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Joe Henry

Background information
Origin United States
Genre(s) Alt-country, folk, jazz, soul
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer
Instrument(s) Vocals, guitar
Years active 1986–present
Label(s) Profile, Mammoth, ANTI-

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Biography

Henry's first albums, including "Talk of Heaven" (1986) and "Murder of Crows" (1989), introduced his facility for songwriting but tended to be overburdened by their production values; they passed into obscurity after attracting some mainstream and industry attention. His sound, which thereafter has avoided easy pigeonholes, then veered toward what was then emerging as "alt country". Alternative country is a term used to describe a number of Country music subgenres that tend to differ from mainstream or pop country music This period's emblematic artifacts are the critically noted "Short Man's Room" (1992) and "Kindness of the World" (1993), which shared members of the country-rock band the Jayhawks. The Jayhawks are an American Alternative Country and Rock Band. Though the world may not yet have found a place for Joe Henry, his songwriting and lyrics had established him as an artist of note on the American scene.

1996's Trampoline, his sixth LP, began to explore the stylistic dynamism that has characterized his later albums. "Trampoline" employed metal guitarist Page Hamilton (who demonstrated his own eagerness to stretch by collaborating on the album) and created a breadth of style one reviewer called "idiosyncratic broadmindedness". Page Hamilton (born May 18, 1960 in Portland Oregon) is a Guitarist singer and record producer mostly noted for his work with Alternative [1]

Fuse (1999) continued Henry's experimentalism with its trip hop shadings. Fuse is an album by Joe Henry released on March 9 1999 (see 1999 in music) Trip hop is a music Genre also known as the Bristol sound or Bristol acid rap. One review of the album states that Fuse has "real weight, emotion and beauty that is both unmistakable and unforgettable". [2]

Scar, released in 2001, was seen as a breakthrough: Henry's evocative songs had only traces of his early career's country sound, and the band on the record consisted mainly of jazz musicians (Marc Ribot, Brian Blade and Brad Mehldau among others), including an appearance by saxophonist Ornette Coleman—in a very rare cameo—who steals the show on "Richard Pryor Addresses A Tearful Nation. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Marc Ribot ( born 21 May 1954 in Newark New Jersey) is an American Guitarist and Composer. Brian Blade (born July 25, 1970 in Shreveport Louisiana) is an American Jazz Drummer and Composer. Brad Mehldau (born August 23, 1970) is an American Jazz Pianist. The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind Ornette Coleman (born March 9, 1930) is an American saxophonist Violinist Trumpeter and Composer. "

Scar earned very positive reviews, including one by All Music Guide's Thom Jurek, who wrote that Henry "has moved into a space that only he and Tom Waits inhabit in that they are songwriters who have created deep archetypal characters that are composites—metaphorical, allegorical, and 'real'—of the world around them and have created new sonic universes for them to both explore and express themselves in. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor. An archetype ( pronounced: /ˈɑːkɪtaɪp/ (Brit or /ˈɑrkɪtaɪp/ (Amer Metaphor (from the Greek: μεταφορά - metaphora, meaning "transfer" is language that directly compares seemingly unrelated subjects An allegory (from αλλος allos "other" and el αγορευειν agoreuein "to speak in public" is a figurative mode of representation Scar is a triumph not only for Henry—who has set a new watermark for himself—but for American popular music, which so desperately needed something else to make it sing again. Popular music is Music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more " [3]

In 2001, Henry sang on the song "Alleluia" from Julia Fordham's album, Concrete Love. Julia Fordham (born August 10 1962, Portsmouth, England) is a British Singer-songwriter based in California

2003's self-produced Tiny Voices, his first on Epitaph's Anti label, inspired more praise from reviewers. Reviewer Jurek described the album as "the sound of Hemingway contemplating the Cuban Revolution with William Gaddis, the sound of Buddy DeFranco and Jimmy Giuffre trying to talk to Miles Davis about electric guitars in an abandoned yet fully furnished Tiki bar in Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles. Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21 1899 — July 2 1961 was an American novelist short-story writer, and Journalist. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la William Gaddis ( December 29, 1922 – December 16, 1998) was an American novelist Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco (born February 17, 1923 in Camden New Jersey) is a Jazz Clarinet player James Peter Giuffre ( April 26, 1921 &ndash April 24, 2008) was an American Jazz composer arranger and Saxophone Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26 1926 &ndash September 28 1991 was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer. A Tiki Bar is an exotic–themed drinking establishment that serves fancy cocktails especially rum-based mixed drinks such as the Mai tai or the Zombie cocktail. Raymond Thornton Chandler ( July 23, 1888 &ndash March 26, 1959) was an American Author of crime stories and novels Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West " [4]

