Member Since: 9/27/2004
Band Website: mikihuber.com
Band Members: Accompanied by:
In the band Happy Luna, with Happy Niceweather and Hans Grosskruger - magic and spice and everything nice; and at various times in past performances by Darrell Briscoe - bass, Baird Duthie - violin, Danny Sanchez - drums/percussion, Sarah Bowman - cello (Rasputina, the Bowmans), Stephanie Winters - cello (Paula Cole, etc.)
Influences: Badly Drawn Boy...Beth Orton...Innocence Mission...Regina Spektor...Ricky Lee Jones...Kate Bush... Stina Nordenstam...Cloud Cult...The Kinks...Goran Bregovic...Mirah...Suzanne Vega...Beethoven...XTC...Bjork...Johnny Cash...Eric Satie...Francoise Hardy...Syd Barrett...Jung...Ingmar Bergman...Antonin Artaud...Wind up Bird Chronicles...Sufi poetry...David and Lisa (1962)...the man on the train without a face...the girl on the jungle gym who is in love with the wind
Sounds Like: "A pleasing mixture of the delicacy of Cat Power and the quirky appeal of Mirah...lovers of Cat Power, Mirah and even Helium or Mary Timony's solo works should enjoy this reflective and compelling recording." South of mainstream.com"Miki Huber makes intimate-sounding, clever songs and sings them in a hushed voice. I thought of early Suzanne Vega while hearing this...quirky and lovely." CollectedSounds.com
Type of Label: None