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'''Natalie Anne Merchant''' (born ], ] in ], ], ]) is a versatile professional ]. She co-founded ] in ] and began her solo career in ]. '''Natalie Anne Merchant''' (born October 26, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter.<ref name="Larkin"/> She joined the band ] in 1981 and was lead vocalist and primary lyricist for the group. She remained with the group for their first seven albums before leaving to begin her solo career in 1993. She has since released nine studio albums as a solo artist.

==Early life==
Natalie Merchant was born October 26, 1963, in ],<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=835/6}}</ref> the third of four children of Anthony and Anne Merchant. Her paternal grandfather, who played the ], ] and guitar, emigrated to the United States from ]; his surname was "Mercante" before it was ].<ref name=Cromelin /> As stated during a performance for N.P.R., Natalie is Roman Catholic.

When Merchant was a child, her mother listened to music (primarily ] but also ], ], ])<ref name="Buffalo News" /> and encouraged her children to study music, but would not allow television after Merchant was 12. <blockquote> "I was taken to the symphony a lot because my mother loved classical music. But I was dragged to see ] when I was 12. We had to drive 100 miles to ]. Someone threw up next to me and people were smoking pot. It was terrifying. I remember Styx had a white piano which rose out of the stage. It was awe-inspiring and inspirational."<ref name=Q /> </blockquote>
<blockquote>
"She had show tunes, she had the soundtrack from '']'' and '']''. And then eventually... she'd always liked classical music and then she married a jazz musician, so that's the kind of music I was into. I never really had friends who sat around and listened to the stereo and said 'hey, listen to this one', so I'd never even heard of who ] was until I was 18."<ref name="Melody Maker" /></blockquote>

Merchant says she did not have a television set between 1988 and 1989: "I grew up in a house where no one watched the news on television and no one read the paper. I've been discovering these things as I get older, and the news has affected me more than it ever has before."<ref name=SDUT />

Merchant started working in a health food store at 16.<ref name=VanMeter /> She considered a career in special education after taking part in a summer program for disabled children, but in 1981, she started singing for a band, Still Life, which became ].<ref name=VanMeter />


==Career== ==Career==
===10,000 Maniacs===
Merchant co-founded and fronted the successful band ] in ] (see ]), but left the band in ] (see ]) commencing a successful solo career. (She has been referred to as "the Poet Laureate of pop", or "the ] of pop".) Her debut solo album '']'' (]) had three top-40 singles: "Carnival", "Jealousy", and "Wonder". In ], she first performed "Planctus," a song for voice and piano written for her by ]. In ], Merchant released '']'', supported by co-headlining ] and the following year released '']''.
{{Main|10,000 Maniacs}}
]
Merchant was lead singer and primary lyricist for 10,000 Maniacs, joining in its infancy in 1981 while she was a student at ].<ref name="Larkin"/> The group recorded their first album ''Human Conflict Number Five'', and recorded a corresponding ] at the Hotel Franklin and at Group W Westinghouse studios in Jamestown, New York, in 1982. Merchant sang lead vocals, and later played the piano as well on seven studio albums with 10,000 Maniacs. In 1993 she announced that she was leaving the group, citing a lack of creative control over the music she wrote with the band.<ref name=press /> Her last recording with the band, a cover of Bruce Springsteen's and Patti Smith's "]" at the 10,000 Maniacs ''MTV Unplugged'' performance, reached #11 on the Hot 100 chart on February 18, 1994; becoming the band's highest-charting song in the U.S.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/10000-maniacs|title=10,000 Maniacs|magazine=]|access-date=July 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/natalie-merchant-and-10000-maniacs-195697/|title=Natalie Merchant and 10,000 Maniacs|first1=Kim|last1=France|magazine=] |date=March 19, 1993}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1930833/there-was-no-girl-as-bold-as-you-assessing-the-legacy-of-natalie-merchant-and-10000-maniacs/columns/sounding-board/|title=There Was No Girl As Bold As You: The Overlooked Legacy Of Natalie Merchant And 10,000 Maniacs|date=March 22, 2017}}</ref>


===''Tigerlily'' (1995)===
In ], Merchant released her most critically acclaimed album, '']'', and went on an extensive tour of ] and ]. She parted ways with ] in ] and released a folk album of traditional songs called '']'' in ] of that year on ''Myth America records''; her own label. Merchant plays the ], has produced and has written almost all of her songs.
] in ]]]
After her split with 10,000 Maniacs, Merchant was so eager to begin writing her own material that she went home that very day and composed the song "I May Know the Word", which was originally meant to appear on the soundtrack to the ] movie '']''.<ref name="Larkin"/> The song was eventually cut from the soundtrack, but it would go on to appear on Merchant's debut solo album, '']'', which was released on the ] label in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/songstories/hey-give-m-what-they-want-c87b47c691df|title=Hey — Give 'm What They Want|first=Doug|last=Keeports|date=August 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1995/09/29/merchant-minus-maniacs/6c615613-536e-44e5-af5f-c51cb1e61172 |title=MERCHANT MINUS MANIACS |date=1995-09-29 |author1=Richard Harrington |newspaper=] |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}}</ref>
The third song on the album, "Beloved Wife", was featured as the first song in the ] for the film '']''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/23/arts/architecture-natalie-merchant-steps-back-from-rock-s-cutting-edge.html|title=ARCHITECTURE; Natalie Merchant Steps Back From Rock's Cutting Edge|first=Joy|last=Press|newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 23, 1995}}</ref>


