Cassie Berman was a member of the indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band Silver Jews

Silver Jews

Silver Jews was an indie rock band from New York City, formed in 1989 by David Berman along with Pavement's Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich. Berman remained throughout and was the only constant member. During the last few albums, Cassie Berman became a regular member of the band...

, which was fronted by her husband David Berman. She contributed vocals and occasionally bass

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

 to the albums Bright Flight

Bright Flight

Bright Flight is the fourth full-length studio album by indie-rock group Silver Jews."Tennessee" was chosen as the title track for an EP that also included "Long Long Gone," "I'm Gonna Love The Hell Out of You," and the brief "Turn Your Guns Around."...

, Tanglewood Numbers

Tanglewood Numbers

Tanglewood Numbers is the fifth full-length album by Silver Jews, released in 2005.Like on all of their other albums, Silver Jews' principal song writer and constant band member is David Berman...

, and Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea

Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea

Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea is indie-rock band Silver Jews sixth, and last, studio album, released 17 June 2008. It was recorded at Marble Valley of Lexington, Virginia and Lake Fever Productions of Nashville, Tennessee. Silver Jews records are known for featuring different casts of musicians...

,. She also played bass and sang backup during live concerts.

In addition, she played bass on the Papa M album Hole of Burning Alms.

Cassie Berman appeared in the film Silver Jew

Silver Jew

Silver Jew is a 2007 documentary film by Michael Tully and Matthew Robison about the poet/musician David Berman and his band Silver Jews. Shot in just three days with no production budget, the film chronicles the band's stop in Israel to play two shows in Tel Aviv and visit Jerusalem during their...

, which chronicled the band's tour of the Middle East

Middle East

The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...

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External links

• [ Cassie Marrett] entry at Allmusic
• [ Cassie Berman] entry at Allmusic