Kate Bush, echoey rooms, Tori Amos, Leonard Cohen, Emily Haines, Joe Jackson, Bjork, Jeff Buckley, streets of Paris, Depeche Mode, PJ Harvey, Blonde Redhead, Clara Rockmore, Jem (truly outrageous), Chopin, Schroeder, swirly pretty stuff
Sounds Like
Tori Amos, Kate Bush, Amy Lee, Sarah McLachlan, reverb
'somewhere between Kate Bush and Leonard Cohen'
(San Diego Downtown News)
'(reminiscent) of vintage Elton John with beautifully stacked harmony vocals that perfectly set up the verses, a powerful piano track that mixes complex chord/melodic structures with sublimely simple ones'
(San Diego Troubadour)
WHO'S MARIE?
Marie Haddad started playing piano at the age of 5 but quit formal training at 11 because her attention span required constant breaks for cartwheels.
After having to sell her piano in college, she missed playing so much that she would regularly sneak into a well-known San Diego hotel in the middle of the night to practice on the grand in their main ballroom. Soon, the cleaning staff started to recognize her.
After playing in various San Diego bands (everything from a mall houseband to a Xanadu cover project), she joined 12 piece 60’s soul outfit the San Diego Beat Organization. The group was nominated as Best New Band at the 2002 San Diego Music Awards but disbanded shortly thereafter.
It was only then that Haddad finally began publically peforming her own songs. Soon drummer Nasr Helewa and bassist Jason Hee joined the equation. Together they released Haddad’s debut CD ‘A Beautiful Road’ in 2006.
Marie Haddad was honored with nominations at the 2007 and 2009 San Diego Music Awards as Best Acoustic Act in San Diego. Currently she is at work on music for her next CD to be released in 2009.
(Adam Gimbel)
Thank you Jim Trageser at the North County Times for "A Beautiful Road"'s first review!! click here to read!
If you like what you hear, please click one of the links above to purchase a CD from CD Baby or iTunes...or come to one of our shows and pick one up! I'd love to see you!
The turkey shot out of the oven and rocketed into the air, it knocked every plate off the table and partly demolished a chair.
It ricocheted into a corner and burst with a deafening boom, then splattered all over the kitchen, completely obscuring the room.
It stuck to the walls and the windows, it totally coated the floor, there was turkey attached to the ceiling, where there'd never been turkey before.
It blanketed every appliance, it smeared every saucer and bowl, there wasn't a way I could stop it, that turkey was out of control.
I scraped and I scrubbed with displeasure, and thought with chagrin as I mopped, that I'd never again stuff a turkey with popcorn that hadn't been popped.
Thank you for the chance to hear your music and for the joy you have given me. May you have great success and a wonderful career. Thank you for being my friend.
Hi ! again ! Marie. What a beautiful & pure voice is yours!!! as I am wandering on your page, listening to " A beautiful road", I let my heart fly away through your words, softly! Thanks :) declan
Thank you for your great music and for being my friend, I enjoy the music and hearing what you might have next to show me. I wish you great success in your career and again thanks for the friendship.
Thank you for adding me...What can I say that you haven't heard a million times before? Your music and voice are brilliant. Stop by, say hello and have a listen, if you like. Wishing you the best of everything.
HI PRECIOUS MARIE. THANKS FOR YOUR SWEET COMMENT. YOU KNOW MAKE TO ME VERY HAPPY. I LOVE YOUR MUSIC. HAVE A NICE WEEK FULL SHINE OF LOVE, JOY AND INSPIRATIONS. HUGS AND KISSES
Always aim higher than you believe you can reach. So often, you'll discover that when your talents are set free by your imagination, you can achieve any goal.
If people offer their help or wisdom as you go through life, accept it gratefully. You can learn much from those who have gone before you. But never be afraid or hesitant to step off the accepted path and head off in your own direction if your heart tells you that it's the right way for you.
Always believe that you will ultimately succeed at whatever you do, and never forget the value of persistence, discipline, and determination.
You are meant to be whatever you dream of becoming.
Thank you, Marie, for your really kind words and for gracing my newest myspace! I am devoting this new page solely to the best female artists in the world, so I really wanted your presence here!! Have a great rest of the week, my kind friend with the beautiful soul!! Please keep in touch!!