Table of Contents
73 relations: Album, Alternative country, American folk music, Atlanta, Baroque pop, Bloomsbury Publishing, Blues Run the Game, Bouzouki, Capitol Records, Carson Ellis, Chris Funk, Clatskanie, Oregon, Coen brothers, Colin Meloy Sings Live!, Colin Meloy Sings Morrissey, Colin Meloy Sings Sam Cooke, Colin Meloy Sings Shirley Collins, Electronic keyboard, Ellen Meloy, Elliott Smith, Eugene, Oregon, Folk rock, Gillian Welch, Ginuwine, Helena, Montana, High-functioning autism, Imagine Our Love, Independent music, Indie folk, Indie rock, Inside Llewyn Davis, Jackson C. Frank, Jeff Tweedy, Jenny Conlee, Joan Baez, Joe Hill (song), Kill Rock Stars, Laura Gibson, Laura Veirs, Lavender Diamond, Lead vocalist, Let It Be (The Replacements album), Letterpress printing, Lil' Bush, Maile Meloy, Missoula, Montana, Montanan (magazine), Morrissey, Nate Query, Nikki McClure, ... Expand index (23 more) »
- Kill Rock Stars artists
- Singers from Montana
- The Decemberists members
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital.
Alternative country
Alternative country (commonly abbreviated to alt-country; also known as alternative country rock, insurgent country, Americana, or y'allternative) is a loosely defined subgenre of country music and/or country rock that includes acts that differ significantly in style from mainstream country music, mainstream country rock, and country pop.
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American folk music
The term American folk music encompasses numerous music genres, variously known as traditional music, traditional folk music, contemporary folk music, vernacular music, or roots music.
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Atlanta
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Baroque pop
Baroque pop (sometimes called baroque rock) is a fusion genre that combines rock music with particular elements of classical music.
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Bloomsbury Publishing
Bloomsbury Publishing plc is a British worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction.
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Blues Run the Game
"Blues Run the Game" is a 1965 song by the American singer-songwriter Jackson C. Frank.
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Bouzouki
The bouzouki (also; μπουζούκι; alt. pl. bouzoukia, from Greek μπουζούκια) is a musical instrument popular in Greece.
Capitol Records
Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007), and simply known as Capitol, is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint.
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Carson Ellis
Carson Friedman Ellis (born October 5, 1975) is a Canadian-born American children's book illustrator and artist.
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Chris Funk
Christopher Funk (born November 28, 1971) is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist best known as a member of the Portland, Oregon, indie rock band The Decemberists. Colin Meloy and Chris Funk are guitarists from Oregon and the Decemberists members.
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Clatskanie, Oregon
Clatskanie is a city in Columbia County, Oregon, United States.
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Coen brothers
Joel Daniel Coen (born November 29, 1954) and Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957),State of Minnesota.
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Colin Meloy Sings Live!
Colin Meloy Sings Live! is the first live album released by Portland musician Colin Meloy, frontman for the Decemberists.
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Colin Meloy Sings Morrissey
Colin Meloy Sings Morrissey was the first solo project released by Portland musician Colin Meloy of The Decemberists.
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Colin Meloy Sings Sam Cooke
Colin Meloy Sings Sam Cooke is a tour-only EP by Colin Meloy, lead singer of The Decemberists.
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Colin Meloy Sings Shirley Collins
Colin Meloy Sings Shirley Collins is the tour-only EP by Colin Meloy, lead singer of The Decemberists.
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Electronic keyboard
An electronic keyboard, portable keyboard, or digital keyboard is an electronic musical instrument based on keyboard instruments.
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Ellen Meloy
Ellen Meloy (June 21, 1946, Pasadena, California – November 4, 2004, Bluff, Utah) was an American nature writer.
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Elliott Smith
Steven Paul Smith (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003), known as Elliott Smith, was an American musician and singer-songwriter. Colin Meloy and Elliott Smith are guitarists from Oregon and Kill Rock Stars artists.
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Eugene, Oregon
Eugene is a city in and the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, United States.
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Folk rock
Folk rock is a fusion genre of rock music with heavy influences from pop, English and American folk music.
Gillian Welch
Gillian Howard Welch (born October 2, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter. Colin Meloy and Gillian Welch are American folk singers.
