Deb Talan
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Deborah Ruth "Deb" Talan (born January 27, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for being part of the folk-pop duo the Weepies.
Early life and career
Born in western Massachusetts, Talan grew up in the small town of Pelham, Massachusetts and attended Amherst Regional High School (ARHS). She later attended Brown University, where she was a member of the Chattertocks, Brown's oldest all-female a cappella group, before moving to Oregon, where she was a member of Hummingfish, a Portland band, for six years.
Talan's recurring lyrical motifs include celestial objects, birds, nature, and various historical figures (e.g., Marc Chagall in "Painting By Chagall," Amelia Earhart in "Thinking Amelia," and Vincent van Gogh in "Vincent").
Jonathan Lethem’s novel Motherless Brooklyn inspired Talan to write "Tell Your Story Walking". This song appears on the 2002 album Songs Inspired by Literature (Chapter One), a benefit of the organization Artists for Literacy. "Tell Your Story Walking" was the winner of Artists for Literacy’s 2002 songwriting contest.
In addition to the Weepies' albums, (Steve Tannen is the other half of the duo), Talan and Tannen collaborated with singer/actress Mandy Moore on her 2007 album Wild Hope. Together, they wrote and recorded five songs with Mandy — the single "Extraordinary," the title track "Wild Hope," "All Good Things," "Few Days Down" and "Looking Forward to Looking Back."[1]
"Forgiven" played over the closing credits of the 2001 film Lovely & Amazing.
Discography
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Songs for a Misfit Heart | Independent |
| 2000 | Something Burning | Happyhead Music |
| 2001 | Sincerely | Happyhead Music |
| 2004 | A Bird Flies Out | Independent |
| 2017 | Lucky Girl | Nettwerk |
| 2025 | I Thought I Saw You | OneRPM |
References
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External links
- Deb Talan Official site
- http://www.artistsforliteracy.org
- Deb Talan collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive
- Deb Talan on Last.fm
- Lovely & Amazing soundtrack
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- 1968 births
- American women singer-songwriters
- American folk singers
- Brown University alumni
- Living people
- Singer-songwriters from California
- Singer-songwriters from Massachusetts
- American folk-pop singers
- 21st-century American women
- Amherst Regional High School (Massachusetts) alumni