Artist description Singer/Songwriter

Music Style Chick Singer

Musical Influences Rickie Lee Jones, Fiona Apple, Ani DiFranco, Tori Amos, Cowboy Junkies, David Sylvain, Chris Cornell

Similar Artists Nelly Furtado, Ani Difranco, Fiona Apple, Tori Amos

Group Members Monique Lanier, solo artist. Featuring Megan Peters, Mary Tebbs and Sean Halley.

Albums Your Mouth

Press Reviews Cable subscribers may recognize her from "It Was Him or Us," a cheesy movie-of-the-week rerunning constantly on Lifetime. Monique Lanier's acting career - among other things - sidetracked her music for years, which makes this mindblower of a solo debut all the more welcome. The Tori Amos connection (eerie piano tinklings, dramatic vocal phrasings from whisper to howl) has faded by the time the ballsy "Victory Garden," a Megan Peters tune, kicks in. Her angelic voice and knack for hooks make the dark ride easier, which lightens up in the homestretch with "Fortune Teller," a gorgeous ballad that would burn up the radio in a just world. Then it's back into the black with "Mountains," ending on a sanguine note with "Your Mouth." A beautiful album worth more cries than a hundred Lifetime flicks. - Salt Lake City Weekly, March 2001

Location Salt Lake City, Utah - USA

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