''Tigerlily'' was a critical and commercial success, spawning her first top-ten hit in the single "]", and achieving top-40 success with subsequent singles "]" and "Jealousy". The album would go on to sell over five million copies, and continues to be Merchant's most successful album to date. She did extensive touring for it and made numerous television appearances, including performances on '']'', at the ], and on late-night talk shows. The media's immediate and critical effect on culture and cultural icons was of particular interest to Merchant. In "River", a song from ''Tigerlily'', Merchant defends ] as she castigates the media for systematically dissecting the child actor after his death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/196542/a-more-relaxed-natalie-merchant-fondly-revisits-tigerlily|title=A more relaxed Natalie Merchant fondly revisits 'Tigerlily'|first=Oliver M.|last=Pulumbarit|date=June 24, 2016|website=INQUIRER.net}}</ref>
Merchant has sung alongside ] and ]. She has also collaborated with ] a number of times, including the 1998 album '']''. Like Bragg, her work touches on social and political themes and she has been active in raising a number of campaigning issues in both her songs and through the causes to which she lends her name. Her website (that she has kept current) features a links section including one for '']'', which continues to present some indication of her political relevance.


===''Ophelia'' (1998–1999)===
She married Daniel DeLa Calle, a photographer, in 2003. They have one daughter.
{{See also|Ophelia (album)}}
Three years passed before Merchant released her second solo effort, '']''. While ''Tigerlily'' contained sparse instrumentation, the music on ''Ophelia'' had lusher arrangements. The reprise at the close of the album featured a symphonic arrangement composed and conducted by British composer ] with whom she would collaborate nine years later to put Shakespeare's sonnets to music.<ref>{{cite web|title=NOTHING LIKE THE SUN – Merchant collaborates with British composer Gavin Bryars to put sonnets to music for The Royal Shakespeare Company's festival|url=http://www.nataliemerchant.com/news/2007/2/28|website=The Official Natalie Merchant Website|access-date=October 11, 2014}}</ref> Merchant treated the recording of ''Ophelia'' as a series of workshops, where she would invite various musicians she had met over the years into her home studio to collaborate and record. While ''Ophelia'' is not a concept record in the traditional sense, the name of the album and the title track are a literary reference to ]'s ].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/qa-natalie-merchant-234719/|title=Q&A: Natalie Merchant|first1=David|last1=Wild|magazine=] |date=June 25, 1998}}</ref>

The first single off the album was a happy and uncharacteristically simple song called "]", which received massive airplay on ] and which solidified Merchant's role as a bona fide solo artist. That summer, ] invited Merchant to co-headline the year's biggest music festival with her, ]. The exposure from the tour helped the album reach Platinum status in just under a year, with subsequent singles "]" and "Life Is Sweet" receiving moderate airplay on adult contemporary stations. No video was filmed for the latter, however, with a clip from Merchant's appearance on '']'' being used instead. She would also go on to appear on ]' '']'' and VH1's '']'' before the year's end. In 1998, Merchant also recorded ]'s "]" for the ]'s compilation album '']'', a tribute to ], which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing ] awareness and fighting the disease.

The ''Ophelia'' tour ended in 1999 with the final few shows being performed and recorded on ]. The performance would be released as the album '']'' with a companion video of the same name. The performance was notable in that it featured numerous covers including songs by ], ], and ].<ref name="NYT 00">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/09/nyregion/music-natalie-merchant-finds-her-folk-roots.html|title=MUSIC; Natalie Merchant Finds Her Folk Roots|first=Robbie|last=Woliver|newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 9, 2000}}</ref>

In 1998, Merchant collaborated on the making of the album '']'' with ] and ], which set previously unreleased ] lyrics to music by Bragg. She provided lead vocals for the song "Birds and Ships" and backing vocals for "Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key",<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/when-words-arent-enough-6359716 |title=When Words Aren't Enough |last=Harris |first=Michael C. |date=August 6, 1998 |website=] |access-date=August 21, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://wilcoworld.net/song/way-over-yonder-in-the-minor-key/ |title=Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Wilcoworld.net |access-date=August 21, 2021}}</ref> and returned for the second volume of the album, 2000s '']'', providing vocals on the song "I Was Born".

===American folk music tour (2000) and ''Motherland'' (2001)===
In 2000, Merchant embarked on a folk tour in the United States with many shows being supported by alt-country band ].

Merchant's next studio album on the ] label was '']'', released in 2001. ''Motherland'' saw Merchant at her most experimental musically. ''Motherland'' achieved Gold on the Billboard charts after debuting at No. 30 on the Billboard 200 and No. 13 on the Top Internet Albums of 2001, respectively. ''Rolling Stone'' favored this album with {{frac|3|1|2}} stars, and also noticed a difference in Merchant's voice, which was more deep and gritty like that of ] than her previous albums. Singles that were released from ''Motherland'' were "]", "]" and "Tell Yourself".

Merchant embarked on a year-and-a-half-long world tour to promote ''Motherland''. The first leg of the tour started in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 17, 2001, with performances across the United States, and heading to Europe with some special acoustic shows in Europe. Merchant also participated in the ] Festival and ] in 2002. In the summer of 2002, she was paired with ] and played at stadiums and arenas.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/arts/music-natalie-merchant-accidental-prophet.html|title=MUSIC; Natalie Merchant, Accidental Prophet|first=Barry|last=Singer|newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 7, 2002}}</ref>

===''The House Carpenter's Daughter'' (2003)===
]

After her contract with ] expired in August 2002, Merchant decided not to sign with them again, or any other major label.<ref name=Pareles /> Her next studio album, '']'', was released in September 2003 on her own label, Myth America Records. To date this has been the only release on Myth America.

