Biography
"Pierce’s songs are likely to appeal to a wide audience, sounding as if written at an intersection between a Sheryl Crow greatest hits record and the melodic melancholy of Aimee Mann."
Aarik Danielsen, Popmatters
ADRIENNE PIERCE BIO:
I am a singer-songwriter from Vancouver, B.C. Several of my songs have been heard in major television shows such as Grey's Anatomy, Veronica Mars, The Hills, Dirt, Army Wives, The L Word, Greek etc. I have played everything from Lilith Fair to The Cavern Club in Liverpool. I have toured with and opened for some amazing artists (Ray LaMontagne, Damien Rice, Sondre Lerche, The Stereophonics, Jane Siberry, Carina Round, The Finn Brothers, Yoav) and I have played live on the BBC and I even had a member of Radiohead compliment me on my performance after a show in Toronto.
I will be releasing my third full length album, Oh Deer in March of 2010.
I released my first album, Small Fires, on my own label in Canada. Small Fires was made up of 11 self penned songs and was produced by Sean Ashby who is a longtime member of Sarah Mclachlan’s band. It was distributed by Maple Music and received great reviews and got the attention of Nettwerk Records and Management in Vancouver which I was later signed to.
I followed Small Fires up with an EP called Hors d'Oeuvres when two of my demos were used on Grey's Anatomy and Veronica Mars. These placements of my songs on popular television shows and the inclusion of my song "Lost and Found" on the Veronica Mars Soundtrack Album created a demand for the songs. The Second Cup coffee chain also released an EP of mine called Exit which was available exclusively at their shops across Canada. I released two original Christmas songs as an EP and Canadian Tire also placed my Christmas songs on their promotional album last winter (2007). Canadian Tire released 600,000 of these discs.
My second full length album Faultline was released digitally in 2007 (and into stores in 2008) and was produced by Jeff Trott (Sheryl Crow) and Thom Russo (8 time grammy award winner) and features performances by many past and present members of Beck's band including Justin Meldal Johnson, Lyle Workman, Joey Waronker Victor Indrizzo and Roger Manning. Faultline has become very popular with my fans and has earned many new fans around the world. There are several fan generated videos for songs from Faultline on Youtube.
In October (2007) my cover of a Neil Young song (along with covers by Ron Sexsmith, Barenaked Ladies etc.) was released as part of Broken Tunes II. In November 2008 I released a 6 song EP "Winter” received great reviews and international airplay. It was heard on everything from podcasts in Afghanistan to popular shows on CBC radio and tastemaker stations in the U.S. such as World Café Live on WXPN. Winter is the first in a series of 4 seasonal EP’s (Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall).
I have toured Canada several times and have toured extensively in the US and the UK as well. I performed at The Toronto International Film festival as well as SXSW, NXNE, CMW and NMW.
In 2007 I toured for three solid months promoting Faultline all over North America opening for Issa (Jane Siberry). Spring 2008 I toured the US and the UK. I will be touring extensively in 2010 in support of the release of my upcoming album "Oh Deer".
Instrumentation
Adrienne Pierce - guitars, vocals, kazoo,
Ari Shine - guitar, bass, percussion, keys
Discography
Oh Deer - March 2010
SpringEP - Insectgirl Records - 2009
Winter EP - Insectgirl Records - 2008
Nettwerk Records Compilation, Happy Merry Christmas - 2008 (Includes my song "Making Angels")
MPress Records - New Arrivals 3 - 2008
(includes my song "Reaching For Me")
Faultline - Nettwerk - 2007
Broken Tunes - 2007 (includes Adrienne's cover of Pocahontas)
Making Angels EP- 2006
Exit EP - 2006
Hors d'Oeuvres EP - 2006
Toronto Film Fest compilation - 2005 (includes "One Perfect Day")
Veronica Mars Soundtrack - 2005 (includes "Lost and Found")
Small Fires - 2004
TV Placements:
Greys Anatomy (twice)
The Hills
The L Word
Veronica Mars
Army Wives
Greek
Dirt
Degrassi Jr. High Next Generation
Chris Isaak Show
Edgemont
Love 15
Radio Free Roscoe
Cold Squad
Just Cause
Fool Moon - movie
Radio Airplay:
I have had songs on commercial stations in the US and Canada. In addition I have been played on community and college stations in the U.S., Canada, UK, France, Spain, Portugal and Australia.
I have been played on CBC, BBC radio and NPR.
Links
| http://www.adriennepierce.com |