Artist description Contemporary folk--strong vocals, discursive guitar leads--with compelling lyrics on life, love, politics and... and... and...

Music Style Modern folk, singer/songwriter, acoustic messenger, political songpoet.

Musical Influences Ani DiFranco, Dar Williams, Tracy Chapman, Leonard Cohen, Indigo Girls

Similar Artists Dar Williams, Tracy Chapman, Leonard Cohen, Ani DiFranco, Indigo Girls

Artist History Voice is the vessel between inside and outside. For me, singing is where my heart drops in, without a by-your-leave or a second glance. It is where the requisite slinks off, and the melody falls suddenly, smoothly, into place. When I sing, I touch the same vague conviction reached easily by a loving hand, or stirred by the old passion of leaves grown ruddy. We each quicken to our private dance. What matters, to me, is that these separate dances are performed; that, in the performing, the choreography blurs fluent. In rare moments, when we are given the space to wonder at the bare bones of life, to bask in silence and presence, we all ask the same questions. I sing to tap into this well. I sing because I must; because what isn't shared sometimes isn't felt; because what isn't felt is a lost opportunity. The vessel, in my mind, isn't nearly as important as the passage as the lines penciled into the maps of our lives, and slowly, with time, into the countenances with which we greet each other. Our roots sway to the same meandering dance. We all move to the oldest melodies. When I sing, I give of myself, and peace is left. ...... Marisa Handler was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and immigrated to the United States in 1988 with her parents in protest of the apartheid regime. She has played all over the world (Southern Africa, Israel) to screaming fans and now settles down to cruise the cafe and club scene in San Francisco.

Group Members Marisa Handler - vocals, guitars. Guests - other instruments.

Instruments Acoustic & electric guitars, acoustic & electric fretted & fretless basses, domestic & world percussion, keyboards, misc stringed instruments.

Albums Mindknot

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Location San Francisco, CA - USA

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