Richard Shindell (born August 3, 1960) is an American

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singer, songwriter, producer, and musician. Shindell grew up in Port Washington, New York, and now lives in

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, Argentina, with his wife, Lila Caimari, a university professor, and their children. Shindell's career received a boost in 1997 when

Joan Baez Joan Chandos Baez (; born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice. Baez has performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing more ...

recorded three of his songs ("Fishing", "Reunion Hill", and "Money for Floods") for her album ''

Gone from Danger ''Gone from Danger'' is the twenty-third studio album (and twenty-fifth overall) by Joan Baez, released in September 1997. Rather than relying on her own songwriting, Baez instead selected work by younger folk and rock artists to perform. She i ...

'' and invited the aspiring singer-songwriter to join her 1997–98 tour. Shindell collaborated with

Dar Williams Dorothy Snowden "Dar" Williams (born April 19, 1967) is an American pop folk singer-songwriter from Mount Kisco, New York. Hendrik Hertzberg of ''The New Yorker'' has described Williams as "one of America's very best singer-songwriters." She is ...

and

Lucy Kaplansky Lucy Kaplansky (born February 16, 1960) is an American folk musician based in New York City. Kaplansky has a PhD in clinical psychology from Yeshiva University and plays guitar, mandolin, and piano. Life and career Kaplansky was originally f ...

to form the group

Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry was a folk Supergroup (music), supergroup, consisting of Richard Shindell, Lucy Kaplansky, and Dar Williams. The band released a single eponymous album of cover songs on October 13, 1998. The trio toured in 1999 to support the album. ...

. On their eponymous 1998 album, Cry Cry Cry covered an eclectic mix of songwriters. The trio toured in support of their album before resuming solo careers. In 2017-2018 the group reunited briefly. The resulting tour culminated in a live recording of their final show on April 15, 2018, at

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, CA, all proceeds of which went to support Live Music Society. A recording of cover songs, ''

South of Delia ''South of Delia'' is the seventh solo album by American folk singer-songwriter Richard Shindell. ''South of Delia'' is a cover album. Although he himself is sometimes described as a "songwriter's songwriter," covers are not new to Shindell. ...

'', was released on Shindell's website in March 2007. An album of original material, '' Not Far Now,'' appeared in 2009. ''13 Songs You May Or May Not Have Heard Before,'' a compilation of reworked previous releases and some new material, followed in 2011. '' Careless'', his most recent recording, was released in September 2016. Shindell and

reunited to collaborate on a new album of cover songs, ''Tomorrow You're Going'', funded through Kickstarter, and released in March 2015 under the name Pine Hill Project. In October 2019, Shindell announced that he would cease touring in order to pursue other projects. Shindell's songs and songwriting style often involves storytelling from a first-person point of view: an

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officer and illegal immigrant in "Fishing", a

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soldier in "Sparrows Point", a

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drummer boy in "Arrowhead", an Argentine grandmother in "Abuelita", and a power broker in "Confession". His other personae include a New York City cab driver in "The Last Fare of the Day", a man on death row in "Ascent", a war widow in "Reunion Hill", and

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Discography

Albums

*''

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'' ( Shanachie, March 13, 1992) *'' Blue Divide'' (Shanachie, September 26, 1994) *''

Reunion Hill ''Reunion Hill'' is a 1997 album by singer-songwriter Richard Shindell. It was Shindell's third and final studio album for Shanachie Records. ''Allmusic'' calls the album "songcraft at its finest." The album includes a cover of "I'll Be Here in ...

'' (Shanachie, August 19, 1997) *''

'' (

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, October 1, 1998), with

and

*'' Somewhere Near Paterson'' (

Signature Sounds Signature Sounds Recordings is an independent record label specializing in Americana and modern folk music. Jim Olsen and Mark Thayer founded the label in 1995 to promote acoustic musicians who were playing in Northampton, Massachusetts. Signatu ...

