Edie Brickell
Edie Brickell ( born March 10, 1966 in Oak Cliff ( District of Dallas ), Texas ) is an American singer and songwriter.
Life
She is best known as a singer of folk-rock group Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, whose debut Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars (1988 ) was both well received by the critics, as well as a commercial success. It was felt by reviewers as an almost flawless album. The single releases What I Am and Circle were their only hits. For the soundtrack of the film Born on the 4th of July, they recorded a cover version of Bob Dylan 's classic A Hard Rain's A- Gonna Fall on and took in the movie also guest starred as a singer at a New York bar The second album Ghost of a Dog was unable to repeat the success of the debut work commercially, although it was again praised by All Music Guide as great. After this publication, Brickell opted for a solo career, and brought out in 1994 Picture Perfect Morning. This work was evaluated with only two out of five stars from Rolling Stone magazine. The title "Good Times" was licensed by Microsoft and delivered as video on any Windows 95 CD to demonstrate to users the multimedia capabilities of the system.
After her marriage in 1992 with the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon, she focused on her private life. With Paul Simon she has three children: Adrian Edward ( * Oct. 1992), Lucia "Lulu" Jean ( * April 1995), and Gabriel Elijah (* May 1998). Your published after many years break 2003 comeback Volcano has received scant attention, it was considered far less successful than Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars. 2006 saw the album Stranger Things as part of a reunion with the New Bohemians. A year later, Brickell released along with her stepson Harper Simon under the name The Heavy Circles an eponymous album, which has stylistic influences of rock music of the 1960s and includes guest appearances from Sean Lennon and Martha Wainwright. The actor and musician Steve Martin took her 2013 co-written album Love Has Come for You with traditional American music. The title song was honored at the 2014 Grammy Awards for Best American Roots song.