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Metacritic.com: Music Reviews - Found Aug. 20, 2008 The 10th solo album for the artist was produced by Andy Chase and features Richard Butler, Matthew Caws, Jody Porter, and Tracy Bonham as guests. |
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Idolator - Found Aug. 15, 2008 The last time a female solo artist topped the chart was in 1996, when Tracy Bonham's "Mother, Mother" went to No. |
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New York Post - Found 15 hours ago Her fourth, self-titled album featured songs co-written with Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne), Tracy Bonham and hit-maker Jeff Cohen. |
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Metacritic - Found Aug. 20, 2008 10th solo album for the artist was produced by Andy Chase and features Richard Butler, Matthew Caws, Jody Porter, and Tracy Bonham as guests. |
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Philadelphia City Paper - Found Sep. 3, 2008 Hatfield plays piano on a pair of sappy songs he co-wrote with his sister, and fellow alt-rocker Tracy Bonham adds violin to a few tracks. |
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Starpulse - Found Aug. 15, 2008 Armed with a carefully curated team of musicians at his side, from Nina Gordon (Veruca Salt) to Tracy Bonham, Moon Zappa, David Levita (Alanis... |
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Kane County Chronicle - Found Aug. 22, 2008 But people like Alanis Morissette, Tracy Bonham and Jimmy Eat World, I respect that they say, I have a friend whos addicted to drugs and Im... |
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Northwest Herald - Found Aug. 22, 2008 But people like Alanis Morissette, Tracy Bonham and Jimmy Eat World, I respect that they say, I have a friend whos addicted to drugs and Im... |
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Northwest Herald - Found Aug. 22, 2008 But people like Alanis Morissette, Tracy Bonham and Jimmy Eat World, I respect that they say, ?I have a friend who?s addicted to drugs and... |
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Boston Globe - Found Jul. 11, 2008 The renamed 'City Steps Concerts' series will feature Thriving Ivory on July 17, Tracy Bonham on July 31, and English Beat on Aug. 21, all... |
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Tracy Bonham
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Tracy Bonham performing at Webster Hall.
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| Background information | |
| Born | March 16, 1969 Boston,Massachusets, U.S. |
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| Genre(s) | Alternative rock Post-grunge |
| Instrument(s) | vocals violin piano acoustic guitar |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Label(s) | PolyGram Zoë Records |
| Associated acts | Blue Man Group |
| Website | Official site |
Tracy Bonham (born 16 March 1967 in Eugene, Oregon) is a Grammy-nominated American musician best known for her single "Mother Mother".
Raised in Eugene, Oregon, Bonham is a classically trained violinist and pianist. She received two Grammy nominations in 1997 for Best Alternative Performance and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. Today, Bonham splits her time between the Woodstock and Brooklyn. She is married to Rolling Stone executive editor Jason Fine.
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Raised in Eugene, Oregon, Bonham began singing at age 5 and playing the violin at 9. She received a full scholarship to the University of Southern California for violin, but she eventually transferred to Berklee College of Music to study voice instead. She started writing songs in 1994 after moving to Boston. In 1996, her major label debut The Burdens of Being Upright went gold, spawning the hit single "Mother Mother", and leading to a pair of Grammy nominations. The follow-up, Down Here, was released in 2000 and since that time she’s continued her career, playing her music around the country.
When asked about the maturation of her songwriting, Bonham replies, “I think I stopped trying to prove so much to people. I went inward and realized that being honest and not being so veiled and cryptic can actually touch more people. In the past, I wanted to be deep, but then I went too far and was over-thinking everything. Now I just write from the heart.”[1]
Tracy Bonham became a critically acclaimed artist after her debut full-length album The Burdens of Being Upright. Magazines such as Rolling Stone and People noted her bold approach to rock music. Her single "Mother, Mother" was number one on the rock charts for a month. Later that year Bonham was nominated for two Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Performance and Best Female Vocal. She then went on extensive touring. The album's second single, "The One" was a minor hit and peaked at #23 on The Billboard "Hot Modern Rock Tracks" chart[2], the video was in heavy rotation on MTV & VH1 briefly. The third and final single, "Sharks Can't Sleep" failed to chart in the US.
After the mild successcitation needed of her first album, Tracy released Down Here, her second full-length album. Originally titled "Trails of a Dust Devil" with promos having been sent out with that title, the album and the only single released from it, "Behind Every Good Woman", failed to chart. She took a break after promoting the album while searching for a new label.citation needed
Tracy parted ways with her record label.citation needed Whilst touring in support of Blue Man Group, she recorded and released an independent EP, Bee. It included early versions of "Shine" and "All Thumbs" and a live version of "Freed" from the Down Here album, and a cover of "Black Dog", originally performed by Led Zeppelin. With the money made from selling this EP she returned to the studio to start work on her third full-length LP. The Bee EP was later re-issued in Europe as the Something Beautiful EP, with the addition of the title track (lifted from Blink the Brightest), and a DVD with bonus live performances.
On June 21, 2005, Bonham released Blink the Brightest (Zoë/Rounder). It was recorded in L.A., where she has lived part-time since 2003.
Bonham is also a self-taught guitarist.[1] “Guitar-wise, I have a certain style that I can’t seem to get any guitar player to mimic, and it’s because they’re good and I’m bad,” she has said. “And I don’t mind. There’s a way I want to hear it, so I just do it myself.”[1]
Bonham co-produced the bulk of the album with Greg Collins (U2, No Doubt, Matchbox Twenty); Joey Waronker, who has drummed for R.E.M. and Beck, co-produced four tracks. Along with Bonham, the players include drummers Waronker and Butch (eels), bassists Sebastian Steinberg (Soul Coughing, Neil Finn) and Davey Faragher (Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow), guitarists Joe Gore (Tom Waits, P.J. Harvey) and Dave Levita (Alanis Morissette, Jewel) and keyboard player Mitchell Froom (Paul McCartney, Los Lobos).
Unlike Bonham’s first two albums, which were underwritten by her former label Island Records, Bonham paid the recording costs of Blink the Brightest herself[1] with money she’d made from selling copies of her EPs while touring with the Blue Man Group in 2003 (she previously appeared on the group’s album, The Complex).
In the late fall/early winter of 2006, Bonham released In The City + In The Woods, her second EP which she funded herself. The 11-track disc features two studio tracks, a cover version of Beyoncé Knowles's "Crazy In Love" and an original- "In My Other Life". The rest of the songs are live tracks, which include some older favorites ("One Hit Wonder" and a stunning new version of "Navy Bean"), covers ("Blue Jay Way"), and previously unreleased material ("Your World Turns Upside Down", "The Idiot In Me").
Tracy is currently recording new music in Woodstock, NY for her forthcoming project. Some of the songs have been performed live, while others have been put up on Tracy's site as free downloads.
The following list includes the new songs Tracy has written and/or performed:
*released on Tracy Bonham's Official Web site / + performed live
Albums
EPs
Singles
Digital releases
| Year | Award |
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| 1996 | MTV Video Music Awards nomination for Best New Artist ("Mother Mother") |
| 1996 | MTV Video Music Awards nomination for Best Female Video ("Mother Mother") |
| 1997 | Grammy Award nomination for Best Alternative Music Performance (The Burdens of Being Upright) |
| 1997 | Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance ("Mother Mother") |

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