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    Artist description
    June Melby is a composer/spoken word artist who performs her narrative poems with musical accompaniment from her band "June Melby and Her Future Enemies".
    Music Style
    Spoken Word, AAA Alternative
    Musical Influences
    Pinback,Sigur Ros, Liz Phair
    Similar Artists
    Laurie Anderson
    Artist History
    This project began in 1998 when 5 poets were lockedin a tour van together for several weeks. June put several of her works to music, Matthew Niblock sang, and many tours resulted. She has performed at the Knitting Factory and CBGB's in NYC, as well as Bumbershoot Arts Festival 2000 in Seattle; in January 2000 she hada month tour of Europe with sold-out performancesin Munich, Hamburg, Amsterdam, and London.
    Group Members
    John Rodriguez - percussion, guitar; Christian Carbone - guitar; Joseph Newhouse - other vocals; also at times: Matthew Niblock, Brendan Constantine, Andy Sekora.June Melby and various and sundry people who can be convinced to play along with never enough rehearsal time.
    Instruments
    Guitar, keyboard, violin, tiny tape recorder, percussion
    Albums
    June Melby and Her Future Enemies - coming in Feb. 2002; June Melby Live at Beyond Baroque; June Melby Live at the Hammer Museum - ep
    Press Reviews
    "Like a cross between Judy Tenuta and Joni Mitchell."
    Location
    Los Angeles, CA - USA

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