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Ginuwine
Elgin Baylor Lumpkin (born October 15, 1970), better known by his stage name Ginuwine, is an American R&B singer.
Helena, Montana
Helena is the capital city of the U.S. state of Montana and the seat of Lewis and Clark County.
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High-functioning autism
High-functioning autism (HFA) was historically an autism classification where a person exhibits no intellectual disability, but may experience difficulty in communication, emotion recognition, expression, and social interaction.
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Imagine Our Love
Imagine Our Love is a studio album by the Los Angeles–based folk band Lavender Diamond.
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Independent music
Independent music (also commonly known as indie music, or simply indie) is a broad style of music characterized by creative freedoms, low-budgets, and a do-it-yourself approach to music creation, which originated from the liberties afforded by independent record labels.
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Indie folk
Indie folk is a music genre that arose in the 1990s among musicians from indie rock scenes influenced by folk music.
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Indie rock
Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s.
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Inside Llewyn Davis
Inside Llewyn Davis is a 2013 period black comedy drama film written, directed, produced, and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen.
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Jackson C. Frank
Jackson Carey Frank (March 2, 1943 – March 3, 1999) was an American folk musician. Colin Meloy and Jackson C. Frank are American folk singers.
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Jeff Tweedy
Jeffrey Scot Tweedy (born August 25, 1967) is an American musician, singer songwriter, author, and record producer best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the band Wilco. Colin Meloy and Jeff Tweedy are Substack writers and the Minus 5 members.
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Jenny Conlee
Jennifer Lynn Conlee-Drizos (born December 12, 1971) is an American musician, best known as the accordionist, pianist, organist, keyboardist, melodica player, and occasional backup singer and harmonicist for the indie rock quintet The Decemberists. Colin Meloy and Jenny Conlee are the Decemberists members.
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Joan Baez
Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Colin Meloy and Joan Baez are American folk singers.
Joe Hill (song)
"Joe Hill", also known as "I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night", is a folk song named after labor activist Joe Hill, which was originally written in poem by Alfred Hayes and composed into music by Earl Robinson in 1936.
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Kill Rock Stars
Kill Rock Stars is an independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and Tinuviel Sampson, and based in both Olympia, Washington, and Portland, Oregon.
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Laura Gibson
Laura Anne Gibson (born August 9, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter. Colin Meloy and Laura Gibson are American folk singers and guitarists from Oregon.
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Laura Veirs
Laura Pauline Veirs (born October 24, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter based in Portland, Oregon.
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Lavender Diamond
Lavender Diamond is an American, Los Angeles-based band, fronted by singer Becky Stark.
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Lead vocalist
The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard.
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Let It Be (The Replacements album)
Let It Be is the third studio album by American rock band The Replacements.
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Letterpress printing
Letterpress printing is a technique of relief printing for producing many copies by repeated direct impression of an inked, raised surface against individual sheets of paper or a continuous roll of paper.
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Lil' Bush
Lil' Bush is an American satirical adult animated sitcom which premiered on June 13, 2007, on Comedy Central.
Maile Meloy
Maile Meloy (born January 1, 1972) is an American novelist and short story writer.
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Missoula, Montana
Missoula (script; script) is a city in and the county seat of Missoula County, Montana, United States.
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Montanan (magazine)
The Montanan is the University of Montana's (UM) alumni magazine with a circulation of over 113,000 - making it the largest circulating magazine from Montana, United States.
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Morrissey
Steven Patrick Morrissey (born 22 May 1959), known mononymously as Morrissey, is an English singer and songwriter.
Nate Query
Nate Query (born September 5, 1973) is an American musician best known as the bassist of the Portland, Oregon indie rock band The Decemberists. Colin Meloy and Nate Query are the Decemberists members.
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Nikki McClure
Nikki McClure is a papercut artist based in Olympia, Washington.
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Open mic
An open mic or open mike (shortened from "open microphone") is a live show at a venue such as a coffeehouse, nightclub, comedy club, strip club, or pub, usually taking place at night, in which audience members may perform on stage whether they are amateurs or professionals, often for the first time or to promote an upcoming performance.
Portland, Oregon
Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region.
