Meh, might as well post the last one I have written up so far.
Martha Wainwright
…is a Canadian artist from a notorious musical family (daughter of Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle and sister of Rufus Wainwright). If you’re familiar with the family, then you can sense a little bit of their respective flavors in Martha’s voice. But still, she brings her own unique style. And, if you have heard her sing with Rufus, they actually find a way to make it work.
One of her greatest abilities is to sound flawless live. It’s as if you are listening to her at home (Rufus has this same quality). I think the real question here is…would she have been discovered if it wasn’t for the family connection? Mmm, who knows. But, no one can question the talent. She has a great, seductive voice with a wide vocal range. It’s almost cute, but it’s almost too powerful to say that it is. She can be very passionate and raw in delivery, like in “Bloody Mother ****ing *******,” her most recognizable song. The song has been mistakenly thought of to be about her father, but actually, it is about a conversation with her father (he didn’t think Martha had what it takes to make it big), maybe perhaps about herself. Even Martha claims, "I'm not sure who this song's about." The debut self-titled is filled with NOTHING BUT soulful and beautiful melodies…you quickly forget the relation to her prestigious family. But for the record…if you ask me, what Rufus doesn’t execute, she does. And what Rufus does well, she does even better.
Favorite Tracks: Factory, Far Away, Bloody Mother ****ing *******, When The Day Is Short, and Ball & Chain.
http://www.marthawainwright.com/
http://www.myspace.com/marthawainwright
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecuIs...a%20wainwright (Who the **** is this Jools Holland guy? He has a lot of good guests, but my god, he seems like the biggest tool on the planet).