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Angela Faye Martin

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About Me

Georgia, USA -- born December 20th. Wrote 1st songs: age 15. . . 1st performed them: age 17 or 18. . . 1st band formed: age 18. . . made too many demos to count. . . advocated for the protection of north Georgia’s wilderness for a while then returned to making music. . . recorded 1st public release, ONE DARK VINE in winter 2005 after re-locating to western NC. . . . . . Airplay: WXYC Chapel Hill, WNCW Spindale/Asheville, WPVM Asheville & WUGA Athens, Georgia.Visit angelafaye.com for more. MyGen Profile Generator

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Member Since: 2/17/2006
Band Website: angelafaye.com
Band Members:
Influences: First favorite song was THE EVE OF DESTRUCTION written by P.F. Sloan, performed by Barry McGuire. . . kindergarten teacher let Angela spin it for classmates almost every show'n tell. Some of AFM's musical heroes are: Patti Smith, U2, Mike Scott of The Waterboys, Sparklehorse, Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy/Wilco, PJ Harvey, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Daniel Lanois, Patterson Hood, The Drive By Truckers, Led Zeppelin, Jim Morrison, REM, Nick Cave, Billie Holiday, early Neil Diamond, Allman Brothers, Billy Bragg, Richard Thompson, Beatles, Kate Bush, Chrissie Hynde, Tom Waits.WRITERS: Randall Jarrell, Cormac McCarthy, Flannery O'Connor and Emily Dickinson. _________________ This week's listening: SPARKLEHORSE on vinyl, Parliament, Gnarls Barkley, PJ's White Chalk_________________ JUST READ: THE STORIES OF BREECE D'J PANCAKE, THE LIGHT THE DEAD SEE by Frank Stanford, NATURES by Jeff Davis, Robert Bly's translations of MirabaiNOW READING: A FAREWELL TO ARMS
Sounds Like: Theres a playfulness in the lyrics of Angela Faye Martin, a Georgia musician currently based out of Franklin, NC. Her debut EP One Dark Vine is a sparse affair that lets her vocals shine, and her wry Southern storytelling recalls the clever turns of early Vic Chesnutt. Flagpole, Athens GA
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Link: Sarah Palin’s Policies on Wildlife

http://www.defendersactionfund.org/newsroom/sarah_palin.html
Posted by Angela Faye Martin on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:58:00 PST

Angela Faye Martin on WORDPLAY -- Asheville Poetry Show

http://www.ibiblio.org/wordplay/shows/WordPlay-02242008%20an gela%20martin.mp3
Posted by Angela Faye Martin on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:18:00 PST

Fast food much more dangerous than snakes

By Angela Faye Martin (Smoky Mountain News 7/16/08)In summer, there's nothing that rattles my cage more than snake ignorance. As a Georgia refugee, I feel if anyone can subscribe to an irrational hatr...
Posted by Angela Faye Martin on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:50:00 PST

Raising chickens and giving a finger to the poultry industry -- Smoky Mountain News 3/12/08

The chickens are in the coop tonight cooing through another shatteringly cold night in the Cowee range. I first started keeping laying hens in the late 90’s when I was finally fulfilling my drea...
Posted by Angela Faye Martin on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:13:00 PST

The librarian and her guitar

Angela Faye Martin channels a love of literature into her own folk tunes by Jason Bugg in Vol. 14 / Iss. 21 on 12/19/2007 Mountain Xpress -- Asheville Like most local musicians, Angela Faye Martin h...
Posted by Angela Faye Martin on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 02:14:00 PST

Breaking the made in China addiction -- Smoky Mountain News 10/17/07

My husband is unwittingly celebrating my month-long, albeit relative, independence from Chinese goods. He sits across from me at an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet in Sylva. Realizing that we chose Chi...
Posted by Angela Faye Martin on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:28:00 PST

MY FAVORITE winter albums (some of them, anyway)

All-time favorite winter-time albums (with notes): GONE AGAIN -- Patti Smith This one holds 1st because it provided the sound for an epic, rainy, wintery trip to Savannah in a little black-...
Posted by Angela Faye Martin on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 12:01:00 PST

SMOKY MOUNTAIN NEWS 12/27/06 Five questions for some of western North Carolinas leading arts c

Go to this link to read interview with Angela Faye & poets, artists of western NC.  http://www.smokymountainnews.com/internal_pages/arts.html...
Posted by Angela Faye Martin on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 06:52:00 PST

ONE DARK VINE EP on CD Baby

To purchase my CD EP, replete with art and liner notes follow this link: ONE DARK VINE EP
Posted by Angela Faye Martin on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:29:00 PST

FLAGPOLE REVIEW

There's a playfulness in the lyrics of Angela Faye Martin, a Georgia musician currently based out of Franklin, NC. Her debut EP One Dark Vine is a sparse affair that lets her vocals shine, and her wry...
Posted by Angela Faye Martin on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:37:00 PST