Maria Taylor
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Maria Diane Taylor is an American singer/songwriter
from Birmingham, Alabama
. She is also a member of the duo Azure Ray
with Orenda Fink
, as well as the band Now It's Overhead
, both of which are signed with Saddle Creek Records
. She plays several instruments, including the piano
, guitar
, and drums
, and has collaborated with such artists as Bright Eyes, Moby
, Abra Moore
, David Barbe
, and Crooked Fingers
.
She released her first solo album 11:11
on Saddle Creek Records on May 24, 2005. Her second solo album, Lynn Teeter Flower
, was released on March 6, 2007, also on Saddle Creek. She released an acoustic album titled Savannah Drive
in fall of 2008. On March 31, 2009 she released her third full length, LadyLuck
via Nettwerk Music Group.
—Who Did You Pay (1997) and It's in the Sound (2000). The group disbanded during the merging of Geffen with Universal Music Group
. Afterwards, Taylor moved to Athens, Georgia
along with her musical collaborator, Orenda Fink
. There, they formed the band Azure Ray
. The pair signed to WARM
and released their self titled debut as well as their second album, Burn and Shiver
. The duo then relocated to Omaha, NE and released two additional records on Saddle Creek
, the November EP and their final album, Hold on Love
. Following that album, Taylor and Fink moved on to produce their own solo records.
They were also involved in another Saddle Creek band, Now It's Overhead.
Taylor has contributed her vocals to Bright Eyes, Joshua Radin
, Moby
, and Crooked Fingers
.
Her song "Time Lapse Lifeline" was featured in the "The Beaver In The Otter" episode of "Bones
". Her music has also been featured frequently on the popular TV series, Grey's Anatomy
—"Song Beneath The Song" from her first solo album 11:11
was on the Grey's Anatomy Season 1 Soundtrack.
Maria Taylor's also had a song featured on the hit ABC Family series Greek
.
"No Stars" from Taylor's album Lynn Teeter Flower
was also featured on the prom episode of the CW's One Tree Hill
; she also has had a song featured on the series Scrubs
.
Taylor always removes the high E-string on her guitar before playing, even in concert.
Taylor's works have been called an inspiration for the new album by British
singer Jack Lucien
in his weekly blog.
" from 11:11, "A Good Start" from Lynn Teeter Flower
, and "Time Lapse Lifeline" and "Cartoons and Forever Plans" from LadyLuck
.
The song "Cartoons and Forever Plans" was co-written with and also features R.E.M.
's Michael Stipe
. The video features actor/singer Soko
and was directed by SKINNY (Directing Team)
.
Maria is also featured in the video for "Four Winds
" by Bright Eyes.
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 Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...
. She is also a member of the duo Azure Ray
Azure Ray
Azure Ray is an American dream pop duo, consisting of musicians Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink. The pair met at the age of 15 at the Alabama School of Fine Arts...
with Orenda Fink
Orenda Fink
Orenda Fink is a musician on Saddle Creek Records.Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Fink was half of the Southern dream pop duo Azure Ray from 2001 to 2004. Fink is also a former member of Now It's Overhead, another Saddle Creek band. She released her first full-length solo album Invisible Ones on...
, as well as the band Now It's Overhead
Now It's Overhead
Now It's Overhead were an indie rock band fronted by singer/songwriter Andy LeMaster and based in Athens, Georgia. Their first album, a self-titled collection of songs LeMaster wrote over a period of two years in the late 90s, quickly rose from a studio project to a full-time band with the...
, both of which are signed with Saddle Creek Records
Saddle Creek Records
Saddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel...
. She plays several instruments, including the piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, 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...
, and drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, and has collaborated with such artists as Bright Eyes, Moby
Moby
Richard Melville Hall , better known by his stage name Moby, is an American musician, DJ, and photographer. He is known mainly for his sample-based electronic music and his outspoken liberal political views, including his support of veganism and animal rights.Moby gained attention in the early...
, Abra Moore
Abra Moore
Abra Moore is a folk-styled rock singer-songwriter. Her 1997 album Strangest Places included the hit "Four Leaf Clover", which received airplay in Midwest U.S. radio markets and VH1 and MTV2 rotation, and charted on the Billboard Hot 100.-Biography:Moore's parents named Abra after the heroine of...
, David Barbe
David Barbe
David Barbe is an American musician and producer/engineer from Athens, Georgia and director of the Music Business Certificate Program at the University of Georgia. He is chief of Chase Park Transduction studio in Athens...
