"A modern-day Patsy Cline whose voice has been seasoned to Americana perfection. Folk Americana with attitude; lyric-driven melancholy that’s gutsy, introspective, organic, emotive, acoustic, and laced with twang. "
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Pull of the
Moon is chosen as one of the Notable
Northwest Recordings of 2008 by
KBCS.fm (Christine Linde,
Americana Music Director)
"Bishop is blessed with a hell of a voice and has her own type of pure
Americana..."
Ctrl.Alt.Country (Belgium)
"A bluegrass influence is woven in and out of a number of tracks on this
release..."
Victory Music Magazine (Tacoma, WA)
"What Bishop is doing with her songs crawl under your skin..."
Moors Magazine (The Netherlands)
"Superb poetically written lyrics..."
Rootsville (Belgium)
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Honorable Mention - Nashville Demo Studio: Annual Songwriters Competition,
August 2008 (This Way & That,
Pull Of The Moon).
Honorable Mention - American Songwriter Magazine Lyric Contest, May/June 2008
(Hobo Dreams,
Pull Of The Moon).
Artist
Information
Biography
MJ Bishop is an
acoustic solo artist out of Seattle. Her music is described as folk Americana
with attitude; lyric-driven melancholy that’s gutsy, introspective, organic,
emotive, acoustic, and laced with twang. A modern-day Patsy Cline whose voice
has been seasoned to Americana perfection. She has been compared to k.d. lang,
Emmylou Harris, Natalie Merchant, Kim Richey, Dar Williams, Rory Block, Indigo
Girls, Cowboy Junkies. Her influences include Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, k.d.
lang, Patty Griffin, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams.
Pull of the Moon, MJ's long-awaited third album (2008), sees her rolling up her
sleeves and plunging into the grittiness that is Americana, through the sweet,
familiar melodies of folk. The added trim around the edges reveals her deep
roots in country, jazz, rock and pop.
On these 12 tracks, MJ’s unwavering smoky vocals start from the dirt in the
crawl space, climb the stairs to the kitchen, the bedrooms, the attic, and
finally blast through the roof. She takes you on a journey starting with the
evocative opener “Up North” (about her small home town in Michigan’s Upper
Peninsula), weaving a story around the life of a guitar, life’s pushes and
pulls, love, loss, heartache, freedom from the nine-to-five job, and the appeal
of the open road. You will be conflicted by the lyrics as they first lure you
with the promise of good times before abruptly dropping you into a chasm of
loneliness and heartache.
Producing a pretty big sound armed with only a single guitar and her vocal
chords, MJ’s songs leave you humming well after the last note is sung.
Personally connecting with the audience is important to MJ, and her charm,
musicianship and professionalism shine during her performances. Entertaining
runs in the family and she claims to be addicted to the stage.
MJ has performed steadily since 1998 in and around Seattle, and has also taken
her music to Oregon, California, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Texas, Colorado, Arizona,
Tennessee, Indiana, Michigan and Florida. She has shared the stage with many
Northwest musicians, including The Starlings, Christy McWilson, The Paperboys
(Canada), ThorNton Creek, Moe Provencher, Nancy K. Dillon, Eva Tree, Matt Price,
and Brandi Carlile.
Combining deep roots in acoustic music with a maturing country sensibility, MJ
creates a genre that is, in many ways, her own.
Instrumentation
MJ Bishop - voice,
acoustic guitar, accordion
Discography
Pull of the Moon
(2008); Feel Good (2003); Hometown Address (2001)
|
Pull of
the Moon (2008) |
"Your incredible new CD arrived at my office
this week. I have been listening to it in the car for the past two days.
Sometimes I'm so wrapped up in it I run through Stop Signs. You should put a
warning label on the cover. Comparisons to Patsy Cline, Emmy Lou Harris etc.
do not do you justice..." Tim O'Leary, Tucson, AZ |
 |
Feel
Good (2003) Behind the tunes |
"On Feel Good MJ Bishop puts together twelve
tracks that are just as easily at home in a coffee shop in her home town of
Seattle, Washington as they would be in a honky-tonk in Nashville,
Tennessee. Her music has been aptly called 'folk with a Nashville edge.'" Dennis Halsey - The Best Female Musicians |
|
Hometown Address (2001) | "Bishop's folk/country/rock leanings tend
toward easy going rhythms and melodies... that quickly become resident
friends in your memory. Her voice, too, has a quiet way of entering your
mind and making itself very welcome there." Bill Fisher, Victory Music Review |
|
A
Night of Song For World Harmony (2004) |
This is a great compilation (includes MJ's tune Leave The Light On) put together for a very worthy cause, featuring 17 local musicians that was recorded on 9/11/03. It all began with a local musician (Kurt Myhaver) and his quest for peace. Read more here... |
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CONTACT INFO:
HOMETOWN: SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, USA
WEBSITES: www.mjbishopband.com/ www.myspace.com/mjbishopband
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