Natalie Merchant
- MatchNatalie Merchant
- 100%10,000 Maniacs
- 100%Ten Thousand Maniacs
- 83%Shawn Colvin
- 64%Sarah McLachlan
- 57%Cowboy Junkies
- 56%Indigo Girls
- 50%Beth Orton
- 47%Paula Cole
- 46%Shelby Lynne
- 45%Patty Griffin
Biography
26 October 1963, Jamestown, New York, USA. Having originally sung in a church choir, Merchant joined the highly regarded 10, 000 Maniacs in 1981 while studying at Jamestown Community College in New York. She would eventually leave that band over a decade later in 1992, three years before she made her solo bow. Merchant self-evidently relished the control afforded her by this enterprise, writing all the lyrics and music for her debut album, Tigerlily, which she also produced. She had made her... Read more