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Uncharted (song)
"Uncharted" is a song written and recorded by the American singer Sara Bareilles. The song was produced by Neal Avron. It was the second single of her album ''Kaleidoscope Heart''. Background and history Bareilles told '' Billboard'' magazine that she "...was really worried about stepping into the unknown and I didn't know what to expect the second time around... and that afternoon, I sat down and wrote 'Uncharted'." The album title, 'Kaleidoscope Heart', comes from the lyric of 'Uncharted', ''"Jump start my kaleidoscope heart, love to watch the colors fade... They may not make sense but they sure as hell made me"''. Bareilles stated the song to be the starting point of the new record, and this particular lyric saw the end to her writer's block. Critical reception Jim Farber of New York Daily News wrote that: "Uncharted, matches jaunty piano figures to a spritz of strings." Megan Vick wrote for '' Billboard'' that: "With "Uncharted," Bareilles puts a syncopated two-step beat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Bareilles
Sara Beth Bareilles (, ; born December 7, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She has sold over three million albums and over 15 million singles in the United States. She has earned various awards and nominations including nine Grammy Award nominations, with one win, as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Tony Awards. In February 2012, VH1 placed her in the 80th spot of the Top 100 Greatest Women in Music. Born and raised in Eureka, California, Bareilles released a self-published album ''Careful Confessions'' in 2004. She received further recognition with the release of her second studio album '' Little Voice'' (2007), which was her first recording for a major record label ( Epic). The album included the hit single "Love Song", which reached number four on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and earned her two Grammy Award nominations, including Song of the Year. In 2010, she released her third studio album ''Kaleidoscope Heart'', with its lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Folds
Benjamin Scott Folds (born September 12, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and composer, who is the first artistic advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., since May 2017. Folds was the frontman and pianist of the alternative rock trio Ben Folds Five from 1993 to 2000, and again in the early 2010s during their reunion. He has recorded a number of solo albums and performed live as a solo artist. He has also collaborated with musicians such as William Shatner, Regina Spektor, "Weird Al" Yankovic, and yMusic, and undertaken experimental songwriting projects with authors such as Nick Hornby and Neil Gaiman. Folds has frequently performed arrangements of his music with uncommon instrumentation, including symphony orchestras and a cappella groups. In addition to contributing music to the soundtracks of the animated films ''Hoodwinked!,'' and ''Over the Hedge'', Folds has produced several albums, including Amanda Palme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audrina
''Audrina'' is an American reality television series that originally aired on VH1 from April 17, 2011, until June 19, 2011. The series aired one season and focuses on the lives of Audrina Patridge, who came to prominence as a cast member on '' The Hills'', and her family. Its premise was originated with Mark Burnett, who additionally served as the executive producer. Production In 2009, MTV ordered a pilot for the series, then titled ''The Audrina Show'', but it was not picked up to series on the network. In October 2010, Patridge announced that her then-unnamed reality series was picked up by MTV's sister network, VH1, with Mark Burnett as executive producer. Patridge spoke with Us Magazine about the series: "The show with Mark Burnett got picked up by VH1 so the journey continues! It's a reality show about me and my family. Everything that people have wondered about me, they'll now get to see! And I hope Tony ovolani, her Dancing with the Stars partnerwill be on it! I'd love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keenan Cahill
Keenan Cahill (1995 – December 29, 2022) was an American YouTuber and Internet celebrity who gained fame in the early 2010s for his viral videos in which he lip synced to popular songs. Cahill launched his first lipsynced YouTube video on August 28, 2010, on the Katy Perry song " Teenage Dream". Guest artists on his channel included Jennifer Aniston, 50 Cent, Flo Rida, Katy Perry, Tinie Tempah, Maroon 5, Cody Simpson, Jason Derulo, Big Time Rush, Glee, The Wanted, LMFAO, Drake Bell, Justin Bieber, Gym Class Heroes, Xuso Jones, WWE wrestler The Miz, and Pauly D. He released two EPs and over a dozen singles on iTunes. Early life Cahill was born in 1995 in Elmhurst, Illinois. He was diagnosed at the age of one with Maroteaux–Lamy syndrome, which in his case resulted in developing an appearance much like that of people with dwarfism; Cahill was , with thickening of the dura, shortened trunk, crouched stance, restricted joint movement, and enlarged hands. Cahill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guster
Guster is an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Founding members Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, and Brian Rosenworcel began practice sessions while attending Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, and formed the band in 1991. The members met during the freshman Wilderness Orientation program in August of that year, playing publicly together as a trio two months later at the Midnight Cafe coffee house set in the common area of the Lewis Hall dormitory. While attending Tufts, the band lived at 139 College Avenue in Somerville, Massachusetts. The band stayed "underground" for its first two full-length albums, ''Parachute'' (1994) and '' Goldfly'' (1997), but broke into the musical mainstream in 1999 with its third studio album ''Lost and Gone Forever'', featuring the single "Fa Fa", which made it onto the Adult Top 40. The band enjoyed moderate success on the charts with '' Keep It Together'', its fourth album, with two singles in the Adult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Miller (musician)
Ryan Matthew Miller (born November 21, 1972) is an American musician. He is the lead singer for the alternative rock band Guster playing guitar, piano and bass. Life and career Ryan was born on November 21, 1972, in Lubbock, Texas, to Ross and Cookie Miller. He grew up as an only child and was raised in Dallas, Texas, graduating from Berkner High School in 1991,(10 September 2006)Band seeks Texas fans for its evolving style ''The Galveston County Daily News'', Retrieved November 27, 2010 ("After Miller graduated from Berkner in 1991 he decided to attend college at Tufts University near Boston....") where he had his own band, the Silents. He majored in religious studies at Tufts University and graduated with a bachelor of arts in 1995.Geller, Mitchell (1 November 2010)Makes it Rain ''The Tufts Daily'', Retrieved November 27, 2010 He has since pursued a full-time career in music and art. Guster was formed when Miller met bandmates Adam Gardner and Brian Rosenworcel while the thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Gardner