, and Crooked Fingers
Crooked Fingers
Crooked Fingers is a North Carolina band led by former Archers of Loaf lead singer Eric Bachmann. The band was previously based in Seattle, Washington and Atlanta, Georgia before moving to Denver. The band released albums on WARM Records and Merge Records before going completely independent in 2008...
.
She released her first solo album 11:11
11:11 (Maria Taylor album)
11:11 is the debut solo album by Azure Ray's Maria Taylor. It was released May 24, 2005 by Saddle Creek Records. This album is the 74th release of Saddle Creek Records.-Track listing:#"Leap Year" – 4:28#"Song Beneath the Song" – 3:59...
on Saddle Creek Records on May 24, 2005. Her second solo album, Lynn Teeter Flower
Lynn Teeter Flower
Lynn Teeter Flower is the second album by Maria Taylor and was released on March 6, 2007.This is the 102nd release of Saddle Creek Records.-Track listing:#"A Good Start" - 4:13#"Clean Getaway" - 3:10#"Smile and Wave" - 2:35#"No Stars" - 4:45...
, was released on March 6, 2007, also on Saddle Creek. She released an acoustic album titled Savannah Drive
Savannah Drive
Savannah Drive is an acoustic album by Maria Taylor and Andy LeMaster, who previously both had been collaborating multiple times on Bright Eyes records...
in fall of 2008. On March 31, 2009 she released her third full length, LadyLuck
LadyLuck
LadyLuck is the name of the third album by Maria Taylor and was released on March 31, 2009. Three tracks from the album, "Time Lapse Lifeline", "Orchids" and "Cartoons and Forever Plans" are currently available on her MySpace. "Time Lapse Lifeline" and "Cartoons and Forever Plans" are also...
via Nettwerk Music Group.
Biography
Maria Taylor started her musical career at the age of fifteen in the band Little Red Rocket which released two CDs on GeffenGeffen Records
Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...
—Who Did You Pay (1997) and It's in the Sound (2000). The group disbanded during the merging of Geffen with Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
. Afterwards, Taylor moved to Athens, Georgia
Athens, Georgia
Athens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...
along with her musical collaborator, Orenda Fink
Orenda Fink
Orenda Fink is a musician on Saddle Creek Records.Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Fink was half of the Southern dream pop duo Azure Ray from 2001 to 2004. Fink is also a former member of Now It's Overhead, another Saddle Creek band. She released her first full-length solo album Invisible Ones on...
. There, they formed the band Azure Ray
Azure Ray
Azure Ray is an American dream pop duo, consisting of musicians Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink. The pair met at the age of 15 at the Alabama School of Fine Arts...
. The pair signed to WARM
Warm Records
Warm Electronic Recordings is an independent record label based in Athens, Georgia. Azure Ray, Japancakes, and Crooked Fingers are some of the artists on their roster.-Artists:*Azure Ray*Crooked Fingers*Elk City*Empire State*Japancakes*Liz Durrett...
and released their self titled debut as well as their second album, Burn and Shiver
Burn and Shiver
Burn and Shiver is the third release by Azure Ray , released by WARM in 2002.-Track listing:All tracks by Azure Ray#"Favorite Cities" – 3:44#"The New Year" – 3:44#"Seven Days" – 3:35#"Home" – 3:13...
. The duo then relocated to Omaha, NE and released two additional records on Saddle Creek
Saddle Creek Records
Saddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel...
, the November EP and their final album, Hold on Love
Hold on Love
Hold On Love is an album released by the band Azure Ray. It was released October 7, 2003 on Saddle Creek Records.This album is the 54th release of Saddle Creek Records...
. Following that album, Taylor and Fink moved on to produce their own solo records.
They were also involved in another Saddle Creek band, Now It's Overhead.
Taylor has contributed her vocals to Bright Eyes, Joshua Radin
Joshua Radin
Joshua Radin is an American recording artist, songwriter and actor. He was born and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and is of Swedish, German, Polish, Russian, and Austrian descent. He studied drawing and painting at Northwestern University, following his college years with stints as an art...
, Moby
Moby
Richard Melville Hall , better known by his stage name Moby, is an American musician, DJ, and photographer. He is known mainly for his sample-based electronic music and his outspoken liberal political views, including his support of veganism and animal rights.Moby gained attention in the early...