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Sam Cooke
Samuel Cooke (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964), known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American singer and songwriter.
Shirley Collins
Shirley Elizabeth Collins MBE (born 5 July 1935) is an English folk singer who was a significant contributor to the English Folk Revival of the 1960s and 1970s.
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T Bone Burnett
Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III (born January 14, 1948) is an American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter.
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Tarkio (band)
Tarkio was an indie rock band from Missoula, Montana which included Colin Meloy prior to his forming The Decemberists.
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The Decemberists
The Decemberists are an American indie rock band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2000. Colin Meloy and The Decemberists are Kill Rock Stars artists.
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The Decemberists discography
The discography of The Decemberists, the indie/folk rock band from Portland, Oregon, United States.
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The Minus 5
The Minus 5 is an American pop rock band headed by musician Scott McCaughey of Young Fresh Fellows, often in partnership with R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.
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The Replacements (band)
The Replacements were an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1979.
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The Sound the Hare Heard
The Sound the Hare Heard is a 2006 compilation of mostly acoustic arrangements by a number of singer-songwriters, both well-known and relatively obscure.
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The Thermals
The Thermals were an American indie rock band based in Portland, Oregon, United States.
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Twelve-string guitar
A twelve-string guitar (or 12-string guitar) is a steel-string guitar with 12 strings in six courses, which produces a thicker, more ringing tone than a standard six-string guitar.
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Under Wildwood
Under Wildwood: The Wildwood Chronicles, Book Two is a 2012 children's fantasy novel by The Decemberists' singer-songwriter Colin Meloy, illustrated by his wife Carson Ellis.
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University of Montana
The University of Montana (UMT or UM) is a public research university in Missoula, Montana.
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University of Oregon
The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a public research university in Eugene, Oregon.
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Wildwood (novel)
Wildwood: The Wildwood Chronicles, Book 1 is a 2011 children's fantasy novel by The Decemberists' Colin Meloy, illustrated by his wife Carson Ellis.
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Wildwood Imperium
Wildwood Imperium: The Wildwood Chronicles, Book Three is a 2014 children's fantasy novel by The Decemberists' singer-songwriter Colin Meloy, illustrated by his wife Carson Ellis.
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Yep Roc Records
Yep Roc Records is an American independent record label based in Hillsborough, North Carolina, and owned by Redeye Distribution.
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Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo (Spanish for "I've got it"; also abbreviated as YLT) is an American indie rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1984.
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33⅓
(Thirty-Three and a Third) is a series of books, each about a single music album.
See also
Kill Rock Stars artists
- Chris Barth
- Cindy Wilson
- Colin Meloy
- Comet Gain
- Corin Tucker
- Deerhoof
- Dos (band)
- Elliott Smith
- Erase Errata
- Excuse 17
- Filthy Friends
- Free Kitten
- Gravy Train!!!!
- Grrrl Gang
- Hands (indie rock band)
- Har Mar Superstar
- Harvey Danger
- Heavens to Betsy
- Huggy Bear (band)
- Kathleen Hanna
- Kinski (band)
- Kira Roessler
- Lois Maffeo
- Madigan Shive
- Marnie Stern
- Men's Recovery Project
- Mika Miko
- Mike Watt
- Milagres (band)
- Sleater-Kinney
- TEKE::TEKE
- Team Dresch
- The Decemberists
- The Hangovers (band)
- The Mae Shi
- The Paper Chase (band)
- The Shaky Hands
- Unwound
- Wimps (band)
- Xiu Xiu
Singers from Montana
- Autumn Hurlbert
- Brandon Jovanovich
- Colin Meloy
- Emmanuel Taylor Gordon
- Gen Huit
- Graham Lindsey
- Hana (American musician)
- Jane Lawrence
- Janet Gardner
- John Duykers
- Jonny Fritz
- Judith Blegen
- Karan Armstrong
- Luke Dowler
- Maria Montana
- Nicolette Larson
- Pablo Elvira
- Stephanie Quayle
- Tim Montana
The Decemberists members
- Chris Funk
- Colin Meloy
- Jenny Conlee
- John Moen
- Nate Query
- Petra Haden
- Rachel Blumberg
References
Also known as Happy Cactus, Happy Cactus (band).