Lucy Wainwright Roche
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Lucy Wainwright Roche is an American
singer-songwriter
, and the daughter of musicians, Loudon Wainwright III
and Suzzy Roche
. Preceded by two EPs, 8 Songs and 8 More, Roche released her debut album, Lucy
in October 2010.
s Loudon Wainwright III
, a 2010 Grammy Award winner, and Suzzy Roche
, who, along with her sisters (Lucy's aunts) Maggie and Terre Roche, make up the female vocal group The Roches
, known for their original harmonies. (The Roches were major influences on the early careers of such artists as the Indigo Girls
. Lucy has recently toured the country as an opening act for the Indigo Girls, and the duo is featured on a couple of songs on Lucy's new record that was released in October 2010.
Lucy is also the half-sister of singer-songwriters Rufus Wainwright
and Martha Wainwright
(whose late mother Kate
was half of the Canadian folk duo Kate and Anna McGarrigle
). She has toured with Rufus throughout the years. Accomplished artists Sloan Wainwright
and David Roche are her paternal aunt and maternal uncle, respectively.
, New York City. She attended PS 41 in Manhattan and high school at Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn
, New York, graduating in 1999. She then attended Oberlin College
in Ohio, graduating in 2003 with a degree in creative writing. In 2006 Roche received her Master's degree in general education from Bank Street College of Education
in Manhattan
. She currently resides in Brooklyn.
's "Hungry Heart" with actress Martha Plimpton
.
Prior to 8 More, Roche released her first EP in 2007 titled 8 Songs which featured "Saddest Sound", a song that appeared on the television show Lipstick Jungle
.
In addition to touring the country opening for such acts as the Indigo Girls
, Dar Williams
, Girlyman
, Amos Lee
, her father Loudon Wainwright III
, and brother Rufus Wainwright
, Lucy also has sung backup for Grammy-nominated artist Neko Case
, including an appearance with Case on The Late Show with David Letterman.
In early 2009, Lucy's song "Snare Drum" won the 8th Annual Independent Music Awards for Best Folk/Singer-Songwriter Song.
In 2008, Lucy was one of the winners of the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival's "Emerging Artist" competition. Again in 2009, she was one of six winners of the Grassy Hill Kerrville Folk Festival's "New Folk Singer/Songwriter Competition".
Roche released her debut album, Lucy
in October 2010.
United States
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singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, and the daughter of musicians, Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Snowden Wainwright III is a Grammy Award-winning American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor. He is the father of musicians Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche, brother of Sloan Wainwright, and the former husband of the late folk singer Kate McGarrigle.To...
and Suzzy Roche
Suzzy Roche
Suzzy Roche , originally from Park Ridge, New Jersey, is best known for her work with the female vocal group The Roches, alongside sisters Maggie and Terre...
. Preceded by two EPs, 8 Songs and 8 More, Roche released her debut album, Lucy
Lucy (Lucy Wainwright Roche album)
Lucy is the debut studio album by American folk musician Lucy Wainwright Roche, released on October 26, 2010 on Strike Back Records. Produced by Stewart Lerman, the album features appearances from Roche's father Loudon Wainwright III, The Roches, Steuart Smith, David Mansfield and Kelly...
in October 2010.
Musical family
Lucy Wainwright Roche is the daughter of singer-songwriterSinger-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
s Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Snowden Wainwright III is a Grammy Award-winning American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor. He is the father of musicians Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche, brother of Sloan Wainwright, and the former husband of the late folk singer Kate McGarrigle.To...
, a 2010 Grammy Award winner, and Suzzy Roche
Suzzy Roche
Suzzy Roche , originally from Park Ridge, New Jersey, is best known for her work with the female vocal group The Roches, alongside sisters Maggie and Terre...
, who, along with her sisters (Lucy's aunts) Maggie and Terre Roche, make up the female vocal group The Roches
The Roches
The Roches are a female vocal group of three songwriting Irish-American sisters from Park Ridge, New Jersey, known for their "unusual" and "rich" harmonies, quirky lyrics, and casually comedic stage performances.The Roches have been active as performers and recording artists since the mid-1970s,...
, known for their original harmonies. (The Roches were major influences on the early careers of such artists as the Indigo Girls
Indigo Girls
The Indigo Girls are an American folk rock music duo, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. They met in elementary school and began performing together as high school students in Decatur, Georgia, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area...
. Lucy has recently toured the country as an opening act for the Indigo Girls, and the duo is featured on a couple of songs on Lucy's new record that was released in October 2010.
Lucy is also the half-sister of singer-songwriters Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. He has recorded six albums of original music, EPs, and tracks on compilations and film soundtracks.-Early years:...
and Martha Wainwright
Martha Wainwright
Martha Wainwright is a Canadian-American folk-rock singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of American folk singer and actor Loudon Wainwright III and Canadian folk singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle...
(whose late mother Kate
Kate McGarrigle
Kate McGarrigle, CM was a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, who wrote and performed as a duo with her sister Anna McGarrigle....
was half of the Canadian folk duo Kate and Anna McGarrigle
Kate and Anna McGarrigle
Kate and Anna McGarrigle, were a pair of Canadian singer-songwriters from Quebec, who performed as a duo until Kate McGarrigle's death on January 18, 2010.-Profile:...