, and Crooked Fingers
Crooked Fingers
Crooked Fingers is a North Carolina band led by former Archers of Loaf lead singer Eric Bachmann. The band was previously based in Seattle, Washington and Atlanta, Georgia before moving to Denver. The band released albums on WARM Records and Merge Records before going completely independent in 2008...
.
Her song "Time Lapse Lifeline" was featured in the "The Beaver In The Otter" episode of "Bones
Bones (TV series)
Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...
". Her music has also been featured frequently on the popular TV series, Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
—"Song Beneath The Song" from her first solo album 11:11
11:11 (Maria Taylor album)
11:11 is the debut solo album by Azure Ray's Maria Taylor. It was released May 24, 2005 by Saddle Creek Records. This album is the 74th release of Saddle Creek Records.-Track listing:#"Leap Year" – 4:28#"Song Beneath the Song" – 3:59...
was on the Grey's Anatomy Season 1 Soundtrack.
Maria Taylor's also had a song featured on the hit ABC Family series Greek
Greek (TV series)
Greek is an American comedy-drama television series, which follows students of the fictional Cyprus-Rhodes University , located in Ohio, who participate in the school's Greek system...
.
"No Stars" from Taylor's album Lynn Teeter Flower
Lynn Teeter Flower
Lynn Teeter Flower is the second album by Maria Taylor and was released on March 6, 2007.This is the 102nd release of Saddle Creek Records.-Track listing:#"A Good Start" - 4:13#"Clean Getaway" - 3:10#"Smile and Wave" - 2:35#"No Stars" - 4:45...
was also featured on the prom episode of the CW's One Tree Hill
One Tree Hill (TV series)
One Tree Hill is an American television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003, on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and, since September 27, 2006, the network has been the official broadcaster...
; she also has had a song featured on the series Scrubs
Scrubs (TV series)
Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...
.
Taylor always removes the high E-string on her guitar before playing, even in concert.
Taylor's works have been called an inspiration for the new album by British
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
singer Jack Lucien
Jack Lucien
Lucien Jack is an Andorran singer who has had success in Continental Europe under the names Hun, Lucien, and Jack Lucien. He is best known for his 2009 single I'm Not Afraid...
in his weekly blog.
Albums with Azure Ray
- Azure RayAzure Ray (album)Azure Ray's self-titled debut was released January 16, 2001 on WARM.*The song "Sleep" is featured in both the film "The Devil Wears Prada" and in the Cold Case episode Fly away from season 1...
(2001, WARMWarm RecordsWarm Electronic Recordings is an independent record label based in Athens, Georgia. Azure Ray, Japancakes, and Crooked Fingers are some of the artists on their roster.-Artists:*Azure Ray*Crooked Fingers*Elk City*Empire State*Japancakes*Liz Durrett...
) - Sleep EP (WARMWarm RecordsWarm Electronic Recordings is an independent record label based in Athens, Georgia. Azure Ray, Japancakes, and Crooked Fingers are some of the artists on their roster.-Artists:*Azure Ray*Crooked Fingers*Elk City*Empire State*Japancakes*Liz Durrett...
, 2002) - Burn and ShiverBurn and ShiverBurn and Shiver is the third release by Azure Ray , released by WARM in 2002.-Track listing:All tracks by Azure Ray#"Favorite Cities" – 3:44#"The New Year" – 3:44#"Seven Days" – 3:35#"Home" – 3:13...
(2002, WARMWarm RecordsWarm Electronic Recordings is an independent record label based in Athens, Georgia. Azure Ray, Japancakes, and Crooked Fingers are some of the artists on their roster.-Artists:*Azure Ray*Crooked Fingers*Elk City*Empire State*Japancakes*Liz Durrett...
) - November EPNovember EPNovember EP is an EP by Azure Ray. It was released January 22, 2002 on Saddle Creek Records.This album is the 41st release of Saddle Creek Records.-Track listing:# "November"# "For the Sake of the Song"# "No Signs of Pain"# "Just a Faint Line"...
(Saddle CreekSaddle Creek RecordsSaddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel...
, 2002) - Hold On LoveHold on LoveHold On Love is an album released by the band Azure Ray. It was released October 7, 2003 on Saddle Creek Records.This album is the 54th release of Saddle Creek Records...
(2003, Saddle CreekSaddle Creek RecordsSaddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel...
