Colin Meloy

Colin Meloy Plays Charmingly Without His Decemberists

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By Erin Bell (CHARTattack) April 21, 2008 1:30 pm
With his band The Decemberists currently taking some time off, frontman and principal songwriter Colin Meloy was in town for a solo performance in support of his first commercially released live album (not counting the three discs of covers sold exclusively at shows), the appropriately titled Colin Meloy Sings Live! As Meloy sipped a glass of...
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I Read The News Today... For July 22, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 22, 2011 3:28 pm
Bush have released their new "The Sound Of Winter" single, and it's like Bush Lite. C'mon, Gavin, where's the anger from Sixteen Stone? Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy's releasing a children's book called Wildwood on Aug. 30. Carson Ellis, his wife, did the illustrations. You can read the first four chapters by clicking "Like" on the book's...
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Decemberists Frontman, Wife Get Children's Book Deal

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 30, 2010 3:43 pm
Colin Meloy's lyrics for his solo tunes and Decemberists songs have always been full of fantastical adventures, dreamed up from some hidden region at the aft of his mind. Add in the artwork for Decemberists albums done by his wife, Carson Ellis, and it seems like it was only a matter of time before they signed a children's book deal. Granted,...
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Lavender Diamond Parody Series Features Decemberists Frontman, My Brightest Diamond

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 20, 2010 3:06 pm
Lavender Diamond's Becky Stark has created a new parody series dubbed Califunya, which mocks a high school play that's itself a parody of a '60s children's television show. Two episodes of the series have been released so far. They feature Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy and My Brightest Diamond's Shara Worden. It's presented by Wieden+Kennedy...
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Decemberists Frontman Putting Out Children's Book

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 30, 2009 11:43 am
Decemberists singer/guitarist Colin Meloy and his wife, artist Carson Ellis, are set to release a children's book called The Unfortunate Demise Of Whitley Rackham. Its not known when the Stumptown Printers title will be available in stores, but on Thursday (Oct. 29) Ellis wrote on her blog that the book will be out soon, since "it's [sic]...
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Decemberist Hearts Steven Page

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 18, 2009 10:07 am
Former Barenaked Ladies singer/guitarist Steven Page has won Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy's Twitter songwriting contest. On Friday, Meloy asked his Twitter followers to "Write a song and youtube yourself playing it and I'll post the best one here. Topic: Linda Ronstadt." Page entered the contest on Sunday, and Meloy announced the...
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Decemberists Know The Hazards Of Love

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) December 5, 2008 1:20 pm
The Decemberists released the third volume of their "Always The Bridesmaid" singles series, featuring "A Record Year For Rainfall" and "Raincoat Song," on Tuesday. Now we can tell you more details about the group's new album, Hazards Of Love. The Decemberists' fifth LP was produced by Tucker Martine (Mudhoney, Sufjan...
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Colin Meloy Going Musical?

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 23, 2008 3:27 pm
The Decemberists' Colin Meloy is in talks to work on a musical. Meloy met yesterday with Michael Mayer and actor/producer Tom Hulce (Amadeus). Mayer and Hulce are both the respective director and producer of Spring Awakening, a Tony Award-winning rock musical. According to CMJ, Meloy met with them in Portland this week to talk about the...
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The Road Is Not So Lonely For Colin Meloy

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By Alyssa Noel (CHARTattack) March 6, 2008 5:30 pm
If the open road is as lonely as countless musicians and writers have made it out to be, Colin Meloy hasn't noticed. The Decemberists frontman left his band behind in 2006 and headed out on tour with only an acoustic guitar. The solo status was comfortably familiar. "When I first moved to Portland and started writing and playing around...
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