Sheri Miller is a folk/pop singer/songwriter from New York. She recently just released her debut EP, Mantra on February 25th.
According to her biography, she's been composing her own music since she was a child... influences includes Beethoven to Pink Flloyd to Fiona Apple, a pretty interesting mix. She found herself moving from Long Island to Brooklyn, performing at open mics.
Here's Miller explaining about her first Casio keyboard purchase:
I clearly remember one Saturday night in particular, I had an extremely vivid dream about this small black, white and gray Casio keyboard. The next morning I woke up with the image of the keyboard still clear in my mind, and took a different more scenic route that day, through an underpass of green trees. So I’m walking, and there’s this one-day church sale, where they had the exact Casio keyboard I had dreamed of the night before. I quickly ran to the ATM, bought the keyboard for $20 and started seriously writing my songs on that sweet, broken-keyed, buzzing Casio from that day on.
So, I got to listen to 6-track EP, and I was really taken with "The Blade", what a great song to end the EP with. I felt like I know this song, especially with its sweeping chorus: "you're not the only one in the world/Everyone hurts, everyone hurts".
The first song, "Waste My Breath" is also worth checking out. This song is the poppiest/easily accessible song, and it's currently available for download on myspace. The other poppy song is "Devil in White", which sounds a little more country than you might think.
"Mantra (I'm in Love)" (which the EP is named after), "All He Has to Do", "The Blade" and "Right Here, Right Now", all features cello playing by Dave Eggar. If you listen carefully, you'll hear the subtle cello, it has a very distinctive sound. The strings (in some cases are accompanied by violins from Rachel Golub) does not take over the song, but instead serves to back up Miller, who is the real star here.
All these songs are streaming on her myspace, so check it out if you want to play along at home... or better yet, you can get Mantra via CD Baby and you can catch her at the Rockwood Music Hall in New York on June 8th.
Links: www.sherimiller.com myspace.com/sherimiller cdbaby.com/cd/sherimiller
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