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| Artist : Keri Noble |
| Album : Keri Noble |
| Bitrate : VBR kbps |
| Label : Telarc |
| Year : 2009 |
| Genre : Pop |
| Rip date : Nov-06-2008 |
| Store date : Feb-03-2009 |
| Size : 47,5 MB |
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|Track Listing: |
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| 01 - Watch Me Walk 03:45 |
| 02 - Emily 03:32 |
| 03 - Ooh-Oh 04:20 |
| 04 - Word Got Out 04:14 |
| 05 - Red Wine Til Daylight 04:03 |
| 06 - Born Again 04:04 |
| 07 - Remember My Name 04:10 |
| 08 - Last Warning 04:35 |
| 09 - Go Proud 04:25 |
| 10 - Simple Things 02:52 |
| 11 - Life #9 (Live) 03:55 |
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| 43:55 min |
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| Keri Nobles self-titled Telarc debut is due at retail on February 3, |
| 2009. |
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| http://www.myspace.com/kerinobleartist |
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| Given her roots in Detroit, it would be easy to assume that Keri Noble |
| grew up in the 80s surrounded by the rich musical history and culture of |
| the Motor City. But things were not quite that way. |
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| The daughter of a Christian pastor in a small, Spanish-speaking church |
| on Detroits southwest side, Noble was raised in a strict household where |
| secular music was generally frowned upon. I was home-schooled from first |
| through third grade, she explains. And then I was put in a Christian |
| school. My high school was predominantly black, and the church that I |
| went to was all Hispanic. The environment I grew up in was definitely |
| multicultural, but the music I listened to was not. It was primarily |
| church music. There was no R&B or soul or Motown. I missed all that. |
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| By her late teens, though, shed heard enough bits and pieces of R&B, |
| hip-hop and other urban sounds û on car radios or MTV videos playing at |
| friends houses to realize that there was an entire world waiting outside |
| the walls of the church. |
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| But it was the voice of Joni Mitchell, more than anything else, that |
| steered Noble toward songwriting. One listen to Mitchells 1971 album, |
| Blue, and she suddenly had a sense of direction. |
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| I love the idea of one artist and their instrument, she says. That album |
| is pretty stripped down. Its pretty basic. Theres not a lot of |
| production there to date it. That record just felt so pure to me, and |
| those songs are so powerful and expressive. I dont know why I was so |
| open to it at that moment in my life, but I played that CD so much I |
| wore it out. |
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| And so began the songwriting, more as a means of personal expression |
| than as an attempt to launch a career as a professional musician. I had |
| already been journaling a lot, and I had taken eight years of piano |
| lessons, says Noble. At that point, I thought maybe I could try to put |
| my words to music and see what would happen. I didnt start out by |
| saying, I want to be a musician. It just sort of evolved. I had felt |
| pretty lost up to that point, and I had a lot to say. |
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| After a few years of writing and polishing, Noble put together a demo |
| and gave it to guitarist Billy McLaughlin on one of his tour stops in |
| Detroit. The two musicians became friends, and McLaughlin eventually |
| invited Noble to open for him at a show at the Fine Line in Minneapolis. |
| While there, he introduced her to some members of the local music scene. |
| At 24, Noble left Detroit and made the permanent move to Minneapolis. |
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| In 2003, she signed with EMI/Manhattan. Her debut album, Fearless, was |
| released the following year and met with high praise from the press. The |
| CD got picked up in so many worldwide markets that I got to do a lot of |
| touring in Europe and Asia, which was great, because I had never |
| traveled before in my life, says Noble. I got to open for some great |
| people, like Cyndi Lauper and B.B. King. I got some exposure that I |
| wouldnt have had otherwise. |
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| The downside was that Fearless enjoyed far less exposure in the States |
| than it did elsewhere.The guys who signed me had also signed Norah |
| Jones, Noble says. So they had a girl who played the piano who was a |
| raging success, and they wanted to get another girl who played the piano |
| in hopes of having another raging success. But theres really nothing I |
| do thats the same as what she does, other than the fact that Im a female |
| and I play the piano. Fearless was very ballad-heavy, but I tend to not |
| be that ballad-heavy. But thats what they wanted. |
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| The whole experience prompted Noble to ask herself some very basic |
| questions about whether she wanted to continue to pursue music |
| professionally. Did I really want to be a part of this machine? she |
| says. And if I did, why? Its not like someone can take the artistry away |
| from you. I could go play in coffee houses and bars if I wanted to and |
| still be happy doing it. |
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| In the end, she decided that there was still more to be done, on a scale |
| whereby I could actually make a living. She signed with JVC and released |
| Let Go in Japan in November 2007. |
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| In addition to the success of Let Go, she has also branched out into |
| other media. Her music has been used in popular TV series on either side |
| of the world, So You Think You Can Dance in the U.S. and Handsome Woman |
| in Japan. Her song Look At Me was featured in the Japanese film, Tokyo |
| Tower. In addition, her music is currently part of an 18-month TV |
| commercial campaign in Japan for Shiseido cosmetics. |
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| In the U.S., she signed with Telarc in the spring of 2008, and has |
| recorded an EP to be released in conjunction with U.S. tour dates |
| scheduled for the summer. A full length Telarc release is scheduled for |
| February 2009. |
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| Eight years after leaving her comfortable if somewhat limited |
| surroundings in her native Detroit, Noble has come full circle in many |
| respects. In some ways, Ive come this far to get to a place that feels |
| like a beginning, she says. Thats what makes for great art the idea of |
| reinventing yourself and being in a place thatÆs new again. But you do |
| it because you cant not do it. if you could do something else, then you |
| probably wouldnt last in this business. |
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