Aimee Mann
Just four months ago, this Web site was pleased to examine the musical efforts of Aimee Mann, who is really not a newcomer in the true sense of the word. She does, after all, have a number of solo CDs, including a 2006 CD The Forgotten Arm (SuperEgo Records). In the past two years, Mann has attracted some listeners with a religious/philosophical tendency by offering “Calling On Mary.” She is not truly a Christian or religious artist, because she offers music more akin to acoustic rock or folk/pop.
Whatever the category that reviewers and marketing folks try to put her in, she did take a major step recently when she appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In addition to an extensive tour this year, she is introducing a new CD @#%&*! Smilers As she notes in her biographical information, taking up piano as a song-writing instrument was a solid move, one that probably gave some additional momentum to a career that includes five solo recordings.
“I’ve always been drawn to dark, eccentric personalities,” says the Los Angeles singer songwriter. Smilers, her 7th solo CD, presents thirteen new songs about the “inner life of people living far from the bright lights of success or fame,” according her Web site. She plays Bonnaroo this month in Tennessee, where many fans and many of the unitiated will enjoy her.
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I had no clue she was on Jay Leno but congrats to her ! You can’t ask for better publicity than that. I hope she does great in musical career. Just reading her comments on her 7th cd interests me. I may have get a copy.
I’m so happy Aimee has gotten further in her career. Her songs are the sort to play in the car while cruising around doing errands. I’ve always liked Mann’s voice, soft, mellow, and peaceful. It’s about time she gets some recognition, and perhaps they will play her more often on the radio if her fans ask enough. I’d look forward to the day that happens.
Well with that kind of exposure, she definitely has a great shot at it Silver_Song. Articles like these help quite a bit too. I always say also you can never go wrong by using a piano for song writing.
The writer of the article is dead-on about Aimee Mann. I think I read the first article here at Indie Update and I wandered over to her MySpace page at the time. Yes, some of her songs do sound almost religious, but they aren’t obviously Christian, which suits me fine.
Wow. Jay Leno. That IS a great venue for exposure.
The fact that her songs sound religious but aren’t obviously Christian makes me think of Marc Cohn for some reason. I saw her on Leno, and I have to say- the picture does not serve her justice at all!