“10,000 Maniacs – Candy Everybody Wants” 

The band was formed as Still Life in 1981 in Jamestown, New York, by Dennis Drew (keyboards), Steven Gustafson (bass), Chet Cardinale (drums), Robert Buck (guitar) and Teri Newhouse (vocalist and Buck’s ex-wife). Gustafson invited Natalie Merchant, who was 17 at the time, to do some vocals.  John Lombardo, who was in a band called The Mills (along with brother guitarist/vocalists Mark Liuzzo […]

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Natalie Merchant – Carnival (Live)

“Carnival” is a 1995 song written and produced by singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant and was the lead single from her debut solo album Tigerlily. In the lyrics, the protagonist compares the many colorful sights and sounds of day-to-day life in New York Cityto a carnival. Merchant was inspired to write the song after visiting the city for the first time when she was […]

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Natalie Merchant – Jealousy

Jealousy is the third track on Tigerlily a debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant, that was released on June 20, 1995, following her departure from the alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs. Reviews of Tigerlily were mostly positive. David Browne of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B+ rating, observing that, “with its unadorned, […]

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