recent photo of Natalie - click here to go to her official website
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Natalie Merchant started as the lead singer of the band 10,000 Maniacs in the early 1980's. The band received critical acclaim and gave us 5 albums with her singing. After leaving the band she launched a successful solo career starting with her solo debu "Tigerlily" and has since recorded more solo albums. Her latest album of new material is "The House Carpenter's Daughter" released in 2003. It is a collection of folk songs she recorded. Since then she has also released an album called "Retrospective" which is a best-of release. She is currently in hiatus spending time with family although she did do some live shows in New York in early 2008. As one of her huge fans I am patiently waiting for a new album of brand new material. Hope she decides to do this soon. There were a few new songs performed at the NY shows.
She has several DVD releases including "10,000 Maniacs Time Capsule", a "VH-1 Storytellers" DVD and a "Live in Concert" sister DVD to the live CD.
Here are links to her official site and Wikipedia about her
Natalie Merchant.com Natalie in Wikipedia