Adam Seth Gardner (born May 31, 1973) is an American guitarist and vocalist of the band Guster and a member of the Tufts University Beelzebubs. Gardner grew up outside Morristown, New Jersey, and played for a band called Royal Flush while a student at the Pingry School, from which he graduated in 1991. He also attended Harding Township School in New Vernon, New Jersey. Gardner, working with Dave Schneider, created a side-project in 2005 called The LeeVees. Its album, ''Hanukkah Rocks'', consists of humorous original songs about the Jewish holiday. After living in Brooklyn near the other members of Guster for a time, Gardner relocated to Maine.Greenhaus, Mike https://relix.com/articles/detail/guster_the_pains_of_being_pop_at_heart/ Relix Gardner broadcasts a weekly radio show in Portland, Maine where he discusses everything from music to environmental issues. Environmental activism Adam and his wife Lauren started Reverb Reverberation (also known as reverb), in acoustics, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Laswell
Greg Laswell (born April 26, 1974) is an American musician, recording engineer, and record producer from San Diego, California. He attended high school at Valley Christian High School in Cerritos, California. He has released 7 studio albums: '' Good Movie'' in 2003, '' Through Toledo'' in 2006, '' Three Flights from Alto Nido'' in 2008, ''Take a Bow'' in 2010, ''Landline'' in 2012, ''I Was Going to be an Astronaut'' in 2014, ''Everyone Thinks I Dodged A Bullet'' in 2016, and ''Next Time'' in 2018, as well as several EPs and special singles. Many of his songs have been featured in films and television shows. Career 1998–2002: Shillglen Greg Laswell was born in Long Beach, California. He moved to San Diego in 1993 and graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University. From 1998 through the early 2000s, Laswell was frontman for the San Diego-based band Shillglen. Members of the band included Chad Lansford (backing vocals and guitar), Justin Skeesuck (guitar), Michael de Neve (bass), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cary Brothers
Cary Brothers (born 1974) is an American indie rock singer-songwriter originally from Nashville, Tennessee, United States. After moving to Los Angeles and becoming a regular performer at the influential Hotel Cafe venue, Brothers first gained national attention with his song "Blue Eyes" on the Platinum-selling, Grammy-winning " Garden State" soundtrack. As an independent artist, he has since toured worldwide, released two full-length records, and become one of the most-licensed artists in film and television. In the electronic dance music world, Brothers has collaborated with Tiësto on a club remix of his song "Ride" and an original song for Tiësto's album ''Kaleidoscope'', and he co-wrote and sang the title tracks for the Cosmic Gate releases '' Wake Your Mind'' and '' Start to Feel''. History With songs influenced by everything from 1980s British new wave music to 1970s folk music, Brothers achieved early critical and commercial success with his independent EPs ''All the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tegan And Sara
Tegan and Sara () are a Canadian indie pop duo formed in 1998 in Calgary, Alberta. The band is led by identical twin sisters Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Keirsten Quin (born September 19, 1980). Both musicians are songwriters and multi-instrumentalists. The duo has released 10 studio albums. They have earned a Grammy nomination in 2012 for their video album '' Get Along''. Their 10th album ''Crybaby'' was released on October 21, 2022. Tegan and Sara's memoir ''High School'' was released on September 24, 2019. The TV series of the same name based on the memoir was released on Amazon Freevee in the fall of 2022. History 1995–2002: Background and early work Tegan and Sara started writing songs at 15 years old, using an old guitar they found in their basement, once owned by their then-stepfather. One of the first songs they wrote was "Tegan Didn't Go To School Today", which was written by Sara. They later sang and recorded the song on a cassette tape. The band was first called Plu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Carlton
Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Upon completion of her education at the School of American Ballet, Carlton chose to pursue singing instead, performing in New York City bars and clubs while attending college. Three months after recording a demo with producer Peter Zizzo, she signed with A&M Records. Her debut single, "A Thousand Miles", reached the top five on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 2002. Her debut album, '' Be Not Nobody'', followed and received a platinum certification in the United States. Her subsequent albums, ''Harmonium'' (2004) and ''Heroes & Thieves'' (2007), failed to match the commercial success of the first. She produced a fourth album, ''Rabbits on the Run'' (2011), independently before seeking a record label to release it. Carlton released a Christmas EP titled ''Hear the Bells'' in November 2012, and released her fifth studio album, '' Liberman'', on October 23, 2015. Life and career Childhood and y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Michaelson
Ingrid Ellen Michaelson (born December 8, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Her first album, '' Slow the Rain,'' was released in 2005, and she has since released eight more albums: '' Girls and Boys,'' '' Be OK'', '' Everybody'', '' Human Again'', '' Lights Out'', ''It Doesn't Have to Make Sense'', ''Songs for the Season'', and her most recent, '' Stranger Songs.'' Her two highest-charting singles are " The Way I Am" (2007) and "Girls Chase Boys" (2014), at #37 and #52 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, respectively. Early life Michaelson is half Swedish and was born in 1979 in New York City to artistic parents. Her father, Carl Michaelson, was a manager of copyrights for the publishing company Carl Fischer Music and a composer on the side ("The Praise of Christmas"). Her mother, Elizabeth Egbert, was a sculptor, of Dutch ancestry. As a child, Michaelson performed in a musical theatre group called Staten Island Kids On Stage. She took up piano at age 4, and trained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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