Category: Artist Spotlights

Featured artists on Collected Sounds

Spotlight on Terami Hirsch

“Hirsch bares her soul with a forthright candor that would have the likes of Jewel running for cover.” – Campus Circle There is something slightly disturbing about a girl who doesn’t mind stripping bare in the spotlight and doing a…

Spotlight on: Garrison Starr

Garrison Starr Born in Hernando, Miss., Garrison began performing original material in coffeehouses and clubs around Memphis while still in high school. She quickly developed a following. She put together her first tape of songs the year she graduated. It…

Spotlight on: Bic Runga

Bic Runga Name : Briolette Kahbic Runga Birthdate : Jan 13, 1976 Place of birth: Christchurch New Zealand Bic (pronounced Beck) Runga is a rare kind of artist. In an age of increasing musical specialisation, it is rare to find…

Spotlight on: Tina Malia

Tina Malia Raised outside of Denver, Colorado, Tina began her musical training at a very young age as a classical pianist. Taught by her mother, a concert pianist and opera singer from Korea, she rigorously studied piano until the age…

Spotlight on: Regina Spektor

Regina Spektor Born in Moscow, CCCP, (in the Year of the Monkey; so I’m guessing 1980).Regina came to the Bronx when she was 9 years old. She started studying classical piano at the age of six, and loved her teacher,…

Spotlight on: Imogen Heap

Imogen Heap Imogen (IMA-gin) Heap was born in Essex, England. She is “A gifted musician, she also possessed the vocal range of an alto tenor, her unique voice lending her songs a maturity beyond their years.” Before she had played…

Spotlight on: Dar Williams

Dar Williams Dar Williams was born Dorothy Snowden Williams in Chappaqua, NY. In 1989 she graduated from Wesleyan University, in Middletown, CT where she studied religion and theater. She then moved to Boston where she attempted to get one of…

Spotlight on: Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman was born March 20, 1964, in Cleveland, Ohio. In her childhood, Tracy learned to play the ukulele, the piano, and eventually the guitar and started writing her own songs. She attended a private school in Connecticut…

Spotlight on: Leslie Berry

Leslie Berry Singer-songwriter Leslie Berry is often described as “progressive pop.” But upon closer listen, you hear many influences in her music. Atlanta’s Creative Loafing describes her music as “modern songwriting with elements of classical and folk that simmers with…

Spotlight on: Ani DiFranco

Ani DiFranco Angela Marie DiFranco was born in Buffalo, NY on September 23, 1970. She became “Ani” (pronounced AH-nee) when her brother couldn’t say Angela. Her parents are Elizabeth and Dante and one brother (no relation to DeFranco as some…