Myshkin (singer)

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Myshkin
Born Indiana, United States
Genres Folk
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, composer, producer
Instruments
Website www.myshkinwarbler.com

Myshkin is an American singer-songwriter, touring and recording artist, composer and producer. She sings and plays acoustic and electric guitar, tenor guitar, mandolin and other instruments solo, in cooperation with other artists, and with her band.

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Early life

She is a native of Indiana where she was born to parents recently immigrated from the Netherlands. After studying theater in college she moved to New Mexico, and then spent some time traveling the U.S. before settling in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1993.

Career

In New Orleans she recorded five albums of her own work, and appeared on many others. She was a member of The Road Dog Diva's, Ez Bake Organs, and the Mike West Band. Myshkin and Mike West toured as a duo for a decade, playing approximately 300 shows a year throughout the U.S., Europe, Canada and Australia, and were recipients of several of the city's music industry awards. [1]

In 2001 Myshkin formed a new band, Myshkin's Ruby Warblers, with John Lutz on upright bass and Scott Magee on drums. The first record, Rosebud Bullets, was a well received farewell to New Orleans for Myshkin, garnering spots on the 2003 best records top ten lists of The Village Voice and The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate .

She moved to Portland, Oregon. [1] [2] in 2002, followed by drummer Magee a year later. In Portland she began working with the electronic musician / producer Sailor Banks, with whom she released two albums Corvidae and Sigh Semaphore, concentrating on political and humanist themes. [1]

Myshkin's Ruby Warblers continued to tour the US and Europe until 2008, when Myshkin left the city to co-found a permaculture community in Southern Oregon. [3] There she built an earth walled studio, in which she recorded That Diamond Lust released in 2012.

In 2013, Myshkin met her future wife while on tour, and moved to Joshua Tree, California to join her. She records and performs under the name Myshkin Warbler, typically with a five piece band, including Damian Lester on upright bass and Jenny Qaqundah on cello . In 2016, she created Myshkin Warbler's Royal Rabble Circus, which quickly became a staple of the twice-annual Joshua Tree Music Festival. [4]

In June 2018, DoubleSalt Works released the record Trust and the High Wire, Myshkin Warbler's record about her wife's near death experience and recovery. The record serves as a musical companion to Jenny Q's experimental book, Held Together. The couple combined the two works into a performance piece, which first toured in summer 2018 as Trust.Together. [5]

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Awards

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