Fiona Apple

It's like Lilth Fair, but not on wheel. Sheryl Crow, Fiona Apple and Avril Lavigne have all been tagged for the first-ever Girlfrenzy music festival. The niche festival will be held on October 27th at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine, California. Joining Crow, Apple and Lavigne are Colbie Caillat, Sara Bareilles and Antigone Rising. Tickets go on sale August 25th and will benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.... MORE

Fiona Apple likes the fiddle, so much the pianist is hitting the road with Bluegrass-pop trio Nickel Creek on their "Farewell (For Now) Tour." Apple, who met the Grammy-winning band years ago in Los Angeles, has been collaborating occasionally at the city’s intimate Club Largo. In addition to solo material from both artists Apple and Nickel Creek will be expanding on their impromptu sessions. (Apple would sit in on Creek’s Sean and Sara Waktins' ‘anything goes' "Watkins F... MORE

Don't you just love when a song says everything your thinking and feeling?

There are definitely a crapload of sad Fiona Apple songs.. but this one takes the cake. This is Fiona performing Oh Well on Craig Ferguson. She starts off semi-angry and hurt, singing to the guy who has broken her heart and continues to build on this emotion, only to end with such a helpless and feeble denouement, muttering the title words in such resignation. It's classic Fiona... with a soul synonymous to the sentiment of Paper Bag ("I thought he was it was a bird but ... MORE

We’ve already started week 6 of The Program, I’ve just not had time to update the rest of the world on the matter. bendblock and I have chosen only one new album to focus on this week because, like I said, busy, busy, busy: Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine We were going to do both the officially released version and the Jon Brion version that was leaked, but I’m having a bit of trouble tracking down the bootleg. Wondering what The Program is all about? It's never t... MORE

...could do us all good. It's far to easy to lose your faith today, and far too easy to never find it again. Realization of that fact is a cleansing emotion certainly underrated these days and one more of us need to know.

i love discovering new music... the rush of finding a new band that you can relate to and love. it's like a new relationship.. something unexpected happens.. i cool bass riff or a crazy vocal arrangement... and you feel the tingles... but i think more than that i might love rediscovering old music. songs that years ago were new and exciting that have long ago been put on my shelf and forgotten about. pulling them out and remembering the first time i heard them. how it seem... MORE

My friend is coming to stay with me in SoCal in late October to go this concert called 'GirlFrenzy'...i was just informed that I am getting a free ticket to the aforementioned frenzy. The lineup is Sheryl Crow(meh), Fiona Apple(yay!), and Avril Lavigne(WTF?) I am going to see Avril Lavinge. There I said it and I still don't believe it. It will be a frenzy alright...a frenzy of misery...i am totally taking one for the team on this one! I will now play some Fiona App... MORE

HOLY SHIITTTTTTT fiona apple more than does justice to this song. had to buy it on itunes.... you should too, if you know what's good for you, that is. but here's the original.

In the midst of another dialouge in my previous post, this song popped into my head. This tune, if i am not mistaken, is about the director Paul Thomas Anderson(Boogie Nights, Magnolia)... The gold standard in 'celebrity' break up songs is 'Your So Vain' by Carly Simon I would say... What are some other songs by artists about famous exes? Anyone have any?

So the story with Fiona Apple is this: I'm officially now a fan. She is an intense, remarkable performer. Her face is very expressive, a truly anguished woman's face, and so is the gruffness that she barely ever (if ever) expresses through her recordings. But the anger does not strike the accepting audience, nor is it directed at them; it merely stokes an emotional core and provokes a stirring pathos. The songs that didn't strike me on record came alive loud with the rom... MORE

okay, so i think most of you have figured out i prefer female artists. and most of them had their heyday in the 90s. i think i am eternally stuck in lilith hell. anwyays, here is another quirky video from another fave, the fantastic fiona apple. i promise, i'll have a guy on here soon. really!