===''Leave Your Sleep'' (2010)===
In October 2009, the websites of ] and Natalie Merchant announced that she had signed with the label. '']'' was released on April 13, 2010<ref name="LeaveYourSleepRelease">{{cite web|url=http://www.nonesuch.com/journal/natalie-merchant-marks-release-of-leave-your-sleep-npr-morning-edition-abc-gma-bbc-sheer-ravishing-beauty-2010-04-13 |title=Merchant Marks Release of "Leave Your Sleep" on NPR's "Morning Edition," ABC's "GMA"; BBC Cites Its "Sheer Ravishing Beauty" &#124; Nonesuch Records |publisher=Nonesuch.com |date=April 13, 2010 |access-date=May 15, 2015}}</ref> and is a compilation of five years of inspiration from a "conversation" with her daughter over the "first 6 years of her life". The album debuted on the Billboard Top 200 at No. 17, Billboard Folk Albums at No. 1, Amazon.com at No.1, and ], No. 3. The album was co-produced by ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/arts/music/18merchant.html|title=From Natalie Merchant, a Literary Tour|first=Jon|last=Pareles|newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 16, 2010}}</ref>

Merchant contributed a cover of ]'s "Learning the Game" to the tribute album '']'', released September 6, 2011.

===''Natalie Merchant'' (2014)===
In February 2014, Merchant announced her ] album. The album consists of new works. It is her first collection of original material since 2001's ''Motherland''. ''Natalie Merchant'' was released May 6, 2014, on Nonesuch Records and was named Album of the Week by ''The Daily Telegraph.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/10804182/Natalie-Merchant-Natalie-Merchant-review-quietly-magnificent.html|title=Natalie Merchant, Natalie Merchant, review: 'quietly magnificent'|website=www.telegraph.co.uk|date=May 2, 2014 }}</ref> The album debuted at #20 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s Top 200 albums and #2 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s Folk Albums charts for the week of May 24, 2014. She toured from July 3, 2014, kicking off in Kingston, New York, concluding at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee on July 25, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nonesuch.com/journal/natalie-merchant-kicks-off-us-tour-2014-07-01|title=Natalie Merchant Kicks Off US Tour - Nonesuch Records|website=Nonesuch Records Official Website|date=June 30, 2014 }}</ref>

===''Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings'' (2015)===
In 2015, Merchant released an album of new recordings of the songs from her multi-platinum solo album. She enhanced many of the tracks with strings and stripped others bare. She says, "The distance this music traveled once it left my hands is humbling, and I am moved by how many lives it has touched along the way."<ref>{{cite web|title=Natalie Merchant's "Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings" with Companion Documentary on DVD Out Now|url=http://www.nonesuch.com/journal/natalie-merchant-paradise-there-new-tigerlily-recordings-dvd-out-now-2015-11-06|website=Nonesuch.com|date=November 6, 2015 |publisher=Nonesuch Records|access-date=January 23, 2018}}</ref>
] at ] in ], England, in July 2018]]

===''Butterfly'' (2017)===
In 2017, Merchant released '']'', a collection of new songs and orchestral versions of previously recorded songs.

===''Keep Your Courage'' (2023)===
On November 29, 2022, Merchant announced that she will release her eighth studio album, '']'', on April 14, 2023 via Nonesuch Records. The album was Merchant's first of new material since her 2014 eponymous album ''Natalie Merchant''.<ref name="NonesuchKYC">{{cite web|title=Natalie Merchant's First Album of New Songs in Nearly a Decade, 'Keep Your Courage,' Due April 14 on Nonesuch {{!}} Nonesuch Records|url=https://www.nonesuch.com/journal/natalie-merchant-first-album-new-songs-nearly-decade-keep-your-courage-april-14-nonesuch-2022-11-29 |website=Nonesuch Records Official Website|date=November 29, 2022 |access-date=November 29, 2022}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Merchant met ] of the band ] in 1983. The two became close friends and eventually had a romantic relationship. They credit each other as inspirations for some of their songwriting. In an interview with '']'', Stipe said, "Natalie was really the reason my work became politicised in the late Eighties."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-michael-stipe-and-natalie-merchant-1183710.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-michael-stipe-and-natalie-merchant-1183710.html |archive-date=June 18, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=How we met: Michael Stipe and Natalie Merchant|date=November 8, 1998|website=Independent.co.uk|access-date=March 16, 2018}}</ref>

In 2003, Merchant married Daniel de la Calle and had a daughter named Lucia. In an interview in 2012, she indicated that she was divorced.<ref name=StudioA /><ref name="Huffington Post">{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/31/natalie-merchant_n_1243224.html | work=Huffington Post | first=Laura | last=Rowley | title=Natalie Merchant On Motherhood As Muse | date=January 31, 2012}}</ref>

Merchant enjoys gardening and painting.<ref name=Vox /> Some of her paintings can be seen on her website. She has been a ] since 1980,<ref name=VT /> except for the duration of her pregnancy, when she temporarily resumed eating meat.<ref name=StudioA /> In 1997, she said: {{blockquote
|The '60s aesthetic has never really appealed to me, the tie-dyed ] running barefoot through the forest on ]. I don't think that's really me. But I've been a vegetarian for 17 years, and I consider myself an environmentalist inasmuch as I can be, considering the job that I have. I prefer living in the countryside rather than the city{{emdash}}I find it more sane and sustaining for myself.<ref name=IndianapolisStar />}}

