Juliet Wyers
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Juliet Wyers is an American
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...

 from Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
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. She has recorded two albums, Clear (2003) and sunlit (summer:live) (2005). Clear ranked 22nd in CD Baby
CD Baby
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's 2003 Top 100 Sellers contest, out of 35,000 artists.
Clear was also #27 Most Played Album on the FolkDJ
charts, and the first track, “Life, Love Me,” was #24 Most Played Song (November 2003). In 2003 she was a finalist in six national songwriting competitions, including the New Folk competition at the Kerrville Folk Festival
Kerrville Folk Festival
The Kerrville Folk Festival is a music festival held for 18 consecutive days in the late spring/early summer at Quiet Valley Ranch near Kerrville, Texas. The event has run on a yearly basis since 1972. In November 2008, the Kerrville Folk Festival and Kerrville Wine & Music Festival were acquired...

 and the Emerging Artist Showcase at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
The Falcon Ridge Folk Festival is an American annual folk-oriented music festival and dance festival formerly held at the Long Hill Farm in Hillsdale, New York, USA. In 2006, the event moved to nearby Dodds Farm, just off Rt. 22, five miles north of the Rt. 22/Rt. 23 intersection in Hillsdale, on...

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Personal

Juliet Wyers has also been a music teacher in the past. She has directed choirs as a middle school teacher in the Eugene/Springfield area before recording her two albums. Her father, Jan Wyers, once ran for Attorney General for the state of Oregon.

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