that way first . I just think that if you work on a group of songs at one period in time , you ’ re going to have themes that will draw it all together . Therefore , why not make an album because it ’ s going to tell a story anyway ? I like making albums . I know that some people don ’ t sit and listen to the whole thing , but at least they exist in the ether , and even on the streaming services , you can listen to a whole album . You don ’ t have to own the physical copy , but at least it exists in concept , and that is meaningful to me . |
is Sylvia Plath because of how she used the sounds of her words as well as the meaning of the words . That was a big revelation to me when I first started reading her work , the daringness of the subject matter and then also the way she organized the consonants and the vowels . It was like magic to me , like I was listening to a kind of verbal percussion which I just found really powerful .
You ’ ve explored a variety of mediums beyond music , including playwriting . Are there other art forms you ’ d like to
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form and emotion . My sister works in fiber art , and my brother works with giant canvases . It ’ s like part of the dialogue of our family .
I ’ m curious what advice you might give to younger singer songwriters who are just starting out . My advice would be to really figure out what you have to say that ’ s different from other people . If you write something and it seems vaguely familiar , then write something else . That goes for developing your own style of dress and your image , how you want
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Great advice ! Thanks so much for your time , and we can ’ t wait to see you at the Mahaiwe on October 5 ! This performance promises to be an unforgettable evening of music and memories . n
— Samantha Anderson
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Your music often features vivid |
explore in the future ? I suppose |
to look , and what your sound is . |
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storytelling . Are there any au- |
I would like to work with more |
Another thing : just keep going . If |
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thors or literary works that have |
visuals . I ’ d love to play around more |
you find a closed door , don ’ t stand |
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particularly influenced your lyr- |
with painting . I did a bit of that in |
around in front of it hoping it |
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ical style ? I ’ d like to think so . I ’ ve |
the 1990s , and I ’ d like to go back to |
will open up . Go somewhere else |
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always loved James Joyce ’ s Portrait |
exploring color and line . My brother |
where they love you and go from |
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of the Artist as a Young Man , partly |
and sister are both artists , and I love |
there . Oh , and one more thing — get |
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because he does it in a third person . |
their work . I ’ ve learned so much over |
a good lawyer and don ’ t sign any- |
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I like that little bit of distance |
the years from them , and I ’ ve gotten |
thing without that lawyer looking |
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that he puts in the narrative . The |
a feel for how to understand what |
over everything . |
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other person I think of right away |
they are wrestling with in terms of |