She now teaches arts and crafts to underprivileged children in New York state.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/16/pop-stars-spotlight-bob-geldof-robbie-williams-lisa-maffia|title = 'That's it? It's over? I was 30. What a brutal business': Pop stars on life after the spotlight moves on|website = ]|date = April 16, 2022}}</ref>

After suffering ] in 2019, Merchant received surgery for the condition, leaving her unable to sing for several months.<ref name="people">{{Cite magazine |last=Finan |first=Eileen |magazine=] |date=2023-09-23 |accessdate=2023-09-26 |language=en-US |url=https://people.com/natalie-merchant-lost-her-voice-but-now-singing-better-than-ever-exclusive-7972841 |title=Why Natalie Merchant Felt 'Grateful' After Losing Her Voice&nbsp;— And How Singing Is 'Better Than Ever' |department=Lifestyle > Health}}</ref>

==Activism==
In 2012, Merchant, along with actor and writer ], organized a concert to protest against oil and gas ] in New York state. A documentary, written and directed by ], was made of the event and titled ''Dear Governor Cuomo''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gunpowdersky.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019195943/http://www.filmbuff.com/films/1938|url-status=dead|title=Gunpowder & Sky &#124; An Independent Global Studio|date=February 19, 2019|archive-date=October 19, 2013|website=Gunpowdersky.com|access-date=October 6, 2019}}</ref> She directed a short 2013 documentary titled ''Shelter: A Concert Film to Benefit Victims of Domestic Violence'', that shone light on a group of women living in the mid-Hudson region of New York State responding to the crisis of domestic violence in their community with compassion and creativity. It was inspired by an event for One Billion Rising, a global campaign calling for an end to violence against women, held on February 14, 2013. Merchant presented a screening of the film at the ], on the day of One Billion Rising for Justice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nonesuch.com/journal/watch-natalie-merchant-shelter-concert-film-inspired-one-billion-rising-2014-02-11 |title=Watch: Natalie Merchant's "SHELTER" Concert Film Inspired by One Billion Rising &#124; Nonesuch Records |publisher=Nonesuch.com |date=February 11, 2014 |access-date=May 9, 2014}}</ref>

Merchant, an outspoken critic of then-] ], participated in an anti-Trump protest organized by Ruffalo and ], held outside ] in New York City on January 19, 2017. Merchant performed her single "Motherland". She concluded the event with a group sing-along of Woody Guthrie's "]". The event was covered by ] and broadcast live.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/01/michael-moore-cher-mark-ruffalo-lead-anti-trump-rally-in-nyc-1201890224/|title=NYC Pre-Inaugural: Cher, Natalie Merchant And Mark Ruffalo Fire Up Michael Moore's Anti-Trump Rally|first1=Jeremy|last1=Gerard|date=January 20, 2017}}</ref>

Merchant is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism and has worked with them in the past on awareness campaigns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://artistsagainstracism.org/radio-2/|title=Radio - Artists Against Racism|website=Artistsagainstracism.org|access-date=October 6, 2019}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Nominee(s)
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=4|]
| rowspan=3|1997
| "]"
| rowspan=4|Most Performed Songs
| {{won}}
| rowspan=3|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YQ8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA9|page=9|title=Billboard|date=May 31, 1997}}</ref>
|-
| "]"
| {{won}}
|-
| "Jealousy"
| {{won}}
|-
| 1999
| "]"
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mg0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8|page=8|title=Billboard|date=May 29, 1999}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" rowspan=5|]
| rowspan=2|1994
| ]
| Top Alternative Crossover Artist
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1994/CB-1994-12-31.pdf|format=PDF|title=Cash Box|date=December 31, 1994|website=Worldradiohistory.com|access-date=November 13, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| '']''
| Top Pop Album
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=3|1995
| rowspan=2|Herself
| Top Pop/Rock Female Artist
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=3|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1995/CB-1995-12-30.pdf#page=10 |format=PDF|title=Cash Box|date=December 30, 1995|website=Worldradiohistory.com|page=10|access-date=November 13, 2024}}</ref>
|-
| Top Alternative Female Artist
| {{nom}}
|-
| '']''
| Top Pop Album
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan=4|]
| rowspan=3|1990
| rowspan=3|]
| Small Hall Tour of the Year
| {{nom}}
| rowspan=3|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pollstarpro.com/PCIA-Static/awards1989.htm |title=Archived copy |website=www.pollstarpro.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320043826/http://www.pollstarpro.com/PCIA-Static/awards1989.htm |archive-date=20 March 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| Surprise Hot Ticket Of The Year
| {{nom}}
|-
| Next Major Arena Headliner
| {{nom}}
|-
| 1996
| Herself
| Small Hall Tour Of The Year
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pollstarpro.com/PCIA-Static/awards1995.htm |title=Archived copy |website=www.pollstarpro.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320045508/http://www.pollstarpro.com/PCIA-Static/awards1995.htm |archive-date=20 March 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{end}}


==Discography== ==Discography==
===With 10,000 Maniacs===
*'']'' (])
*'']'' (]) * '']'' (EP) (1982)
*'']'' (]) * '']'' (1983)
*'']'' (]) * '']'' (1985)
*'']'' (]) * '']'' (1987)
*'']'' (]) * '']'' (1989)
* '']'' (1990)
* '']'' (1992)
* '']'' (1993)
* '']'' (2004)


