Always Something / Let It Slide / The Moon Hangs Fire

SELF RELEASED

A female singer/songwriter with a fine line in offbeat swooning pop, Heather Greene is someone whose music bridges the gaps between Frou Frou and Norah Jones.  It's the voice that hits you first, a fragile and otherworldly entity that brings up comparisons with singers like Emiliana Torrini, Bjork and Stina Nordenstam; a delicate and half whispered croon that envelopes everything she does in gorgeous audio silk.

The three songs here are ones that enthral and mesmerise completely; opening track ALWAYS SOMETHING for instance, a richly textured wash of gentle keyboard effects and fractured beats, its like Kid A era Radiohead fronted by Emiliana Torrini, strange, exotic and truly beautiful.  LET IT SLIDE is a similarly intoxicating affair, the rich keyboard chords echoing Radiohead's Everything In Its Right Place whilst Greene's vocals envelop things with a sensual, velveteen presence.

A remarkable voice and an intoxicating clutch of wonderful songs, Heather Greene teeters on the verge of brilliance here; a mesmerising introduction that leaves you desperate to hear more.

BIOGRAPHY

I AM SNAKING MY WAY ACROSS THE UK with NO management and no label and HOLY COW! Sunday Features, BBC appearances, and a full concert booked on my own. This rocks! The band arrives from New York this weekend, and we'll hang out in a little crampled "studio" (my bedroom) and write and play. It is my favorite way to spend an afternoon. Or evening. Or morning. Or whenever. I really can't wait to play the New York London Party at the Cross King's in London with my PALS from the group SUMMER HOLIDAY. They've given out 100s of party poppers as invites, and if the public is excited about these little things going off as I am, then it should be a fantastic party. This is all going so well, in fact, that we might just do a Radio tour in August/early fall. Then come back and tour again in November. 

GERMANY was fantastic, the second tour there in 6 months -- it was fun to travel around with some new Berlin Buddies and play oddball venues with the most lovely people in attendance to watch and listen to us. Most memorable moment was selling out a club in Rostock, way in the North, and then sleeping in an old chapel which rents out little rooms. Five Star? No. Cool? Yeah...kind of. My Berlin audience grew and it was so gratifying to see such a postitive change within 6 months. It means that I'm doing the right things -- indicators in a challenging musical environment that persistence really can start to pay off. 

NEW YORK CITY's Radio station WFUV will host the TOSCA STRING QUARTET and I this June on a live broadcast in anticipation for our Joe's Pub gig on June 19th. I've never played with a full quartet before, but these women are beautiful, talented, fun, and good friends -- this should outweigh any nervousness I have, which is only natural for such a full-sounding performance. I will also stretch and bring some pedal steel in for this show, as well as my trusty-old Vintage Wurlitzer that my Drummer's brother AL GORI found in the street in New Jersey. It even has shiny chrome legs. 

NEW YORK producer Dennis Martin and I have been working together on tracks for a new record -- this time around incorporating drum loops, pads, and other secret sounds in addition to pedal steel, wurlitzer, bass, vocals, and drums. The sound gets better and better each time we work on it, which is a good sign, don't you think? For more info on NEW MATERIAL contact info@heathergreene.com. The world is wide open with this one... 

LINE UP

Heather Greene

Mino Gor

Tony Salvatore

Tony Scherr

Bernie Reilly

Rob Jost

Ari Fulman

The Tosca String Quartet

Lorenza Ponce

Summer Holiday

Ron Speilman band

Bill Frissell

Keith Lowe

Eric Eagle

John Hyde

Tucker Martine

DISCOGRAPHY

FIVE DOLLAR DRESS (Wildflower>2006)

Just What I Needed

Not Exactly

I Wrote Your Name

Hold Me Down

When You Drive

Daybreak

1000 Lights

Saving Goodbye

I Wanna Thank You

Looking Glass

Five Dollar Dress

HEATHER GREENE (Self Released>2007)

Always Something

Let It Slide

The Moon Hangs Fire

LINKS

Heather Greene>www.fivedollardress.com

FURTHER LISTENING

Frou Frou

Emiliana Torrini

Radiohead