). She has toured with Rufus throughout the years. Accomplished artists Sloan Wainwright
Sloan Wainwright
Sloan Wainwright is an artist and member of the American independent music scene. Her musical style consists of a combination of folk, rock, jazz, and blues, an approach which owes itself to her time writing and performing throughout the Greenwich Village.-Family:Sloan Wainwright is a younger...
and David Roche are her paternal aunt and maternal uncle, respectively.
Background
Roche was born and raised in Greenwich VillageGreenwich Village
Greenwich Village, , , , .in New York often simply called "the Village", is a largely residential neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City. A large majority of the district is home to upper middle class families...
, New York City. She attended PS 41 in Manhattan and high school at Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, New York, graduating in 1999. She then attended Oberlin College
Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. Connected to the college is the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the oldest continuously operating...
in Ohio, graduating in 2003 with a degree in creative writing. In 2006 Roche received her Master's degree in general education from Bank Street College of Education
Bank Street College of Education
Bank Street College of Education is located in Manhattan, New York City.-History:Bank Street was founded in 1916 by Lucy Sprague Mitchell as the "Bureau of Educational Experiments"....
in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
. She currently resides in Brooklyn.
Career
Roche initially chose to bypass the family career choice of music in order to teach elementary school in New York City for several years. In 2007, she made the decision to pursue a career in music full-time. This decision is chronicled in her "Spring Song" which appears on her EP 8 More, released in 2008. Also featured on this record is a duet of Bruce SpringsteenBruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...
's "Hungry Heart" with actress Martha Plimpton
Martha Plimpton
Martha Campbell Plimpton is an American actress and singer and former model. Plimpton is a screen, stage and television actress. She first appeared as Jonsy in the feature film River Rats before rising to prominence in the Richard Donner film The Goonies portraying the character Stef...
.
Prior to 8 More, Roche released her first EP in 2007 titled 8 Songs which featured "Saddest Sound", a song that appeared on the television show Lipstick Jungle
Lipstick Jungle
Lipstick Jungle is a novel written by New York writer and socialite Candace Bushnell, that weaves the stories of Nico Reilly, Wendy Healy, and Victory Ford, who are numbers 8, 12, and 17 on the New York Post's list of New York's 50 Most Powerful Women...
.
In addition to touring the country opening for such acts as the Indigo Girls
Indigo Girls
The Indigo Girls are an American folk rock music duo, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. They met in elementary school and began performing together as high school students in Decatur, Georgia, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area...
, Dar Williams
Dar Williams
Dar Williams is an American singer-songwriter specializing in pop folk.She is a frequent performer at folk festivals and has toured with such artists as Mary Chapin Carpenter, Patty Griffin, Ani DiFranco, The Nields, Shawn Colvin, Girlyman, Joan Baez, and Catie Curtis.-Biography:Williams was born...
, Girlyman
Girlyman
Girlyman is an American folk-rock band formerly based in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, now based in Atlanta, Georgia.Their self-released debut album, Remember Who I Am, sold 5,000 copies before it was re-released by Daemon Records, the independent record label run by Amy Ray of the Indigo...
, Amos Lee
Amos Lee
Amos Lee is an American singer-songwriter whose musical style encompasses folk, rock and soul. Lee has four albums on Blue Note Records and has toured as an opening act for Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Norah Jones, Paul Simon, Merle Haggard, Van Morrison, John Prine, Dave Matthews Band and Adele. In...
, her father Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Wainwright III
Loudon Snowden Wainwright III is a Grammy Award-winning American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor. He is the father of musicians Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche, brother of Sloan Wainwright, and the former husband of the late folk singer Kate McGarrigle.To...
, and brother Rufus Wainwright
Rufus Wainwright
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. He has recorded six albums of original music, EPs, and tracks on compilations and film soundtracks.-Early years:...
, Lucy also has sung backup for Grammy-nominated artist Neko Case
Neko Case
Neko Case is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her solo career and her contributions as a member of the Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers....
, including an appearance with Case on The Late Show with David Letterman.
In early 2009, Lucy's song "Snare Drum" won the 8th Annual Independent Music Awards for Best Folk/Singer-Songwriter Song.
In 2008, Lucy was one of the winners of the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival's "Emerging Artist" competition. Again in 2009, she was one of six winners of the Grassy Hill Kerrville Folk Festival's "New Folk Singer/Songwriter Competition".
Roche released her debut album, Lucy
Lucy (Lucy Wainwright Roche album)
Lucy is the debut studio album by American folk musician Lucy Wainwright Roche, released on October 26, 2010 on Strike Back Records. Produced by Stewart Lerman, the album features appearances from Roche's father Loudon Wainwright III, The Roches, Steuart Smith, David Mansfield and Kelly...
in October 2010.
EPs
- 8 Songs (2007)
- 8 More (2008)
- Live at Lime with Lucy Wainwright Roche (download only)