, February 8, 2000) *''

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'' (Signature Sounds, February 12, 2002) '' ompilation' *'' Vuelta'' (

Koch Records MNRK Music Group (pronounced "monarch", formerly known as Koch Records and eOne Music) is a New York City-based independent record label and music management company. It was formed in 2009 from the music assets of Koch Entertainment, which had ...

, August 24, 2004) *''

'' (Richard Shindell Music, May 10, 2007) *''Live at the Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, VT'' (2007) escribed as Archive Series No. 1, limited edition recording of a concert from November 11, 2006*'' Not Far Now'' (Signature Sounds, 2009) *''13 Songs You May Or May Not Have Heard Before'' (Amalgamated Balladry, 2011) '' ompilation' *''Tomorrow You're Going'' (2015), with

(The Pine Hill Project) *''Careless'' (Amalgamated Balladry, September 9, 2016)

EPs

*''Scenes from a Blue Divide'' (Shanachie, 1995) *''Spring'' (Signature Sounds 1256-2, 2000). Contains "Spring" (single edit), "Confession" (acoustic version), "Shades of Black, Shades of Blue" (Charles Lyonhart), and "Spring/Summer Reel" (album version) *''3x2 Sampler'' (Signature Sounds, 2000). Contains "Beyond the Iron Gate" (alternate version), "Abuelita", and "Transit" (album versions). Also contains three songs by

Peter Mulvey Peter Mulvey (born September 6, 1969) is an American folk singer-songwriter based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since the early 1990s, he has developed a strong national following in the indie folk/rock scene through his relentless touring and critic ...

. *'' The Sonora Sessions'' (Signature Sounds, 2001) *'' Mariana's EP'' (Amalgamated Balladry, 2009)

Various artists compilations

*''Main Stage Live: Falcon Ridge Folk Festival'' (Signature Sounds 1253, 1999). Contains live version of "Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore" (traditional arranged by R. Shindell). *''Wonderland: A Winter Solstice Celebration'' ( Signature Sounds 1266, 2002). Contains "Before You Go". *''The Folk Next Door: A Collection of Connecticut Roots Music'' (WWUH 1992). Contains live version of "Home Team".

Production

*''The Near Demise of the Highwire Dancer ( Antje Duvekot, 2009). *''The New Siberia ( Antje Duvekot, 2012).

References

Bibliography

Michael Erlewine John Michael Erlewine (; born July 18, 1941) is an American musician, astrologer, photographer, TV host, publisher and Internet entrepreneur who founded the music online database site AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide) in 1991. Car ...

& Scott Bultman (ed.) (1992)
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& Chris Woodstra (ed.) (1994)
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, Chris Woodstra &

Stephen Thomas Erlewine Stephen Thomas Erlewine (; born June 18, 1973) is an American music critic and senior editor for the online music database AllMusic. He is the author of many artist biographies and record reviews for AllMusic, as well as a freelance writer, occ ...

(ed.) (1997)
All Music Guide, 3rd ed., p. 776
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(ed.) (2001)
All Music Guide, 4th ed., p. 805
', . * Neal Walters & Brian Mansfield (ed.) (1998)
MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide, p. 525
', (the source of his birth date). *

Colin Larkin Colin Larkin (born 1949) is a British writer and entrepreneur. He founded, and was the editor-in-chief of, the ''Encyclopedia of Popular Music'', described by ''The Times'' as "the standard against which all others must be judged". Along wit ...

(ed.) (1998) ''The

Encyclopedia of Popular Music ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' is an encyclopedia created in 1989 by Colin Larkin. It is the "modern man's" equivalent of the '' Grove Dictionary of Music'', which Larkin describes in less than flattering terms.''The Times'', ''The Kno ...

, 3rd ed., Vol. 6, p. 4881'', . * Martin C. Strong (2011)
The Great Folk Discography, Vol. 2: The Next Generation, p. 313-4
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External links

Richard Shindell, Live
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