Henry produced Teddy Thompson's 2000 album Teddy Thompson, a critically acclaimed album from the son of British folk legends, Linda Thompson and Richard Thompson. Teddy Thompson (born February 19, 1976 in London, England) is a British folk and rock musician Teddy Thompson (born February 19, 1976 in London, England) is a British folk and rock musician Linda Thompson (b 23 August 1947 in London, England) is a British singer Richard John Thompson (born 3 April 1949 in Notting Hill Gate, West London) is a British songwriter Guitar player Henry also produced Solomon Burke's 2002 album Don't Give Up On Me, which won Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 2003 Grammy Awards. Solomon Burke (born March 21 1940) is an American Grammy Award -winning Singer / Songwriter. Don't Give Up on Me is a Studio album by R&B / Soul singer Solomon Burke, recorded and released in 2002 on Fat Possum The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album has been awarded since 1988 The 45th Grammy Awards were held on February 23, 2003. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year 2005 releases produced by Henry include Ani DiFranco's Knuckle Down, Aimee Mann's 1970s concept album The Forgotten Arm, and Bettye LaVette's I've Got My Own Hell to Raise. Ani DiFranco (ˈɑːniː (born Angela Maria DiFranco on September 23 1970 is a Grammy Award winning Singer, Guitarist, and Songwriter Knuckle Down is the fourteenth studio Album by Singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco. Aimee Mann (born September 8, 1960) is an American, rock Guitarist, bassist, Singer, and noted Songwriter This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. In Popular music, a concept album is an Album which is "unified by a theme which can be instrumental compositional narrative or lyrical" The Forgotten Arm is an Album by Singer-songwriter Aimee Mann with illustrations by Owen Smith. Bettye LaVette (born Betty Haskins in Muskegon, Michigan, 1946 is an American soul singer who cut her first record at 16 but achieved I've Got My Own Hell to Raise by Bettye LaVette was released September 27, 2005 on the label ANTI-.

He also produced the multi-artist album I Believe to My Soul, which featured Allen Toussaint, Mavis Staples, Ann Peebles, Irma Thomas and Billy Preston. Donny Hathaway ( October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) was an American soul musician Allen Toussaint, ˈtuːseɪnt (born January 14 1938 is an American Musician, Songwriter and Record producer. Mavis Staples (born July 10, 1939 in Chicago Illinois) is an American Rhythm and blues and Gospel singer and Civil rights Ann Peebles (born April 27 1947, in St Louis Missouri) is an Internationally acclaimed Singer and Songwriter best known Irma Thomas (b February 18, 1941, Ponchatoula Louisiana) is a Grammy Award winning soul and Rhythm and blues singer William Everett Preston ( September 2 1946 – June 6 2006) was an American Soul musician from Houston Texas,

In 2006, Henry teamed with Toussaint, producing his collaborative album with Elvis Costello, The River in Reverse. Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus 25 August 1954 is an English Musician and Singer-songwriter, with Irish ancestry The River in Reverse is a 2006 collaboration between Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint.

In September of 2006, Joe Henry and his longtime hero Loudon Wainwright III began composing the music for the Judd Apatow movie Knocked Up. Loudon Snowden Wainwright III (born September 5, 1946) is an American Songwriter, Folk singer, Humorist, and Judd Apatow (born December 6, 1967) is an American Film producer, director, and Screenwriter. Knocked Up is a 2007 American Comedy film, written co-produced and directed by Judd Apatow. Snippets of instrumentals were used as background score for the film, but the full versions of the songs make up Wainwright's 2007 album Strange Weirdos. Henry produced Mary Gauthier's 2007 album Between Daylight and Dark. Mary Gauthier (ˈgouʃeɪ GO-shay; born March 1962 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American folk Singer-songwriter.

Joe Henry's current and 10th LP, "Civilians," was released in 2007 on the Anti label.

Trivia

Henry has been married to Madonna's sister Melanie Ciccone since at least 1985. Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16 1958 known as Madonna, is an American [5] Henry's wife talked him into letting her send Madonna a demo of his song "Stop", which was reworked and recorded as "Don't Tell Me" (from Madonna's 2000 album Music). " Don't Tell Me " is the second single by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her 8th studio album Music and was released on 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Music is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on September 19 2000 by Maverick Records. Henry's own tango-tinged version of the song appeared on Scar and was featured in an episode of "The Sopranos". Tango is a style of music that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay. Henry and his sister-in-law recorded a duet, "Guilty By Association", on the charity album Sweet Relief II, and collaborated on the songs "Jump" on Confessions on a Dance Floor and "Devil Wouldn't Recognize You" on Hard Candy. " Jump " is the fourth and final single from Madonna 's album Confessions on a Dance Floor. Confessions on a Dance Floor is the tenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on November 15 2005 by Warner Bros Hard Candy is the eleventh Studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna and was first released on April 25 2008 by Warner Bros

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