MANY MANY MUSICAL INFLUENCES, BUT MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY... ANY SINGLE MOTHER TRYING TO RAISE A KID AND WORK, OR KEEP A DREAM ALIVE (MUSIC, OR ANYTHING WITH PASSION) PEOPLE WHO HAVE STOOD UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE AND NEVER FALTERED!!
Though mostly I sound like me, I have many influences!
Aimee Mann,
Ben Folds
The Beatles
Joni Mitchell
Carole King
Stevie Wonder
Dusty Springfield
Jonatha Brooke
Billy Joel
Elton John
Keith Jarrett
Tori amos
Ray LaMontagne
Gabe Dixon
Coldplay
Radiohead
Aqualung
Leonard Cohen
Dar Williams
Sheryl Crow
Jellyfish
Bob Dylan
Beach Boys
Rufus Wainwright
Simon and Garfunkel
Tom Waits
Ron Sexsmith
Grateful Dead
Sarah McLachlan
Jimi hendrix
Randy Newman
Otis Redding
Zappa
CSN
Bob Dylan
The Band
Patty Griffin
Burt Bacharach
Alison Krauss
Miles Davis
Gary Jules
Joshua Radin
Missy Higgins
Nick Drake
IF YOU GO HEAR ELLEN LERNER, DO NOT BE SURPRISED IF THE ROOM FALLS SILENT. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FROM LERNER, RATHER A STATEMENT OF HER FANS AND AUDIENCE. THEY WANT TO REALLY HEAR THE MUSIC- THEY WANT TO HEAR WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY.. AND SHE SAYS QUITE A LOT!
LISTENERS ARE STILL AMAZED AS TO HOW LERNER CAN GET SO MANY CHARACTERS IN HER NOVEL-LIKE LYRICS TO COME ALIVE WITHIN SUCH A SIMPLE DELIVERY. ELLEN HAS PLAYED WITH SOME WONDERFUL MUSICIANS.... PETER HIMMELMAN, JILL SOBULE, JIM BOGGIA, ANDY KING, FRED BURMAN, DAVID POE, MIKE BRENNER, RON SEXSMITH, GARRY LEE, CHRIS SMITHER,ALLEN JAMES, IAN CROSS, DEB TALEN, AND RONNY CRAWFORD, JUST TO NAME A FEW.
LERNER HAS A VERY SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HER SONGS AND HER AUDIENCE. SHE EXPLAINS, "WHAT IS REALLY ME IS SINGING A STORY THAT IS MY OWN OR THAT I CAN MAKE MY OWN. I KNOW MY STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES AND I NEED A LISTENING AUDIENCE. THAT HONESTY COMES ACROSS IN MY WORK. SOMETIMES THERE IS A LYRIC I DO NOT WANT IN THERE, BUT I CAN'T CHANGE IT, BECAUSE THAT LINE IS THE TRUTH."
FANS SEEM TO AGREE AND ALWAYS SEEM TO COME BACK FOR MORE-EVEN AFTER LERNER TOOK OFF SOME TIME TO RAISE HER SON AND LAST YEAR PUT OUT AN ALBUM. "I PICKED THESE SONGS FOR THE CD BY ASKING FRIENDS AND FANS WHAT THEIR FAVORITE SONGS WERE, AND I WAS TRULY LUCKY TO PLAY WITH SOME AMAZING MUSICIANS!! I HAVE HAD SO MUCH SUPPORT FROM MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS WELL AS THE MUSIC COMMUNITY AND I AM TRULY BLESSED!"
IT IS LERNER'S PURE HEART AND HONESTY THAT SEEM TO HAVE PEOPLE ALWAYS COMING BACK FOR MORE, ALWAYS LEAVING A LIVE SHOW WITH SMILES ON THEIR FACES, AND CONSTANT ROTATION IN HER FAN'S CD PLAYERS!
ELLEN LERNER IS DISCOVERING THINGS ABOUT HERSELF THROUGH MUSIC. SHE TRAVELS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN MUSICAL HEROES AND HER OWN SOUND, FROM REFLECTIONS ON HER OWN UPBRINGING TO RAISING A SON, AND DISCOVERING ANEW WHAT HER MESSAGE MEANS IN A DIFFERENT TIME AND PLACE. IT IS A TRIUMPH OF MASTERING A NEW STAGE OF LIFE UPON THE STAGE OF MUSIC- HER VERY FIRST LOVE.
After spending the last month driving 4000 miles around the southwest, I arrived back in Los Angeles to discover that my new album 'Anitya' has been released. Its currently available on amazon, napster and emusic...or you can listen to most of streaming for free on reverbnation.com/tullymackaytisbert. If you enjoy it I for sure appreciate the support. The album is 10 songs that involve the idea of anitya in Buddhism that all things are impermanent. The album is acoustic folk rock that also integrates traditional east asian sounds and uses the chinese lute the pipa. Thank you for listening!
Dear Friend I haven't heard from you in a while. I invite you to stop by the site and take a look around. I've added pictures of our Grand Canyon Shows.Drop by and leave a comment! Jeff
hey! just wanted to stop in let you know that I've changed my artist name to Adrian Edward but it's still me, I'm not going anywhere! lol! have a great Sunday much love ~adrian edward
