Heather Woods Broderick
{{short description|American musician and composer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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Heather Woods Broderick (born June 7, 1983) is an American musician and composer. She has released solo material under her own name, been a member of Efterklang, Horse Feathers and Loch Lomond, and been a member of the backing bands of Laura Gibson, Sharon Van Etten, and Lisa Hannigan.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Heather+Broderick|title=Heather Woods Broderick From the Ground Review|publisher=discogs|accessdate=2010-10-29}}
Biography
Broderick was born in the state of Maine.{{cite web|url=http://oregonmusicnews.com/blog/2010/04/01/the-brodericks-brief-return-to-oregon/|title=The Broderick's brief return to Oregon|author=Brandon Ellison|publisher=Oregon Music News|accessdate=2010-10-29|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100403232707/http://oregonmusicnews.com/blog/2010/04/01/the-brodericks-brief-return-to-oregon/|archivedate=2010-04-03}} She was born at home to two musicians and raised in Portland, Oregon, where she started piano lessons at the age of 8.{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=Susan |title=EVENTS Singing from the heart about life's dark side |url=https://www.providencejournal.com/story/entertainment/events/2015/12/06/singing-from-heart-about-life/32885659007/ |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=The Providence Journal |date=December 5, 2015}}
She plays piano, cello, guitar and flute.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/w3nv|title=Heather Woods Broderick|publisher=BBC|author=David Sheppard|accessdate=2010-10-29}}
She is the sister of Peter Broderick, also a solo artist and Efterklang collaborator.
Broderick has also backed Portland-based singer-songwriter, Alela Diane, among others.
Broderick has toured with many other artists including Horse Feathers, Efterklang, and Sharon Van Etten, which has kept Broderick moving locations for nearly a decade.
Discography
=Solo recordings=
- From The Ground (21 Sep 2009, Preservation, CD, LP, mp3)
- Glider (10 July 2015, Western Vinyl, CD, LP, mp3)
- Invitation (19 April 2019, Western Vinyl, CD, LP, mp3){{cite web |last1=Schatz |first1=Lake |title=Heather Woods Broderick announces new album, Invitation, shares "Where I Lay": Stream |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/01/heather-woods-broderick-invitation-where-i-lay/ |website=Consequence of Sound |accessdate=1 February 2019 |date=28 January 2019}}
- [https://heatherwoodsbroderick.bandcamp.com/album/domes Domes] (2022)
- Labyrinth (7 April 2023, Western Vinyl, CD, LP, mp3)
=Collaborations=
- Portland Stories (2009)
- Magic Chairs, Efterklang (2010)
- "Nightingale" on the album Domestic Eyes by Fast Friends (2020)
- [https://heatherwoodsbroderick.bandcamp.com/album/domes Domes] (2022, Western Vinyl, CD, LP, mp3)
References
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External links
- [http://heatherwoodsbroderick.com/ Official website]
- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/efterklang-recordings/3843234710/ Photo] at Flickr
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