Eleanor's debut CD Drive is now available!
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Featuring:
Eleanor Fye, vocals
Craig Young, bass
Ben Phillips, drums
JJ Hernandez, guitar
John Deaderick, piano
Tammy Rogers King, violin/viola
John Catchings, cello
Jon Hyde, pedal steel
Influences
Elton John, Carole King, Linda Ronstadt, Barbara Streisand, Broadway soundtracks, Carpenters, Led Zeppelin, Jack Johnson, Melissa Etheridge, Rush, Iron Maiden, Camille, Carla Bruni, Journey, Queen, Softcell, Nina Simone, Blondie, Neil Diamond, the Monkees, Beatles, Cars, Pretenders, Police, Sting, Renaissance polyphony, Chopin, Ravel, Emma Kirkby, Christopher Hogwood, Nicholas Harnoncourt, William Byrd, Charlie Parker, Maria Callas, Bach, Arvo Part, Boston, Sheryl Crow, Chicago, Jeff Buckley, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Serge Gainsbourg, Billy Joel...
Sounds Like
Here's what I've heard: on pop, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sarah MacLachlan, Regina Spektor, Shawn Colvin, Aimee Mann, Cowboy Junkies, Natalie Merchant, Corinne Bailey Rae; on jazz, Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Jane Monheit, Bonnie Raitt.
Sometimes life takes you in directions you never dreamed of, but which feel better than you could have imagined. And then you wonder why you didn't go there earlier, but you realize it just wasn't the right time. Well, now is the time for Eleanor Fye. With influences and experiences ranging from 70s and 80s top-40 pop, jazz and Broadway standards, medieval chant, church and choral music, she is finally finding an eclectic balance in the midst of it all. The key is embracing authenticity and accepting every piece of what before seemed like random and disparate skills.
Born in Northern California, raised in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, Eleanor was formed by public school music programs and church and choral chamber music. She always had music in her, was singing in the crib, finding cool sounds on the piano as soon as she could reach it, and soon learning the music from her sister's piano lessons by ear. As she pursued her professional life in Austin and then Seattle, she was always a talented classical pianist and choral singer with a day job as a corporate librarian and content manager. It never was the least frustrating fit, and the sensible cube job started sapping a little too much of her soul. She found she was using the seductive "full benefits" to recover from the job itself. She was tired of blending and following in choirs, and decided to explore solo possibilities even if it meant doing way too many wedding gigs.
Then, after a classic case of heartbreak, pop songs started coming out of her, and she found that her passions for poetry and music had a new game. It all came to a head when she woke up two days after her birthday, saw that she had a great life, and yet every fiber of her being wanted to spend less time working for the man and more time working on music. She decided to jump off the corporate fish ladder and into the ocean of creativity. She found herself in Nashville just after Valentine's Day of 2007, recording ten tracks with an amazingly talented herd of cats. Less than six months after leaving a seven-year career at a technology company, she released her debut album of original songs, called "Drive."
Hi Eleanor, Thanks for finding me. Lovely voice! I noticed you are playing at Soul Food Books. I just got back from my show there tonight.Very special place and Clint is a saint. See you around town.
Hey, Friend! I have a new enhanced CD single available at Waterloo Records and ALL of its proceeds go to Capital Area Food Bank of Texas. Check it out on my myspace page.
Hey Eleanor, I enjoyed meeting you Saturday! I like these songs. I was hoping to catch ya Friday, but I play with Clint and Grace that night! One of these days...
Hey Eleanor Fye
Thanks so much for the add! I really appreciate this e-community we're all building, and it is so wonderful to share my music with you.
Cheers,
Alex
