Butterfly Boucher

Butterfly Boucher (pronounced ' bau- sher ') ( born June 2, 1979) is an Australian singer and songwriter.

Biography

Butterfly Boucher Giselle Grace was born on 2 June 1979 in Adelaide as the fourth of seven sisters. The name " Butterfly" ( German: Butterfly) was a family friend of the proposal. Her parents are the ballet dancer Vivienne " Vivi " and the singer Rodney Malcolm Michael " Rod" Boucher.

First experience as a musician, she has collected as a 15- year-old in the band " Eat the Menu" (later " The Mercy Bells" renamed). Her sister Becca sang and Butterfly played in the band was founded in 1992 bass.

In June 1996, published " Eat the Menu" Album " Whoosh "; the album was re-released a year later under the new band name " The Mercy Bells". 1998 moved to " The Mercy Bells" on for six months to Nashville and Los Angeles and changed its name subsequently in the UK. The band signed a recording contract with Polydor, but Boucher was unhappy with the collaboration: " I ​​do not think They did any promotion for first record did. There Were not even posters. It was like Suddenly we were signed, but it did not change anything ".

Plans for a second album were laid following a disagreement with the record company shelved. During the project " The Mercy Bells" paused, she worked as a solo artist in Stockton. In 2000, she returned to Nashville.

In October 2003, she released her first solo album Flutterby at Universal and A & M Records. The album reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers charts. As singles I Can not Make Me and Another White Dash were published. 2004 Boucher toured as the opening act for Barenaked Ladies and Sarah McLachlan by the U.S. and Europe.

In 2005, she began working on her second album Scary Fragile, this was passed in 2006 at A & M. In February 2007, the song " A Bitter Song" Album in the episode " Gone " series Grey's Anatomy was used. After several delays due to differences with the producer, the record company and legal issues, the album was finally released independently in June 2009. Boucher describes her problem with the record company as follows: " [t ] hat's what what so frustrating. I had been there before and I managed to do it again ... I wasted Those Three years and lost my love of music in the process, trying to figure out what other people wanted. "

Boucher is part of the musicians collective " Ten Out of Tenn ", which was founded in Nashville in 2005.

2008, several members of the Boucher family were involved in the film The Burial. Butterfly and sister Becca wrote two songs, her father Rod played a priest, her sister Danielle was co-director, her mother Vivi was responsible for the catering and the other sisters played minor roles and supported the production.

When she held Sarah McLachlan on her Lilith Fair tour in 2010, she met the Australian songwriter Missy Higgins. 2011 co-produced Boucher Higgins ' album The Ol' Razzle Dazzle. Boucher and Higgins each took on their own version of the song " Unashamed Desire" and published it on their respective albums.

2011 Boucher toured again with McLachlan. In 2012, she was member of the band at Missy Higgins ' Australian tour and acted alongside Katie Herzig ( also a member of the " Ten Out of Tenn " ) at Higgins ' U.S. tour as the opening act also. Also in 2012 she released the album Butterfly Boucher.

Discography

Albums

  • 2003: Flutterby
  • 2009: Scary Fragile
  • 2012: Butterfly Boucher

Singles

  • 2003: I Can not Make Me
  • 2004: Another White Dash
  • 2007: A Bitter Song
  • 2009: Gun for a Tongue
  • 2012: 5678!
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