===Solo===
==Discography with 10,000 Maniacs==
{{Main|Natalie Merchant discography}}
*'']'' (])
*'']'' (])
*'']'' (])
*'']'' (])
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* 1995: '']''
==Samples==
* 1998: '']''
*] of "San Andreas Fault" from '']''
* 2001: '']''
* 2003: '']''
* 2010: '']''
* 2014: '']''
* 2015: '']''
* 2017: '']''
* 2023: '']''


==See also== ==Filmography==

*]
===Films===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1990 || ''Time Capsule'' || Herself (vocals, piano, organ) || Video documentary
|-
| 1996 || '']'' || Performer "One Fine Day" || Soundtrack
|-
| 1998 || ''Ophelia'' || Performer || Short film
|-
| 1999 || '']'' || Performer/writer: "These Are Days" || Soundtrack
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| 1999 || ''Natalie Merchant: Live in Concert'' || Herself (vocals, piano) || Live concert video
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| 2002 || '']'' || Performer/writer: "These Are Days" || Soundtrack
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| 2003 || '']'' || Performer/writer: "These Are Days" || Soundtrack
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| 2004 || '']'' || Performer/writer: "My Skin" || Soundtrack
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| 2005 || '']'' || Composer || Documentary
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| 2006 || ''Candida'' || Performer/writer: "Motherland" || Soundtrack
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===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
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! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
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| 1985 || '']'' || Herself (as 10,000 Maniacs) || (Channel 4) "My Mother the War" and "Can't Ignore the Train"
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| 1988 || '']'' || Herself (as 10,000 Maniacs) || (NBC) Aired February 27, 1988; "Peace Train" and "Like the Weather"
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| 1989 || '']'' || Herself (as 10,000 Maniacs) || (CBS) "Eat for Two"
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| 1990 || '']'' || Herself (as 10,000 Maniacs) || (MTV)
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| 1992 || ''Saturday Night Live'' || Herself (as 10,000 Maniacs) || (NBC) "Candy Everybody Wants" and "These Are Days"
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| 1993 || ''MTV Unplugged'' || Herself (as 10,000 Maniacs) || (MTV) First artist to make second appearance
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| 1993 || ''Rock & Roll Inaugural Ball'' || Herself (as 10,000 Maniacs) ||
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| 1993 || ] || Herself – presenter || (MTV) TV special
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| 1995 || ''Concert for ]'' || Herself – performer || "I Know How to Do It"
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| 1995 || ''Saturday Night Live'' || Herself – performer || (NBC) Host ]
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| 1996 || '']'' || Herself – performer || (NBC) Host David Letterman "Wonder"
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| 1997 || '']'' || Herself – performer || (PBS) "Planctus" with ]
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| 1998 || ''Saturday Night Live'' || Herself – performer || (NBC) Host ]
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| 1998 || ''Hard Rock Live'' || Herself – performer || (VH1)
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| 1998 || '']'' || Herself – performer || (VH1) Later released as DVD
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| 1998 || ''Sessions at West 54th'' || Herself – performer || (NBC) Host ]
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| 1999 || '']'' || Herself || Video documentary
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| 1999 || '']'' || Musical guest || (NBC) "Life Is Sweet"
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| 1999 || ''Lifetime's Intimate Portrait'' || Herself || (Lifetime) Biographical
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| 2000 || '']'' || Herself – performer || (ABC) "Kind and Generous"
|-
| 2001 || ''Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music'' || Herself – performer || "]"
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| 2001 || ''Up Close and Personal'' || Herself – performer || (Oxygen)
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| 2002 || '']'' || Herself – performer || (PBS)
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| 2003 || ''Go Further'' || Herself || Documentary
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| 2010 || '']'' || Herself – performer || (ABC News)
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| 2015 || '']'' ||Herself – performer || (NBC News)
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| 2016 || '']'' || Herself – performer || (BBC) "Where I Go"
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| 2019 || '']'' ||Herself – performer || (NBC) "These Are the Days"
|}

{| class="wikitable"
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! Talk show !! Year
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| ''One Hour with Jonathan Ross'' || 12 November 1989
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| ''The Arsenio Hall Show'' || 1989
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| ''Late Show with David Letterman'' || 1995, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2001, 2004
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| '']'' || 1996, 1996, 1998, 1998, 1999, 1999, 2001, 2002
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| '']'' || 1992, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2010
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| ''The Katie Show'' || 2014
|-
| ''The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon'' || 2019
|-
|}

==References==
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<ref name=VanMeter>{{Citation | last = Van Meter | first = Jonathan | title = She Sells Sanctuary | newspaper = ] | publisher = Spin Media LLC | page = 46 | date = September 1989 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PK1uLUXpAzoC&pg=PA46 | access-date =April 10, 2010
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<ref name=press>{{Citation | last = Press | first = Joy | author-link = Joy Press | title = ARCHITECTURE; Natalie Merchant Steps Back From Rock's Cutting Edge | newspaper = ] | date = July 23, 1995 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/23/arts/architecture-natalie-merchant-steps-back-from-rock-s-cutting-edge.html?pagewanted=all | access-date =April 10, 2010
}}</ref>
<ref name=Pareles>{{Citation | last = Pareles | first = Jon | author-link = Jon Pareles | title = Natalie Merchant, No Strings Attached | newspaper = The New York Times | date = March 13, 2003 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/13/arts/music/13NATA.html?pagewanted=all | access-date =April 10, 2010
}}</ref>
<ref name=StudioA>{{Citation
| last = Welby
| first = Julianne
| title = Interview with Natalie Merchant | newspaper = Words & Music from Studio A | publisher = ] | year = 2008
| url = http://www.wfuv.org/audio/archives/words-and-music-studio/natalie-merchant-words-and-music-2008 | access-date = June 24, 2012
}}</ref>
<ref name=Vox>Vox, 1995, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1993; US Magazine, 1996 and others</ref>
<ref name=VT>{{Citation | last = DeSilver | first = Drew | title = One in 10,000 | newspaper = Vegetarian Times | page = 56 | date = March 1989 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jwcAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56 | access-date =April 10, 2010
}}</ref>
<ref name=IndianapolisStar>{{Citation
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| publisher = ]
| date = October 24, 1995
}}</ref>
}}


