Hélène Renaut : songs, vocals, guitar, violin & string arrangements...---
past and present collaborators include Matt Montgomery (upright bass), Jasmyn Wong (drums and percussion), Arvel Hernandez (guitar), Jessica Vohs and Miranda Zeiger (vocals), Russ Blackmar (drums), Chris Molla (keys), Bennett Grassano (bass), Jordan Dalrymple (drums, keys, vocals), Thom & Greg Moore (vocals)...---
Influences
Donovan, Joni Mitchell, The Beatles, Sandy Denny, Vashti Bunyan, Jackie DeShannon, Margo Guryan, Neil Young, The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Nara Leao, Love, Iron & Wine, Cole Porter, Chet Baker, Françoise Hardy, The Kinks, Mozart, Bartok, Marina Tsvetaeva and many more...
Sounds Like
*******here's a video some sweet other someone (thank you whoever you are!) made in Barcelona last summer (dotze de juliol '07 - 07/12/07)- so you can judge for yourself....the song is called "Silly" . Enjoy!
Live and on records, Hélène's music oscillates between gentle folk, British-influenced pop, and compositions that come closer to a song-poem. Listen and you will be met by a unique harmonic flair, poetic lyrics, and melodies that have been compared to "a paintbrush on figure skates" for their beautiful shapes – all delivered in an accomplished, yet heartrending French accented voice. Following the self-released 2005 ‘Perfection's somewhere near your bones’, a new album is soon to see the light of day. This collection of songs, titled ‘The Deer Convention’ after one of the songs, showcases Hélène’s songcraft at its best while marking a new era in collaboration for the singer-songwriter: recorded by Jason Quever of Papercuts, it boasts contributions by Jasmyn Wong and Donovan Quinn of the Skygreen Leopards, long time collaborator Matt Montgomery, Mr. Quever himself, as well as members of the Mumlers. A split 7'' with Emily Scott will come out on Autumn Ferment Records later this year. In the meantime, UK listeners have been made aware of one song as part of the groundbreaking compilation, "We Are All Circling the Stars" (Cosmos Recordings, Feb ’08).
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Raised on the green and rocky coast of Brittany, France, Hélène Renaut now claims another coast, that of San Francisco, home. As the leader of the group Beam, she recorded a self-titled album, released on Antenna Farm Records in 2003. She has also collaborated to quite a few varied projects: violin and string arrangement for folk-pop duo Willow Willow (Mod Lang Records) and Papercuts (Gnomonsong), piano, violin and vocals on Donovan Quinn’s latest opus (Soft Abuse), vocal appearance on soul indie funk act Honeycut’s ‘The day I Turned to Glass’ (Quannum), original music for theater productions of ‘The False Servant’ (Marivaux) and ‘The Green Bird’ (Carlo Gozzi), and others.
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I haven't passed by here in a little while... but as I finally did so today I was - of course - most delighted :) Your songs are so lovely, I always enjoy listening & rejoicing ;)
The Moonlight Orchestra would like to invite you to come celebrate our independence and two of our band members' birthdays at The Great American Music Hall (San Francisco) on Friday July 3rd!
We need people to RSVP as soon as they can since tickets are only
available through pre sale. This is huge step for our band and we would
love for everyone to come out and celebrate two birthdays and see us
perform! Check out the GAMH website too see the other bands performing.
This is an ALL AGES SHOW!!!! If you know anyone visiting the
bay area for the July 4th weekend, please give them our invitation.
"The past three decades at the Great American Music Hall have been full
of music, with artists ranging from Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan and
Count Basie to Van Morrison, the Grateful Dead and Bobby McFerrin. "
If you are buying a ticket please include your full name and whoever
else's name if you are buying a ticket for someone else. also, please
include a contact phone number. tickets can be picked up at will call.
Live and on records, Hélène's music oscillates between gentle folk, British-influenced pop, and compositions that come closer to a song-poem. Listen and you will be met by a unique harmonic flair, poetic lyrics, and melodies that have been compared to "a paintbrush on figure skates" for their beautiful shapes – all delivered in an accomplished, yet heartrending French accented voice. Following the self-released 2005 ‘Perfection's somewhere near your bones’, a new album is soon to see the light of day. This collection of songs, titled ‘The Deer Convention’ after one of the songs, showcases Hélène’s songcraft at its best while marking a new era in collaboration for the singer-songwriter: recorded by Jason Quever of Papercuts, it boasts contributions by Jasmyn Wong and Donovan Quinn of the Skygreen Leopards, long time collaborator Matt Montgomery, Mr. Quever himself, as well as members of the Mumlers. A split 7'' with Emily Scott will come out on Autumn Ferment Records later this year. In the meantime, UK listeners have been made aware of one song as part of the groundbreaking compilation, "We Are All Circling the Stars" (Cosmos Recordings, Feb ’08).
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Raised on the green and rocky coast of Brittany, France, Hélène Renaut now claims another coast, that of San Francisco, home. As the leader of the group Beam, she recorded a self-titled album, released on Antenna Farm Records in 2003. She has also collaborated to quite a few varied projects: violin and string arrangement for folk-pop duo Willow Willow (Mod Lang Records) and Papercuts (Gnomonsong), piano, violin and vocals on Donovan Quinn’s latest opus (Soft Abuse), vocal appearance on soul indie funk act Honeycut’s ‘The day I Turned to Glass’ (Quannum), original music for theater productions of ‘The False Servant’ (Marivaux) and ‘The Green Bird’ (Carlo Gozzi), and others.
For more press material on beam: 
PERFECTION'S SOMEWHERE NEAR YOUR BONES now available at Insound:
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