Gretchen Lieberum is a singer and songwriter.
Career
Lieberum was raised in
Berkeley, California
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and educated at
University of California, Santa Cruz
The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California system. Located on Monterey Bay, on the edge of ...
.
After leading a funk band for several years, she released her first solo album, ''Three A.M.'' (1999) followed by ''Brand New Morning'' (2002),
both produced by Greg Porée. Her albums ''Siren Songs'' (2005) and ''When This Kiss Is Over It Will Start Again'' (2009) were independently released in the United States.
Lieberum has been a member of Princess, a
Prince
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cover band formed with comedian
Maya Rudolph. She and Rudolph became friends while they were students at UC Santa Cruz.
At the time, they were members of a funk band named Supersauce, where they discovered their mutual interest in Prince. They have performed at the
Hollywood Bowl and on the TV show ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon''.
Personal life
Lieberum is married to filmmaker
Jacob Aaron Estes.
Discography
* ''Three A.M.'' (1999)
* ''Brand New Morning'' (Lakeshore, 2002)
* ''Siren Songs'' (Nomadic, 2005)
* ''When This Kiss Is Over It Will Start Again'' (Gogogerty, 2009)
References
External links
Official Site
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American women jazz singers
American jazz singers
Living people
Musicians from Berkeley, California
Singers from California
University of California, Santa Cruz alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Jazz musicians from California
21st-century American women