_No2 wrote:
Her version of Will the Circle be Unbroken is stunning. As is everything she does.
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leona7QQ wrote:
My skin ♥
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Build A Levee
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Thick As Thieves
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- May 9 Natalie Merchant Yost Theater, Santa Ana, Los Angeles, United States
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wuermchen45 wrote about Natalie Merchant – The House Carpenter's Daughter in Meine Top 10 des Jahres 2011. December 2011
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rattlebag wrote about Natalie Merchant – Ophelia in #lpgroup (@LPGrp) - Solo Projects From Band Members. December 2011
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emcxmc wrote about Natalie Merchant – Ophelia in a deleted journal. June 2011
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emcxmc wrote about Natalie Merchant – Tigerlily in a deleted journal. June 2011
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emcxmc wrote about Natalie Merchant – Motherland in a deleted journal. June 2011
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emcxmc wrote about Natalie Merchant – Live in Concert in a deleted journal. June 2011
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Meine Top 10 des Jahres 2011
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