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American singer-songwriter (born 1963)

Natalie Merchant
Merchant performing in 2017
Background information
Birth nameNatalie Anne Merchant
Born (1963-10-26) October 26, 1963 (age 61)
Jamestown, New York, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
Years active1981–present
Labels
Formerly of10,000 Maniacs
Spouse Daniel de la Calle ​ ​(m. 2003; div. 2012)​
WebsiteOfficial website
Musical artist

Natalie Anne Merchant (born October 26, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter. She joined the band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981 and was lead vocalist and primary lyricist for the group. She remained with the group for their first seven albums before leaving to begin her solo career in 1993. She has since released nine studio albums as a solo artist.

Early life

Natalie Merchant was born October 26, 1963, in Jamestown, New York, the third of four children of Anthony and Anne Merchant. Her paternal grandfather, who played the accordion, mandolin and guitar, emigrated to the United States from Sicily; his surname was "Mercante" before it was anglicized. As stated during a performance for N.P.R., Natalie is Roman Catholic.

When Merchant was a child, her mother listened to music (primarily Petula Clark but also the Beatles, Al Green, Aretha Franklin) and encouraged her children to study music, but would not allow television after Merchant was 12.

"I was taken to the symphony a lot because my mother loved classical music. But I was dragged to see Styx when I was 12. We had to drive 100 miles to Buffalo, New York. Someone threw up next to me and people were smoking pot. It was terrifying. I remember Styx had a white piano which rose out of the stage. It was awe-inspiring and inspirational."

"She had show tunes, she had the soundtrack from West Side Story and South Pacific. And then eventually... she'd always liked classical music and then she married a jazz musician, so that's the kind of music I was into. I never really had friends who sat around and listened to the stereo and said 'hey, listen to this one', so I'd never even heard of who Bob Dylan was until I was 18."

Merchant says she did not have a television set between 1988 and 1989: "I grew up in a house where no one watched the news on television and no one read the paper. I've been discovering these things as I get older, and the news has affected me more than it ever has before."

Merchant started working in a health food store at 16. She considered a career in special education after taking part in a summer program for disabled children, but in 1981, she started singing for a band, Still Life, which became 10,000 Maniacs.

Career

10,000 Maniacs

Main article: 10,000 Maniacs
Merchant in 1984. Merchant became known for her swirling style of dancing and her simple dress while performing with 10,000 Maniacs.

Merchant was lead singer and primary lyricist for 10,000 Maniacs, joining in its infancy in 1981 while she was a student at Jamestown Community College. The group recorded their first album Human Conflict Number Five, and recorded a corresponding music video at the Hotel Franklin and at Group W Westinghouse studios in Jamestown, New York, in 1982. Merchant sang lead vocals, and later played the piano as well on seven studio albums with 10,000 Maniacs. In 1993 she announced that she was leaving the group, citing a lack of creative control over the music she wrote with the band. Her last recording with the band, a cover of Bruce Springsteen's and Patti Smith's "Because the Night" at the 10,000 Maniacs MTV Unplugged performance, reached #11 on the Hot 100 chart on February 18, 1994; becoming the band's highest-charting song in the U.S.

Tigerlily (1995)

Merchant in 1995 at Earth Day in Columbia, Maryland

After her split with 10,000 Maniacs, Merchant was so eager to begin writing her own material that she went home that very day and composed the song "I May Know the Word", which was originally meant to appear on the soundtrack to the Tom Hanks movie Philadelphia. The song was eventually cut from the soundtrack, but it would go on to appear on Merchant's debut solo album, Tigerlily, which was released on the Elektra label in 1995. The third song on the album, "Beloved Wife", was featured as the first song in the trailer for the film Message in a Bottle.

Tigerlily was a critical and commercial success, spawning her first top-ten hit in the single "Carnival", and achieving top-40 success with subsequent singles "Wonder" and "Jealousy". The album would go on to sell over five million copies, and continues to be Merchant's most successful album to date. She did extensive touring for it and made numerous television appearances, including performances on Saturday Night Live, at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and on late-night talk shows. The media's immediate and critical effect on culture and cultural icons was of particular interest to Merchant. In "River", a song from Tigerlily, Merchant defends River Phoenix as she castigates the media for systematically dissecting the child actor after his death.

Ophelia (1998–1999)

See also: Ophelia (album)

Three years passed before Merchant released her second solo effort, Ophelia. While Tigerlily contained sparse instrumentation, the music on Ophelia had lusher arrangements. The reprise at the close of the album featured a symphonic arrangement composed and conducted by British composer Gavin Bryars with whom she would collaborate nine years later to put Shakespeare's sonnets to music. Merchant treated the recording of Ophelia as a series of workshops, where she would invite various musicians she had met over the years into her home studio to collaborate and record. While Ophelia is not a concept record in the traditional sense, the name of the album and the title track are a literary reference to Shakespeare's Ophelia.