) - The Drinks We Drank Last NightThe Drinks We Drank Last Night"The Drinks We Drank Last Night" is the first single from Azure Ray's third full-length album, Hold On Love.This single is the 55th release of Saddle Creek Records.-Track listing:# "The Drinks We Drank Last Night"# "The Love of Two"...
(Saddle CreekSaddle Creek RecordsSaddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel...
, 2003) - New Resolution (Saddle CreekSaddle Creek RecordsSaddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel...
, 2004) - Drawing Down the MoonDrawing Down the Moon (Azure Ray album)Drawing Down the Moon is an album released by the band Azure Ray. It was released September 14, 2010 on Saddle Creek Records, seven years since their last album Hold On Love...
(Saddle CreekSaddle Creek RecordsSaddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel...
, 2010)
Solo
- 11:1111:11 (Maria Taylor album)11:11 is the debut solo album by Azure Ray's Maria Taylor. It was released May 24, 2005 by Saddle Creek Records. This album is the 74th release of Saddle Creek Records.-Track listing:#"Leap Year" – 4:28#"Song Beneath the Song" – 3:59...
(2005) - Lynn Teeter FlowerLynn Teeter FlowerLynn Teeter Flower is the second album by Maria Taylor and was released on March 6, 2007.This is the 102nd release of Saddle Creek Records.-Track listing:#"A Good Start" - 4:13#"Clean Getaway" - 3:10#"Smile and Wave" - 2:35#"No Stars" - 4:45...
(2007) - Savannah DriveSavannah DriveSavannah Drive is an acoustic album by Maria Taylor and Andy LeMaster, who previously both had been collaborating multiple times on Bright Eyes records...
(with Andy LeMasterAndy LeMasterAndy LeMaster is an American singer-songwriter and producer/engineer from Athens, Georgia. His primary band is Now It's Overhead. LeMaster has engineered, produced, and performed in many of the releases on the Saddle Creek label, including records by Bright Eyes, Now It's Overhead, Azure Ray,...
) (2008) - LadyLuckLadyLuckLadyLuck is the name of the third album by Maria Taylor and was released on March 31, 2009. Three tracks from the album, "Time Lapse Lifeline", "Orchids" and "Cartoons and Forever Plans" are currently available on her MySpace. "Time Lapse Lifeline" and "Cartoons and Forever Plans" are also...
(2009) - Overlook (2011)
Compilations
- Lagniappe: A Saddle Creek Benefit for Hurricane Katrina ReliefLagniappe (album)Lagniappe is a compilation album put together by Omaha record label Saddle Creek, after the events of Hurricane Katrina. It is a benefit album, and all profits from its sale are donated to the Red Cross' relief efforts in New Orleans....
(Saddle CreekSaddle Creek RecordsSaddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel...
, 2005)
Appearances
- Bright Eyes - There Is No Beginning to the StoryThere Is No Beginning to the StoryThere Is No Beginning to the Story is an EP by Bright Eyes. The songs on it are fairly varied, with "From a Balance Beam" and "Loose Leaves" having more electronic qualities, while "Messenger Bird's Song" and "We Are Free Men" are more rooted in acoustic...
(2002, Saddle CreekSaddle Creek RecordsSaddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel...
) - Bright Eyes - Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the GroundLifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the GroundLifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground is the fourth album by Bright Eyes. This album is the 46th release of Saddle Creek Records...
(2002 · Saddle CreekSaddle Creek RecordsSaddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel...
) - Bright Eyes - A Christmas AlbumA Christmas Album (Bright Eyes album)-Personnel:The album was arranged by Conor Oberst and Maria Taylor. The performers also include Jake Bellows, Gretta Cohn, Armand Costanzo, Denver Dalley, Stefanie Drootin, Orenda Fink, Neely Jenkins, Jiha Lee, Andy LeMaster, Mike Mogis, Matt Oberst, Stephen Pedersen, Blake Sennett, Macey Taylor,...
(2002 · Saddle CreekSaddle Creek RecordsSaddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel...
) - Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's MorningI'm Wide Awake, It's MorningI'm Wide Awake, It's Morning is one of two Bright Eyes albums released on January 25, 2005, by Saddle Creek Records.-Songs:The music video for "First Day of My Life" was directed by John Cameron Mitchell....
(2005 · Saddle CreekSaddle Creek RecordsSaddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel...
