Stephin Merritt releases albums under the band names the Magnetic
Fields, the 6ths, the Gothic Archies, and Future Bible Heroes. With
his band The Magnetic Fields, Merritt wrote, produced and recorded
eight albums, including 69 Love Songs (Merge records), a 3-disc
masterwork which garnered him widespread acclaim, including "best of"
year-end lists in Spin, Rolling Stone, the New York Times, LA Times,
Washington Post and most other major national publications. In 2002,
Merritt signed to Nonesuch Records. He and the Magnetic Fields
performed as part of Lincoln Center's 'American Songwriters' series
and at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's 'Next Wave of Song'. Merritt
composed original music and lyrics for three music theater pieces
directed by Chen Shi-Zheng; The Orphan of Zhao in 2003 for the Lincoln
Center Festival; Peach Blossom Fan, produced at Cal Arts in 2004; and
My Life As a Fairy Tale, at the Lincoln Center Festival in 2005.
Merritt composed the score for the academy award nominated film Pieces
of April (dir. Peter Hedges) and for the independent film Eban and
Charley, and released soundtrack albums for each. His song, "The Book
of Love," was recently covered by Peter Gabriel and appears in the
film "Shall We Dance." He has composed incidental music for the
HarperCollins' audio books of A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony
Snicket, and for Neil Gaiman's Coraline, and subsequently released an
album from The Gothic Archies, called Songs from A Series of
Unfortunate Events (Nonesuch). He is working on a stage musical of
Gaiman's Coraline. In January 2008, his band The Magnetic Fields
released their new album, Distortion, on Nonesuch records.
NPR's Project Song, the result being Man of A Million Faces
This is my friend Bryan Hawn, I produce his side projects with Ricky Jay. Also check out "I Get The Boy" on my production music player at the top of my page. I live in Wilton Manors the gay meca center of Florida. On the backside of my neighborhood there's a big shopping center and like 6 blocks o gay businesses with the funniest names. Don't worry I'm receiving money from these people but, nothing else.
The popular Folk on the Patio series continues at SPIN! this Monday night, August 25 with singer/songwriter Laura Lisbeth performing at the Overland Park restaurant from 6-8 p.m.
Music will continue at the Lee’s Summit restaurant with talented finger-style guitarist Rick Malsick playing from 6-8 p.m.
And… SPIN is starting music at the Olathe restaurant this week! Jim Abel will be playing his unique brand of folk and alternative music from 6-8 p.m. on the patio. Come out for a great pizza, a cool drink, and some terrific music!
Many thanks for adding us...you're a lovely inspiration. Hope that you will continue to bring us those gogeous records for years to come. Take care! xx
