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Sally Doherty

ELECTRIC BUTTERFLY NOW AVAILABLE ON ITUNES

About Me

Sally Doherty has a unique talent. The voice and style of this singer-songwriter from Sheffield is influenced by her life-long passion for Celtic folk-song, Brazilian bossa nova and French chanson, Flamenco and the songs of Jacques Brel and Scott Walker, and by singers such as crazy Peruvian princess Yma Sumac and the smooth and seductive tones of Chet Baker. She has recently collaborated with producer and musician Colin Elliot, long-time co-producer with Richard Hawley, and together they have made a haunting, uplifting and musically outstanding collection which goes under the name ’ELECTRIC BUTTERFLY’ (see top friends below). Three songs on this page are part of her Electric Butterfly project. You can can hear more of her releases on her website. Sally studied fine art and experimental film-making in Sheffield. Her first short film was inspired by finding a dead man one night in a local stream. She wrote the music for a BBC television documentary, Empire of Death, about the Nubian desert, and has composed and sung for several experimental radio dramas and television pieces. Sally has written for the famous Lindsay String Quartet. She has released collections of her songs on her own label and in Europe, ’rare gems drifting around in different parts of the world’. Sally has made a number of appearances with other artistes, including Italian dance outfit Planet Funk and with Richard Hawley on his version of the Johnny Cash classic ‘Long Black Veil’ and on his album ’Lady’s Bridge’. Her live performances have taken her across Europe, America and Australia. There’s also one example of Sally Doherty Quartet which is Latin Jazz on here from second release ’Second Time Around’ and one song from a 2008 re-issue of ’Black is the Colour’, originally released in 2002, a collection of folk songs. Many of Sally’s albums are available on iTunes and on her website.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/15/2006
Band Website: sallydoherty.com
Band Members: As Electric Butterfly: Sally Doherty - singing, song-writing. Colin Elliot - production, loads of instruments. Guest musicians include Richard Hawley, Shez Sheridan and Liz Hanks (cellist from Grandadbob).As Sally Doherty Quartet (hear ’chovendo na roseira’): SD - singing Piero Tucci - piano Colin Elliot - double bass Phil Johnson - drumsAs Sally Doherty and the Sumacs (hear ’black is the colour’): SD - singing, flute Emma Smith - piano, violin Liz Hanks - cello Lizz Lipscombe - violin
Influences: Where to begin?.... Sandy Denny, Cocteau Twins, Goldfrapp, Bjork, Portishead, Nick Drake, Scott Walker, Jacques Brel, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Velvet Underground, Chet Baker, Nina Simone, Kate Bush (well the first album anyway), Tom Waits, The Wicker Man (music from it), Debussy, Faure, Satie, Villa Lobos, Lorca, Jean Cocteau, David Lynch, Kristof Kieslowski...loads of others!
Sounds Like: Well this is tricky one, depends which project. About ELECTRIC BUTTERFLY....this is what some people have said it sounds a bit like: Goldfrapp (first album), Sandy Denny, Scott Walker, Portishead, Jobim, Anthony and the Johnsons, Bjork, Cocteau Twins, film music and sometimes James Bond film music, Bebel Gilberto, Cousteau, Kate Bush...so maybe some aspects are a bit like some of these but really it sounds like none of them!
Record Label: Snow Recordings / Tiger Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Black is the Colour

This album was originally released in 2002 and then quickly disappeared off the face of the earth. It’s now been re-issued as a limited edition, digitally re-mastered version with an added bonus...
Posted by Sally Doherty on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:31:00 PST

Second Time Around

I know I don’t blog very often and I kind of forgot to tell you about my second Latin Jazz release (as Sally Doherty Quartet) which came out in December. It’s called ’Second Time Aro...
Posted by Sally Doherty on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:22:00 PST

and another new album...

Hello, It's still new news that Electric Butterfly is now available worldwide on iTunes which makes me very happy. I'm involved in another project too which is completely different. It's a Latin Jazz ...
Posted by Sally Doherty on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:51:00 PST

ELECTRIC BUTTERFLY ON ITUNES!

Hello! Do you want to hear the full album? Well now you can! It's now available on iTunes... Sally x
Posted by Sally Doherty on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:45:00 PST

ELECTRIC BUTTERFLY ON ITUNES!

Hello! Do you want to hear the full album? Well now you can! It's now available on iTunes... Sally x
Posted by Sally Doherty on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 01:45:00 PST

Sally on the new Richard Hawley album

If you want to hear Sally's contributions to the new Richard Hawley Album 'Lady's Bridge' you can. It was released on August the 20th and is currently at number 6 in the official UK album ch...
Posted by Sally Doherty on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:23:00 PST

Electric Butterfly gig in London

We'll be performing at the Cobden Club '4 sticks live', 170 Kensal Road, London W10 5BN Tuesday July 31st, 9pm (doors 7:45) £5 Please email me to say if you're coming as it's a private club with a gue...
Posted by Sally Doherty on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:18:00 PST

Richard Hawley's guest singer etc...

Hello! Here's a few bits and bobs that I've been up to....   Firstly Electric Butterfly will be available on iTunes very soon! It now has it's own myspace page www.myspace.com/electricbutterflymu...
Posted by Sally Doherty on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:48:00 PST

Electric Butterfly

Hello! As you'll see one of my top 8 is now Electric Butterfly. This is the name I'm now going under in my collaborative project with Colin Elliot so please go and have a look and send a friend reques...
Posted by Sally Doherty on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 02:49:00 PST

Two London gigs

I'll be doing a couple of gigs in London next week if anybody is going to be in the area. I'll be accompanied by Colin Elliot on double bass and piano and Shez Sheridan on guitar (both usually to be f...
Posted by Sally Doherty on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:54:00 PST