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Maria Diane Taylor (born May 21, 1976) is an American singer/songwriter from Birmingham, Alabama. She is also a member of the duo Azure Ray with Orenda Fink, also signed with Saddle Creek Records and has played in Bright Eyes and Now It's Overhead. She plays several instruments, including the piano, guitar, and drums, and has collaborated with such artists as Bright Eyes, Moby, Michael Stipe of R.E.M., David Barbe, Crooked Fingers and Nik Freitas. She released her first solo album ''11:11'' on Saddle Creek Records on May 24, 2005. Her second solo album, ''Lynn Teeter Flower'', was released on March 6, 2007, also on Saddle Creek. "A Good Start," the first track off ''Lynn Teeter Flower'', was subsequently named one of NPR's 10 best songs of the year for 2007.〔http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17577124〕 She released an acoustic album titled Savannah Drive with Andy LeMaster in fall of 2008. On March 31, 2009 she released her third full length, ''LadyLuck'' via Nettwerk Music Group featuring the song "Cartoons and Forever Plans," which was co-written with and also features R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe.〔http://www.westword.com/music/maria-taylor-talks-about-why-she-doesnt-use-a-high-e-string-on-any-of-her-guitars-5672450〕 Saddle Creek Records released her 4th solo album, ''Overlook'' August 16, 2011. Paste called ''Overlook'' "her best, most animated collection in years." 〔http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/08/maria-taylor-overlook.html〕 Taylor released her most recent record ''Something About Knowing'' on October 29, 2013 on Saddle Creek Records. ==Biography== Taylor started her musical career at the age of fifteen in the band Little Red Rocket with Orenda Fink which released two CDs on Geffen—''Who Did You Pay'' (1997) and ''It's in the Sound'' (2000). The group disbanded during the merging of Geffen with Universal Music Group. Afterwards, Taylor moved to Athens, Georgia along with her musical collaborator, Fink. There, they formed the band Azure Ray. The pair signed to WARM and released their self-titled debut as well as their second album, ''Burn and Shiver''.〔http://saddle-creek.com/store/6〕 After meeting the band in Athens, Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst invited the band on tour and introduced them to Saddle Creek. 〔http://saddle-creek.com/store/6〕 Saddle Creek release their following records ''November'' EP and ''Hold on Love''. Following the release of ''Hold on Love'', Taylor and Fink began a 6-year hiatus, releasing their own solo records. They reformed in 2010 releasing ''Drawing Down the Moon'' and ''As Above So Below'' in 2012. Both Fink and Taylor were also involved in another Saddle Creek band, Now It's Overhead with Andy LeMaster of Bright Eyes. Taylor has contributed her vocals to Bright Eyes, Joshua Radin, Moby, Crooked Fingers, Whispertown, Abra Moore and Nik Freitas. Taylor's music is often featured in popular TV shows and movies. The Azure Ray song "Sleep" was featured in the 2006 Academy Award nominated movie, The Devil Wears Prada featuring Anne Hathaway.〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458352/soundtrack〕 Her song "Time Lapse Lifeline" was featured in the "The Beaver In The Otter" episode of "Bones". Her music has also been featured frequently on the popular TV series, ''Grey's Anatomy''—"Song Beneath The Song" from her first solo album ''11:11'' was on the ''Grey's Anatomy'' Season 1 Soundtrack. Taylor also recorded a new song for the show's 2005 Christmas episode entitled "Christmas After All." 〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0592908/soundtrack〕 She also had a song featured on the hit ABC Family series ''Greek''. "No Stars" from Taylor's album Lynn Teeter Flower was also featured on the prom episode of the CW's ''One Tree Hill''; she also has had a song featured on the series ''Scrubs''. Taylor plays with the high E-string removed from her guitar. Taylor was previously romantically linked to Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes.〔http://penthousemagazine.com/blog/something-about-maria-an-interview-with-maria-taylor/〕 She is the mother of Miles Taylor Dwyer, born in 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maria Taylor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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