The first single off the album was a happy and uncharacteristically simple song called "Kind and Generous", which received massive airplay on VH1 and which solidified Merchant's role as a bona fide solo artist. That summer, Sarah McLachlan invited Merchant to co-headline the year's biggest music festival with her, Lilith Fair. The exposure from the tour helped the album reach Platinum status in just under a year, with subsequent singles "Break Your Heart" and "Life Is Sweet" receiving moderate airplay on adult contemporary stations. No video was filmed for the latter, however, with a clip from Merchant's appearance on VH1 Storytellers being used instead. She would also go on to appear on PBS' Sessions at West 54th and VH1's Hard Rock Live before the year's end. In 1998, Merchant also recorded George Gershwin's "But Not for Me" for the Red Hot Organization's compilation album Red Hot + Rhapsody, a tribute to George Gershwin, which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease.

The Ophelia tour ended in 1999 with the final few shows being performed and recorded on Broadway. The performance would be released as the album Natalie Merchant: Live in Concert with a companion video of the same name. The performance was notable in that it featured numerous covers including songs by David Bowie, Neil Young, and Katell Keineg.

In 1998, Merchant collaborated on the making of the album Mermaid Avenue with Billy Bragg and Wilco, which set previously unreleased Guthrie lyrics to music by Bragg. She provided lead vocals for the song "Birds and Ships" and backing vocals for "Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key", and returned for the second volume of the album, 2000s Mermaid Avenue Vol. II, providing vocals on the song "I Was Born".

American folk music tour (2000) and Motherland (2001)

In 2000, Merchant embarked on a folk tour in the United States with many shows being supported by alt-country band Wilco.

Merchant's next studio album on the Elektra label was Motherland, released in 2001. Motherland saw Merchant at her most experimental musically. Motherland achieved Gold on the Billboard charts after debuting at No. 30 on the Billboard 200 and No. 13 on the Top Internet Albums of 2001, respectively. Rolling Stone favored this album with 3+1⁄2 stars, and also noticed a difference in Merchant's voice, which was more deep and gritty like that of Sade than her previous albums. Singles that were released from Motherland were "Just Can't Last", "Build a Levee" and "Tell Yourself".

Merchant embarked on a year-and-a-half-long world tour to promote Motherland. The first leg of the tour started in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 17, 2001, with performances across the United States, and heading to Europe with some special acoustic shows in Europe. Merchant also participated in the Rock am Ring Festival and Rock im Park in 2002. In the summer of 2002, she was paired with Chris Isaak and played at stadiums and arenas.

The House Carpenter's Daughter (2003)

Merchant at the piano in 2005

After her contract with Elektra expired in August 2002, Merchant decided not to sign with them again, or any other major label. Her next studio album, The House Carpenter's Daughter, was released in September 2003 on her own label, Myth America Records. To date this has been the only release on Myth America.

Leave Your Sleep (2010)

In October 2009, the websites of Nonesuch Records and Natalie Merchant announced that she had signed with the label. Leave Your Sleep was released on April 13, 2010 and is a compilation of five years of inspiration from a "conversation" with her daughter over the "first 6 years of her life". The album debuted on the Billboard Top 200 at No. 17, Billboard Folk Albums at No. 1, Amazon.com at No.1, and iTunes, No. 3. The album was co-produced by Andres Levin.

Merchant contributed a cover of Buddy Holly's "Learning the Game" to the tribute album Listen to Me: Buddy Holly, released September 6, 2011.

Natalie Merchant (2014)

In February 2014, Merchant announced her eponymous album. The album consists of new works. It is her first collection of original material since 2001's Motherland. Natalie Merchant was released May 6, 2014, on Nonesuch Records and was named Album of the Week by The Daily Telegraph. The album debuted at #20 on Billboard's Top 200 albums and #2 on Billboard's Folk Albums charts for the week of May 24, 2014. She toured from July 3, 2014, kicking off in Kingston, New York, concluding at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee on July 25, 2014.

Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings (2015)

In 2015, Merchant released an album of new recordings of the songs from her multi-platinum solo album. She enhanced many of the tracks with strings and stripped others bare. She says, "The distance this music traveled once it left my hands is humbling, and I am moved by how many lives it has touched along the way."

Merchant performing with guitarist Erik Della Penna at Emmanuel United Reformed Church in Cambridge, England, in July 2018

Butterfly (2017)

In 2017, Merchant released Butterfly, a collection of new songs and orchestral versions of previously recorded songs.

Keep Your Courage (2023)

On November 29, 2022, Merchant announced that she will release her eighth studio album, Keep Your Courage, on April 14, 2023 via Nonesuch Records. The album was Merchant's first of new material since her 2014 eponymous album Natalie Merchant.

Personal life

Merchant met Michael Stipe of the band R.E.M. in 1983. The two became close friends and eventually had a romantic relationship. They credit each other as inspirations for some of their songwriting. In an interview with The Independent, Stipe said, "Natalie was really the reason my work became politicised in the late Eighties."

In 2003, Merchant married Daniel de la Calle and had a daughter named Lucia. In an interview in 2012, she indicated that she was divorced.

Merchant enjoys gardening and painting. Some of her paintings can be seen on her website. She has been a vegetarian since 1980, except for the duration of her pregnancy, when she temporarily resumed eating meat. In 1997, she said:

The '60s aesthetic has never really appealed to me, the tie-dyed Deadhead running barefoot through the forest on LSD. I don't think that's really me. But I've been a vegetarian for 17 years, and I consider myself an environmentalist inasmuch as I can be, considering the job that I have. I prefer living in the countryside rather than the city—I find it more sane and sustaining for myself.

