MUSIC NEWS- After traveling the globe as Moby's female vocalist, Kelli Scarr now has her own album out, "Piece" (via Silence breaks on July 27) and has annouced tour plans.
The Brooklyn, NY singer has an incredible voice and live it's simply breathtaking. With a varied music background, that took her from CA to Boston, then Brooklyn, Kelli was noticed by Moby
And during the transitions and touring, Kelli had started to record songs on her own. She began simply by recording quiet piano songs at home in between working her hospital day job and in brief moments to
herself during her three year old son’s naps. From what started as a simple process Kelli quickly found herself with a collection of recordings that spanned the world, two and a half years and included a
diverse cast of musicians, engineers and producers.
The themes and inspiration for her music ranged from the once small gold rush town of Folsom, CA, which now has turned into another case of suburban sprawl, to the raising of a child and the wishes of a parent. For a majority of the record the songs acted as a therapeutic release and moment of reflection for the relationships in her life and the struggle to find peace within them. Along with these moments of self-release, her songs capture images of her childhood and reflected everything from scenes of driving through California to the memories of her favorite childhood movies like Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz.
After the two and a half year process Kelli had a record of mostly home recordings, which she named, “Piece”; a name she adopted early on with the advice of friend and filmmaker Matthew
Nourse, to help her visualize the album as a “snapshot in time” within an otherwise hectic time.
In the end “Piece” reflected a large portion of Kelli’s life and those around her. From the sounds of her creaky upright piano and midnight acoustic recordings to the whimpers of her son waking up from
a nap in the next room, “Piece” captured an extremely personal journey, providing a photo album's worth of lush images.
Kelli Scarr 's PIECE album Tracklisting-
Salt to th Sea
Driftwood
Break Up
Pure Gold
Brother
Baby Boom
Anything
So Long
The Wonder
Come Back to Me
More @ .myspace.com/kelliscarr and click link for Kelli Scarr music.
KELLI SCARR Summer 2010 Tour Itinerary-
July
6 – New York, NY – Joe’s Pub
10 – Fredericksburg, VA – Eyeclopes Studio*
11 – Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506*
13 – Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club*
14 – Baton Rouge, LA – Red Star Bar*
15 – New Orleans, LA – Allways Lounge*
16 – Houston, TX – The Mink*
17 – Austin, TX – Baby Blue*
18 – Dallas, TX – We Are 1976 (early show)*
20 – Santa Fe, NM*
23 – San Diego, CA – The Park Gallery*
24 – Los Angeles, CA – Hotel Café*
25 – Santa Barbara, CA – Muddy Waters Café*
27 – San Francisco, CA – Hotel Utah*
28 – Sacramento, CA – Luigi's Fungarden*
30 – Lake Tahoe, CA – Wanderlust Festival
31 – Lake Tahoe, CA – Wanderlust Festival (acoustic set w/ Moby)
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