Ambrosia Parsley
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Ambrosia Parsley is an American alternative pop/rock singer-songwriter. She began her career in 1999 as the lead singer of Shivaree (band)
accompanied by Danny McGough (keyboard), and Duke McVinnie (guitar
). Ambrosia Parsley is launching her career as a solo artist and is due to release her solo debut album in the spring of 2011.
's album Enter the Mowo, Verbena
's La Musica Negra
and has been featured in many other works by other artists.
Air America
called Ambrosia Sings the News — a short song (always the same melody), usually under a minute or so long that attempted to encapsulate the contents of the previous week's headlines. Approximately 47-50 installments of "Ambrosia Sings the News" were aired with some being live performances. The show was successful enough that a single titled "2004 (The Year In Review...For Anyone Who Can Bear the Mere Thought)" that summarized exactly what the title suggests was sold exclusively via iTunes.
On April 2010 the song "Rubble" was presented on Parsley's official website as the first single of the yet-untitled solo album. The single became available for listening as streaming audio and a free download was available directly from the site.
On October 7, 2010 a message was posted on Parsley's official Facebook account that stated "Ambrosia has been hard at work on a solo project with the esteemed Elegant Too duo of Chris Maxwell and Phil Hernandez (Ray Davies, Yoko Ono, Fred Schneider, Jon Spencer, some others) and they’re threatening to debut a collection of heretofore unheard/unholy goods." On October 10, 2010 she debuted 3 new songs, "My Knees", "The Waltz" and "Make Me Laugh" in a small live performance in Phoenicia, New York confirming that the solo album is on its way.
On December 6, 2010 Parsley confirmed the album would be released in 2011 by saying "Finishing up in January. Hoping for a spring release" and also confirmed another track from the album titled "Weeping Cherry".
On April 1, 2011 Ambrosia Parsley's official website was remodeled with new pictures, a live performance announcement, contact information, and a new song titled "The Other Side". The new track became available for free download in the same fashion that "Rubble" did.
Tracks that Parsley participated in are:
Shivaree (band)
Shivaree is an American alternative pop/rock band formed in 1997 consisting of Ambrosia Parsley , Danny McGough , and Duke McVinnie . Shivaree is best known for the song "Goodnight Moon", released in 1999 and appearing in Dawson's Creek and Kill Bill: Volume 2...
accompanied by Danny McGough (keyboard), and Duke McVinnie (guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
). Ambrosia Parsley is launching her career as a solo artist and is due to release her solo debut album in the spring of 2011.
History
Ambrosia Parsley has released 4 studio albums and 2 EPs under the band Shivaree. In addition to her work with Shivaree, Parsley has appeared on Mocean WorkerMocean Worker
-Background:Philadelphia native Adam Dorn is the son of famous jazz and R'n'B producer Joel Dorn. He grew up around the jazz and R&B discs his father produced for Atlantic Records in the '60s and '70s. As a 15-year-old, he sent a fan letter to bassist Marcus Miller...
's album Enter the Mowo, Verbena
Verbena (band)
Verbena was a rock band from Birmingham, Alabama, founded in the early 1990s by Scott Bondy, and Daniel Duquette Johnston who would become mainstays for the entirety of the bands career, despite undergoing several line-up changes...
's La Musica Negra
La Musica Negra
La Musica Negra is the third and final album by rock band Verbena, released in 2003 on Capitol Records. Although the album marked yet another line-up change with the departure of long time member Ann Marie Griffin succeeded by Nick Daviston on bass, the album was dedicated to her in the liner...
and has been featured in many other works by other artists.
Ambrosia Sings The News
In April 2004, Ambrosia Parsley embarked on a project for the liberal radio stationRadio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
Air America
Air America Radio
Air America was an American radio network specializing in progressive talk programming...
called Ambrosia Sings the News — a short song (always the same melody), usually under a minute or so long that attempted to encapsulate the contents of the previous week's headlines. Approximately 47-50 installments of "Ambrosia Sings the News" were aired with some being live performances. The show was successful enough that a single titled "2004 (The Year In Review...For Anyone Who Can Bear the Mere Thought)" that summarized exactly what the title suggests was sold exclusively via iTunes.
Ambrosia Parsley Solo Album Debut
According to a Rounder Records publicist, Ambrosia was to release her debut solo album in the spring of 2008 but the album was never released. The reasons as to why her solo album was not released in 2008 is unknown but as of October 2009 through non-official sources it was confirmed that Parsley continues to work on her solo album and will eventually see its release.On April 2010 the song "Rubble" was presented on Parsley's official website as the first single of the yet-untitled solo album. The single became available for listening as streaming audio and a free download was available directly from the site.
On October 7, 2010 a message was posted on Parsley's official Facebook account that stated "Ambrosia has been hard at work on a solo project with the esteemed Elegant Too duo of Chris Maxwell and Phil Hernandez (Ray Davies, Yoko Ono, Fred Schneider, Jon Spencer, some others) and they’re threatening to debut a collection of heretofore unheard/unholy goods." On October 10, 2010 she debuted 3 new songs, "My Knees", "The Waltz" and "Make Me Laugh" in a small live performance in Phoenicia, New York confirming that the solo album is on its way.
On December 6, 2010 Parsley confirmed the album would be released in 2011 by saying "Finishing up in January. Hoping for a spring release" and also confirmed another track from the album titled "Weeping Cherry".
On April 1, 2011 Ambrosia Parsley's official website was remodeled with new pictures, a live performance announcement, contact information, and a new song titled "The Other Side". The new track became available for free download in the same fashion that "Rubble" did.
Ambrosia Parsley (Solo work & Collaborations)
Aside from the work She has done with Shivaree, Ambrosia Parsley has done some collaborations with other artists and a couple of Solo tracks that have become available to the public through projects/albums of others.Tracks that Parsley participated in are:
- "Ether" (back up vocals) - was released in the album "La musica negra" by Verbena on May 20, 2003.
- "I'll take the woods" (lead singer) - was released in the album "Enter the Mowo!" by Mocean Worker on April 6, 2004.
- "Everybody Came" (lead singer) - released in the album "For the Kids Too" with various artists released on October 19, 2004.
- "Girls: Must be single and very pretty" (lead singer) - released in Esopus Magazine #6 titled "Help Wanted" on May 1, 2006. This is a collaboration with 'The Elegant Too'.
- "Counting" (lead singer) - released in the album "Songs of Sara P. Smith" (an album of various artists as a tribute to Sara P. Smith) in 2006.
- "Morning Light" (lead singer) - released in the album "Songs of Sara P. Smith" (an album of various artists as a tribute to Sara P. Smith) in 2006.
- "You'd be surprised" (duet with lead singer of band) - released in the album "Your Language" by White Hassle on July 25, 2008.
- "Then Was Then and Now Is Now" (lead singer) - released in the album "The Best Is Yet To Come: The Songs Of Cy Coleman (2009)" with various artists and it was released on September 15, 2009.
- "Night Time" (duet with Elegant Too) - unknown origin or date. was posted on March 22, 2009 on Ambrosia Parsley's facebook account.
- "My World" (lead singer) - a new song composed and produced by The Elegant Too with Parsley's vocals was made known on 11-21-10 in a commercial for Juicy Couture's new fragrance called "peace love and juicy couture". Possibly forming part of Ambrosia's solo album debut.