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Sloan Wainwright (born 1957[1]) is an American artist and member of the American independent music scene. Her musical style consists of a combination of folk, rock, jazz, and blues, which she developed while writing and performing in the Greenwich Village area of New York City.[2] She released 11 albums between 1996 and 2021.
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Background information | |
Born | 1957 (age 66–67) |
Origin | Bedford, New York, U.S. |
Genres | Folk, rock, blues, comedy |
Occupations | Artist, singer-songwriter |
Instruments | Vocals |
Website | sloanwainwright.com |
relations: Loudon Wainwright III (brother) Martha Wainwright (niece) Rufus Wainwright (nephew) Lucy Wainwright Roche (niece) |
Life and career
editSloan Wainwright is the daughter of Loudon Wainwright Jr. and Martha Taylor. She is the younger sister of Loudon Wainwright III, and aunt to Canadian-American musicians Martha Wainwright and Rufus Wainwright, and American musician Lucy Wainwright Roche.[3]
She was married to George McTavey who died in December 2008 after a long illness.[4] They had two sons, Sam and Gabe McTavey.[2][5]
As a performer, Wainwright is known for her contralto voice. Her musical style combines pop, folk, jazz, and blues.[2][6] Born into a musical family, her teenage years were influenced by a constant flow of diverse artists, writers and musicians.[7][2] She developed her songwriting style while writing and performing in the Greenwich Village scene,[2]
In the mid-1990s, Sloan began a collaboration with guitarist Stephen Murphy. They assembled a band, and Sloan released a self-titled debut CD in 1996, 'Sloan Wainwright'. The Sloan Wainwright Band followed with a second release in 1998, a tribute in memory of Wainwright's mother Martha, entitled 'From Where You Are.' The third band release in early 2001,The Song Inside, merged traditionally-based folk music with more eccentric variations. In 2003 she released Cool Morning, featuring her rendition of U2's "Where The Streets Have No Name".[8]
Discography
edit- Red Maple Tree (2021)[9]"Two Sticks"
- "When I Have Nothing"
- "Red Maple Tree"
- "In Time Like These"
- "Spirit of Love"
- "Still Life"
- "Here You Are"
- "The Keeper"
- "In This House Two Heartbeats"
- "Loves Last Touch"
- "We Are The People"
- "Help Each Other Through"
- "The Gift You Gave to Love"
- "Hard Candy"
- Bright Side Of A Rainy Day (2016)
- "If You Want To Be Happy"
- "Bright Side Of A Rainy Day"
- "Myles And Miles"
- "Grace"
- "My Hometown"
- "Thinking Outside The Box"
- "From This Day On"
- "I Got Your Back"
- "This I Know"
- "Lonely For You"
- Uncovering (2015)
- "Dear George"
- "Something So Right"
- "Dreams Don't Count"
- "Wedding Bell Blues"
- "Truth Turns Like A Wheel"
- "Conversation"
- "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
- "Ain't No Grave"
- "On A Night Like This"
- "This Isn't Kindness"
- "My Door Is Always Open To You
- Upside Down & Under My Heart (2011)
- "Living Out the Best of Your Life"
- "Upside Down & Under My Heart"
- "Here I Am"
- "I Can See Now"
- "Today"
- "My Song"
- "I Wear the Ring"
- "Holland"
- "Little Bit Right"
- "I Am Free"
- Rediscovery (2008)
- "Time of No Reply"
- "Ring of Fire"
- "After the Gold Rush"
- "Meet Me in the Morning"
- "All Things Must Pass"
- "Mercy Me (The Ecology)"
- "There But for Fortune"
- "Every Grain of Sand"
- "Love"
- "Sitting Here in Limbo"
- Life Grows Back (2006)
- "When I Walk Away"
- "Tired of Wasting Time"
- "Between the Lines"
- "Wild in This World"
- "Bad for Her"
- "These Are the Days"
- "The Baby and the Bathwater"
- "Meet the Sun Halfway"
- "Out of Her Hands"
- "Viking Tree"
- "Something That Comes Close"
- On a Night Before Christmas (Live, 2005)
- "Illuminate"
- "2000 Miles"
- "River"
- "Blue Christmas"
- "How Beautiful Are the Feet"
- "Thank God It's Christmas"
- "Silver Bells"
- "O Come, O Come Emmanuel"
- "We Three Guitarists"
- "A Soalin'"
- "Search the Sky"
- "Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You"
- "Silent Night"
- Cool Morning (2003)
- "Cool Morning"
- "Word of the Day"
- "Good Day to Live"
- "Illinois"
- "Where the Streets Have No Name"
- "Illuminate"
- "I Spied You"
- "Ready or Not"
- "From Where You Are"
- "Summertime"
- The Song Inside (2001)
- "Too Nice for Too Long"
- "You Are the Feast"
- "Wavelength"
- "Bridgeburner"
- "Falling Backwards"
- "The Song Inside"
- "Less Is More"
- "Fall with Me"
- "Freedom"
- "Martha"
- "Steven Leif"
- "I Stand Up"
- "Unseen Guide"
- From Where You Are (1998)
- "Mountain of Sense"
- "I Eye the Lady"
- "Psycho Pondering"
- "Don't Go"
- "Here Comes the Rain"
- "For My Pride"
- "My New Car"
- "Lament"
- "I Guess I Can"
- "Unravel"
- "Across the Universe"
- "From Where You Are"
- Sloan Wainwright (1996)
- "Hey Girl"
- "Unseen Guide"
- "Box of Rain"
- "Steal My Thunder"
- "Poison Television"
- "On a Windy Day (Baretrees)"
- "Daddy's Water"
- "Without"
- "Arms Length"
- "Our Love"
- "Stand"
- "I'm Only Listening"
References
edit- ^ Dowling Family Genealogy
- ^ a b c d e Minor, E. Kyle (September 17, 2000). "ON THE SCENE WITH/Sloan Wainwright; Doing What Comes Naturally, Singer-Songwriter Drops Day Job". The New York Times. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
- ^ Sachs, Lloyd (September 18, 2017). "Loudon Wainwright III offers glimpse inside 'the dysfunctional von Trapp family'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
- ^ Olesko, Ron (December 29, 2008). "Bits and Pieces: XM's THE VILLAGE TO RETURN, GUY DAVIS PERFORMS AN HISTORIC ROLE, GEORGE MCTAVEY (HUSBAND OF SLOAN WAINWRIGHT) PASSES - Sing Out!". Sing Out!. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
- ^ Gerstenzang, Peter (August 9, 2008). "Carrying On the Wainwright Tradition". The New York Times. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
- ^ Hershenson, Roberta (March 21, 1999). "Another Voice Sings Out in a Musical Clan". The New York Times. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
- ^ "Sloan Wainwright - about". www.sloanwainwright.com. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
- ^ Berman, Randee Mia (July 21, 2016). "Loudon & Friends: The Wain-Wrights Of Passage". Huffington Post. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
- ^ Red Maple Tree, February 15, 2021, retrieved April 28, 2023