) - Bright Eyes - Digital Ash in a Digital urnDigital Ash in a Digital UrnDigital Ash in a Digital Urn is one of two Bright Eyes albums released on January 25, 2005 by Saddle Creek Records. It peaked at #15 in the US and #43 in the UK...
(2005 · Saddle CreekSaddle Creek RecordsSaddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel...
) - Bright Eyes - Noise FloorNoise floorIn signal theory, the noise floor is the measure of the signal created from the sum of all the noise sources and unwanted signals within a measurement system, where the noise is defined as any signal other than the one being monitored....
(2006 · Saddle CreekSaddle Creek RecordsSaddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel...
) - Bright Eyes - Four WindsFour WindsFour Winds is an EP by the indie rock band Bright Eyes, that was released on March 6, 2007. The title track is the first single from their album Cassadaga. The other 5 tracks are exclusive b-sides from the 2006 recording sessions. It is marketed as being "quietly enchanting" and including "a...
(2007 · Saddle CreekSaddle Creek RecordsSaddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel...
) - Bright Eyes - CassadagaCassadaga (album)Cassadaga is the seventh studio album by Bright Eyes, released on April 10, 2007. Around 25 to 30 songs were recorded in 2006, with 13 of these appearing on the final track list...
(2007 · Saddle CreekSaddle Creek RecordsSaddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel...
) - Rich ShaperoRich ShaperoRich Shapero is an American venture capitalist, self-published writer, and musician. He grew up in Los Angeles and attended UC Berkeley where he graduated in 1970 with a degree in English literature...
- Dawn Remember (2010 · Outside Reading)
Music videos
Maria's film clips include "Song Beneath The SongSong Beneath the Song
"Song Beneath the Song" is the 18th episode of the seventh season of the American medical drama Grey's Anatomy, and the 144th episode overall, it was named after a song by American singer Maria Taylor. Written by series creator Shonda Rhimes and directed by Tony Phelan, it premiered on ABC on...
" from 11:11, "A Good Start" from Lynn Teeter Flower
Lynn Teeter Flower
Lynn Teeter Flower is the second album by Maria Taylor and was released on March 6, 2007.This is the 102nd release of Saddle Creek Records.-Track listing:#"A Good Start" - 4:13#"Clean Getaway" - 3:10#"Smile and Wave" - 2:35#"No Stars" - 4:45...
, and "Time Lapse Lifeline" and "Cartoons and Forever Plans" from LadyLuck
LadyLuck
LadyLuck is the name of the third album by Maria Taylor and was released on March 31, 2009. Three tracks from the album, "Time Lapse Lifeline", "Orchids" and "Cartoons and Forever Plans" are currently available on her MySpace. "Time Lapse Lifeline" and "Cartoons and Forever Plans" are also...
.
The song "Cartoons and Forever Plans" was co-written with and also features R.E.M.
R.E.M.
R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's...
's Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe
John Michael Stipe is an American singer and lyricist. He was the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band R.E.M.Stipe is noted and occasionally parodied for the "mumbling" style of his early career as well as his social and political activism. He was in charge of R.E.M.'s visual image; often...
. The video features actor/singer Soko
Soko
Sokoband, formerly known as Soko, is a jazz fusion duo, featuring pianist Michael Sokolowski and bassist Houston Ross. The group formed as a trio in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991, with Sokolowski, Ross, and drummer John Gilmore. The group performed live for several years, then released their...
and was directed by SKINNY (Directing Team)
SKINNY (directing team)
SKINNY is a directing team based in Los Angeles that specializes in music videos. It is composed of David Hache, Marc-Edouard Leon and Dori Oskowitz. SKINNY is known for developing its concepts through the use of creative methods that are deeply rooted in mysticism...
.
Maria is also featured in the video for "Four Winds
Four Winds
Four Winds is an EP by the indie rock band Bright Eyes, that was released on March 6, 2007. The title track is the first single from their album Cassadaga. The other 5 tracks are exclusive b-sides from the 2006 recording sessions. It is marketed as being "quietly enchanting" and including "a...
" by Bright Eyes.
External links
- Official Maria Taylor Website
- Saddle Creek Records
- set of live videos at scheduletwo.com
- LAist Interview with Maria Taylor - November 2008
- HD Music Video of "Song Beneath the Song" at Apple Quicktime site
- Interview with Maria (Scene Point Blank) May 2007
- Lazy-i Interview: July 2005
- Video Interview with Maria Taylor