Richard Garrett

Edinburgh, Indiana
50 Years Old
Singer-Songwriter, Lyricist, Vocalist

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LEVEL

aspiring

GENRES

Alternative Rock, Experimental, Instrumental

Contact

Administrative: american songspace

INSTRUMENTS

bass / keyboard / vocals

I WRITE:

When I have time

I Also Write:
by myself
with others
for myself

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

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LORRE LE MARZ

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Legends: Rickie Lee Jones

She speaks softly, not unlike the way she sings --soft, soulful passages, almost like secrets to the closest of friends --punctuated by bursts of exaltation. It's much like the span of emotion in her work, and in her new record, Balm in Gilead, which veers from the pure, naked heartbreak of "Bonfires" to the elation of "Old Enough," to the beautiful "Wild Girl," which celebrates the 21st birthday of her daughter, while simultaneously reflecting on the unchained fervor of her own wild days.

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Q&A With Squeeze's Chris Defford

After practically defining the New Wave genre in the '80s and, with partner Glenn Tilbrook, writing some of the classic pop songs of the late 20th century, Squeeze's venerable co-writer Chris Defford went the solo route, with detours into film scoring and the occasional Squeeze reunion.

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Q&A With Joe Pernice

Already considered a songwriter's songwriter for his high-lonesome tunesmithery with the Scud Mountain Boys and shimmering power-pop with the Pernice Brothers, Joe Pernice has launched a fiction writing career that promises as much critical acclaim and cultural valence as his music.

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Drivin' N' Cryin': Carry On

Kevin Kinney has the Midwestern Blues on Great American Bubble Factory, the first collection Southern rockers Drivin' N' Cryin' have released in 12 years. Known for their canny fusion of new wave pop and Dixie boogie, Drivin' N' Cryin' summed up one aspect of the Georgia music scene that spawned bands such as Pylon, the B-52s and, of course, R.E.M.

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