Artist description Indie Folk Singer Songwriter

Music Style Folk, POP, Indie

Musical Influences Elliott Smith, Magnetic Fields, Radiohead, Bjork, Rose Polenzani

Similar Artists Natalie Merchant

Artist History There's a new generation of songwriters forging their way up through the ranks of acoustic music; twenty some-things who are coming up on the heels of Dar Williams, Ani Difranco, and Richard Shindell. Flora Reed is one of these artists. Her songs are fiercely written poetics that hint at the unknowable in ourselves--not merely delivered, but sung with a passion that can bring an amazed silence into a room in seconds flat. Couple this with a voice that lilts as well as roars, and you have an artist who brings an irresistible mix of musicianship to the indie/acoustic world.Born in Japan, and raised in the D.C. suburb of Alexandria, Virginia, Flora grew up surrounded by the music that her father loved-baroque and classical Indian music. But, it was while exploring his old reel-to-reel collections that she found Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, and Simon and Garfunkel. This would be her first meeting with the type of music that would ultimately become her passion. She moved back to Japan at age ten, to Germany at twelve, and then back to the States to finish high school and begin college in Maryland. She always sang, but didn't pick up the guitar until her final year of high school. It was at St. Mary's College that she began her musical career.Flora became a campus favorite, with a devoted fan base; playing frequently at coffeehouses and other student events. Upon graduation she headed for Northampton, Massachusetts, a part of the country brimming with a vibrant acoustic scene. Flora immersed herself in that world; working at one time or another for the Iron Horse Music Hall, the Signature Sounds recording label, Young/Hunter Management and Young/Hunter Publicity. But, her true passion is making her own music. She released a 5-song demo cassette in early 1999, co-produced by Adam Rothberg (Dar Williams), and is at work on her first CD.

Group Members Flora Reed

Location Hadley, MA - USA

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