Butterfly Boucher
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I haven't written anything in quite awhile, so I just decided to pick an artist from my list of artists I like that no one has ever mentioned.
First off, no, there is no relation. Butterfly is from the other side of the world and pronounces her name wrong. haha.I first saw and heard of Butterfly Boucher a little over a year ago now. She was the opening act for Sarah McLachlan on her Afterglow tour. Let me start by saying, I don't generally enjoy opening acts. Maybe it's because they were restricted on how they could set up their equipment, maybe it's that the sound is optimized for the main act, I don't know. I also don't like hearing new bands for the first time live. So when Butterfly Boucher took the stage I was doubly surprised. There was something about her I just instantly liked. She came across as a very likable person and I greatly enjoyed her music. Despite the fact she only had one album under her belt I didn't think she played a weak song in her whole 40-45 min set. So when she announced she'd be selling autographed copies of her album, I of course left to get my copy. I even missed Sarah's first song when I returned.There's a great story about her debut album, Flutteryby at The Village Voice ."[Liz] Phair told Spin a couple of months ago that Flutterby, the debut by 24-year-old Australian Butterfly Boucher, changed her life, or at least the portion of it since Flutterby was released to the plaudits of Boucher's webmaster in February."I'm terrible at describing music, but this is basically adult alternative pop/rock. AllMusic lists some similar artists as Michelle Branch, Alanis Morissette and Liz Phair. However it doesn't have the angst of Morissette or earlier Phair. It's lively and and playful to borrow from AllMusic's "moods" listing.If you are curious she has four of her songs on her MySpace page.
First off, no, there is no relation. Butterfly is from the other side of the world and pronounces her name wrong. haha.I first saw and heard of Butterfly Boucher a little over a year ago now. She was the opening act for Sarah McLachlan on her Afterglow tour. Let me start by saying, I don't generally enjoy opening acts. Maybe it's because they were restricted on how they could set up their equipment, maybe it's that the sound is optimized for the main act, I don't know. I also don't like hearing new bands for the first time live. So when Butterfly Boucher took the stage I was doubly surprised. There was something about her I just instantly liked. She came across as a very likable person and I greatly enjoyed her music. Despite the fact she only had one album under her belt I didn't think she played a weak song in her whole 40-45 min set. So when she announced she'd be selling autographed copies of her album, I of course left to get my copy. I even missed Sarah's first song when I returned.There's a great story about her debut album, Flutteryby at The Village Voice ."[Liz] Phair told Spin a couple of months ago that Flutterby, the debut by 24-year-old Australian Butterfly Boucher, changed her life, or at least the portion of it since Flutterby was released to the plaudits of Boucher's webmaster in February."I'm terrible at describing music, but this is basically adult alternative pop/rock. AllMusic lists some similar artists as Michelle Branch, Alanis Morissette and Liz Phair. However it doesn't have the angst of Morissette or earlier Phair. It's lively and and playful to borrow from AllMusic's "moods" listing.If you are curious she has four of her songs on her MySpace page.
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