She now teaches arts and crafts to underprivileged children in New York state.

After suffering ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in 2019, Merchant received surgery for the condition, leaving her unable to sing for several months.

Activism

In 2012, Merchant, along with actor and writer Mark Ruffalo, organized a concert to protest against oil and gas fracking in New York state. A documentary, written and directed by Jon Bowermaster, was made of the event and titled Dear Governor Cuomo. She directed a short 2013 documentary titled Shelter: A Concert Film to Benefit Victims of Domestic Violence, that shone light on a group of women living in the mid-Hudson region of New York State responding to the crisis of domestic violence in their community with compassion and creativity. It was inspired by an event for One Billion Rising, a global campaign calling for an end to violence against women, held on February 14, 2013. Merchant presented a screening of the film at the Old Dutch Church in Kingston, New York, on the day of One Billion Rising for Justice.

Merchant, an outspoken critic of then-President-elect Donald Trump, participated in an anti-Trump protest organized by Ruffalo and Michael Moore, held outside Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York City on January 19, 2017. Merchant performed her single "Motherland". She concluded the event with a group sing-along of Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land". The event was covered by CNN and broadcast live.

Merchant is a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism and has worked with them in the past on awareness campaigns.

Awards and nominations

Award Year Nominee(s) Category Result Ref.
ASCAP Pop Music Awards 1997 "Carnival" Most Performed Songs Won
"Wonder" Won
"Jealousy" Won
1999 "Kind & Generous" Won
Cash Box Year-End Awards 1994 10,000 Maniacs Top Alternative Crossover Artist Nominated
MTV Unplugged Top Pop Album Nominated
1995 Herself Top Pop/Rock Female Artist Nominated
Top Alternative Female Artist Nominated
Tigerlily Top Pop Album Nominated
Pollstar Concert Industry Awards 1990 10,000 Maniacs Small Hall Tour of the Year Nominated
Surprise Hot Ticket Of The Year Nominated
Next Major Arena Headliner Nominated
1996 Herself Small Hall Tour Of The Year Nominated

Discography

With 10,000 Maniacs

Solo

Main article: Natalie Merchant discography

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
1990 Time Capsule Herself (vocals, piano, organ) Video documentary
1996 One Fine Day Performer "One Fine Day" Soundtrack
1998 Ophelia Performer Short film
1999 Bringing Out the Dead Performer/writer: "These Are Days" Soundtrack
1999 Natalie Merchant: Live in Concert Herself (vocals, piano) Live concert video
2002 When in Rome Performer/writer: "These Are Days" Soundtrack
2003 Cheaper by the Dozen Performer/writer: "These Are Days" Soundtrack
2004 Purgatory House Performer/writer: "My Skin" Soundtrack
2005 Earthlings Composer Documentary
2006 Candida Performer/writer: "Motherland" Soundtrack

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1985 The Tube Herself (as 10,000 Maniacs) (Channel 4) "My Mother the War" and "Can't Ignore the Train"
1988 Saturday Night Live Herself (as 10,000 Maniacs) (NBC) Aired February 27, 1988; "Peace Train" and "Like the Weather"
1989 The Arsenio Hall Show Herself (as 10,000 Maniacs) (CBS) "Eat for Two"
1990 MTV Unplugged Herself (as 10,000 Maniacs) (MTV)
1992 Saturday Night Live Herself (as 10,000 Maniacs) (NBC) "Candy Everybody Wants" and "These Are Days"
1993 MTV Unplugged Herself (as 10,000 Maniacs) (MTV) First artist to make second appearance
1993 Rock & Roll Inaugural Ball Herself (as 10,000 Maniacs)
1993 MTV Video Music Awards Herself – presenter (MTV) TV special
1995 Concert for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Herself – performer "I Know How to Do It"
1995 Saturday Night Live Herself – performer (NBC) Host David Schwimmer
1996 Late Show with David Letterman Herself – performer (NBC) Host David Letterman "Wonder"
1997 Sessions at West 54th Herself – performer (PBS) "Planctus" with Philip Glass
1998 Saturday Night Live Herself – performer (NBC) Host Matthew Broderick
1998 Hard Rock Live Herself – performer (VH1)
1998 VH1 Storytellers Herself – performer (VH1) Later released as DVD
1998 Sessions at West 54th Herself – performer (NBC) Host David Byrne
1999 Man in the Sand Herself Video documentary
1999 Late Night with Conan O'Brien Musical guest (NBC) "Life Is Sweet"
1999 Lifetime's Intimate Portrait Herself (Lifetime) Biographical
2000 ABC 2000: The Millennium Herself – performer (ABC) "Kind and Generous"
2001 Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music Herself – performer "Nowhere Man"
2001 Up Close and Personal Herself – performer (Oxygen)
2002 Austin City Limits Herself – performer (PBS)
2003 Go Further Herself Documentary
2010 Good Morning America Herself – performer (ABC News)
2015 The Today Show Herself – performer (NBC News)
2016 The Andrew Marr Show Herself – performer (BBC) "Where I Go"
2019 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Herself – performer (NBC) "These Are the Days"
Talk show Year
One Hour with Jonathan Ross 12 November 1989
The Arsenio Hall Show 1989
Late Show with David Letterman 1995, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2001, 2004
The Rosie O'Donnell Show 1996, 1996, 1998, 1998, 1999, 1999, 2001, 2002
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2010
The Katie Show 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2019

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