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No one knows the plain language of the barroom better than Meiko (mee-koh). Waiting tables at the Hotel Café in LA’s Cahuenga Boulevard arts district, she’s been privy to a few conversations no sober heart would choose to have in public. So it seems a shock when she stands up before that same crowd and openly proclaims the sweetest secrets of her own beautiful heartbreak.

On the self-titled Meiko, the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter is at once tough, tender, raw and funny. Never exactly what you expect, she and her songs all explore loss and loneliness, but none of them seem to live there. “I have a hard time writing love songs,” Meiko says. “I write frustrated love songs.” With a keen eye for detail and a vivid gift of narrative, Meiko collects jagged moments and devastating conversational snapshots, and turns them into deceptively simple tunes with hushed, gentle tones and stunning imagery.

Hailing from Roberta, Georgia, (population 808), Meiko grew up in an actual log cabin built by her father’s hands. It was her dad’s affinity for The Eagles, The Allman Brothers Band and others that gave Meiko her folk sensibility. “He had this beautiful old Gibson guitar,” she recalls, “And he played and sang for me right from the cradle.” Of course, a child can’t yet discern a cover song from an original. “Imagine my surprise years later when I heard some band named Led Zeppelin playing my father’s song — ‘Stairway To Heaven’ — on the radio.”

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augustohariss wrote:
Sunday morning

I love that girl! ♥

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alusa_smile wrote:
last month

Sleep <3

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blabbers wrote:
last month

she seems interesting.

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nicolemalena wrote:
last month

Oddly enough heard her on the show Kyle XY. She is fantastic!!!

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caseydeanne wrote:
last month

oh no baby, you, can't you see? I'm hiding in your arms

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lesleyjl21 wrote:
last month

brand new group: fans of jason bentley

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xandyttk wrote:
December 2009

pegada boa....!!!

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yesymarchita wrote:
December 2009

mmmmmmmmmmmm.....eiko!!! ❤❤❤

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Sts954 wrote:
December 2009

I like her songs verrrrrrryyy much! :) and the song "Reasons to love you" is favourite ..yeah!)))

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adamramadhan wrote:
December 2009

NEW ALBUMM!!

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Chris639 wrote:
December 2009

I want a new album!

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PlayThatTrack wrote:
November 2009

i wanna go to hawaii ! <3

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Vetryakova wrote:
November 2009

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ss1717 wrote:
October 2009

hey all- check out a great interview with Meiko. here's the link: http://rumbum.com/sections/424/posts/424

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wrsparks wrote:
October 2009

I like It...

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NiteShok wrote:
October 2009

Meiko live in Perth, Australia: http://www.onemovementword.com/2009/10/showcase-festival-meiko-live-on-the-crossover-stage/

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orky7 wrote:
October 2009

Falling Hard is legen wait for it..... dary!!!!!

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apptfire wrote:
October 2009

whats on the under my bed ep? any new songs?

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lpholman wrote:
October 2009

Brandi Carlile is coming to Seattle on 10/24 and playing at the Paramount!! Tickets are selling fast!!! The Show is All Ages, and doors open at 8pm!! Meiko fans.....Can't Make the show? Check out her new album that dropped on 10/6 titled "Give Up The Ghost". http://bit.ly/1azJYZ

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PlayThatTrack wrote:
October 2009

i wanna go to hawaaaaaii.

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