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Courtney Fairchild

Cool, upbeat, acoustic grooves!

About Me


Quit Stanley Recordings Press Release
From the producer and studio that brought you Fiona Apple's "Extraordinary Machine" and Graham Parker's "Your Country"...
Quit is the latest gem from John Would (former Warren Zevon guitarist) to come out of Stanley Recording Studios in Santa Monica/Venice, California. Quit is the second LP on which John and Courtney worked together. While catching a performance of the first record, "Long Way, the New York Times wrote: "With smoky vocals reminiscent of Tracy Chapman and Everything But the Girl's Tracy Thorn, Courtney holds court on stage with a presence far beyond her 20 years." She has been heard on KCRW in Santa Monica, XM Radio, and many NPR affiliates throughout the United States.
Since that review there have been several tours, a live record, and Quit. Most recently, Courtney has landed in Philadelphia along with Stanley Recordings' label operations.
Courtney Fairchild Bio
“I just want to understand how beautiful you make me.”
Courtney Fairchild’s latest release Quit came out of a weird place, which is, you know, where most great works of art come from. Quit’s writing and production and release were spread over 3 hectic years that saw new people, new faces, new opportunities. After it hit the streets Courtney wondered, simply, “What’s next?”
Courtney’s been doing this for damn near a decade. A decade of shows (Dallas, Los Angeles, Nashville, Philadelphia, Denver, Las Vegas, and more), records (Simple and Distorted, Long Way, Right Here, Quit, and “Nobody Home“ on acclaimed tribute album A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd), spins at AAA and college radio, spins on national television (The WB‘s High School Reunion and MTV‘s Road Rules X-Treme). It’s been a wild decade. Wild because of everything that’s happened, wild because Courtney is 25.
Now, matured by heartbreak, steeled by a transcontinental move, Courtney is getting to her great work - performing for you, writing songs that reach into you, singing to you with the sweet voice of an ageless torch singer, and making a name for herself in your world.
Courtney is, finally, getting to see how beautiful you can make her.
Need good music? Courtney's CD's are all available at,
AMAZON.COM , CDBABY.COM , and at the iTunes Music Store.
Get custom made t-shirts from Armhole.


Hawaii
Long Way

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/17/2005
Band Website: courtneyfairchild.com
Band Members: Courtney Fairchild;

Philly Band
Courtney Fairchild - Guitar and Vocals, John Would - Guitar, Jeff Silberman - Bass, Amy Wood - Drums, Ami Verrill - Keys

Dallas Band

Courtney - Guitar and Vocals, Gabe - Drums, Scott - Drums and Percussion, April - Percussion, Miguel - Bass, Darla - Bass, Wendy - Keys
Order CD's from CDbaby by clicking on the album name.
Quit
Simple and Distorted
Long Way
Right Here
A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd
Or, if you prefer, you can order from Amazon.com .
StanleyRecordings.com

Influences: Jeff Buckley, Jim White, Emmylou Harris, Joe Henry, Patty Larkin, Patty Griffin, Yortoise, Ryan Adams, Lucinda Williams, Rickie Lee Jones, Stars, Willie Nelson, Gin Blossoms, The Be Good Tanyas, Everything But The Girl, Gillian Welch, Wilco, etc.
Sounds Like: "Enhances, rather than detracts from, the phrase 'pop music' with personal, intimate, and well-written songs..." Tom Geddie, Buddy
"Cool, upbeat acoustic grooves..." Ayo, Quick
"A sweet-voiced singer whose torch songs were a lovely antidote to the blasting rock music at nearby clubs..." Stephen Kinzer, New York Times
"What you'd expect at an open mic - only good..." Matt Weitz, Dallas Morning News
Record Label: Stanley Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Pictures...New Album Art

So, a lot has been going on at Stanley East lately. In the next month or so Quit will be re-issued with all new album art. We did the photo shoot this weekend and the design is being worked on as I wr...
Posted by Courtney Fairchild on Wed, 16 May 2007 08:34:00 PST

Video...finally

You asked for it, so here it is. Four live videos from my farewell show in Dallas last October. Thanks to everyone who made that night such a success: The band: Gabe, Scott, April, Miguel, Darla, Wen...
Posted by Courtney Fairchild on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:45:00 PST

The man, the mystery, the best music you've ever heard

The wait is over, and you probably didn't even know you were waiting.Quincy Blaque is on MySpace. The masses can finally hear what some have called the best music they've ever heard.Don't hesitate. Do...
Posted by Courtney Fairchild on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 11:42:00 PST

Abilene

I haven't blogged in so long. I can be such a lame MySpacer. Here's a goofy thing that came to me via Texas...   1. Put your music player on shuffle.2. Press forward for each question.3. Use the ...
Posted by Courtney Fairchild on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:54:00 PST

New Songs! New Features!

So, with permission from the fantastic CourtFair, I have changed up the music player and am working on changing up the page layout - that will be forthcoming in the next week or so!In the meantime, I'...
Posted by Courtney Fairchild on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:09:00 PST

The rumors are true&

Yep, Sarah and I are moving to Philadelphia at the end of October.   So, you want to know why.   Dallas has been an amazing place to start my music career, but after my last tour it became ...
Posted by Courtney Fairchild on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:57:00 PST

Good Morning From Philly

So, I realized I haven't posted a blog since I left for the tour. Blame the fact that most crappy hotels across the country have spotty wireless internet connections at best...or maybe it's just that ...
Posted by Courtney Fairchild on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 03:51:00 PST

DATE CHANGE for The Fire in Philly

Just wanted to let everyone planning on coming out to The Fire that the date has changed from 7/20 to 7/21. See you guys there!
Posted by Courtney Fairchild on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:11:00 PST

If you're here b/c I sent you a friend request...

Chances are I sent it to you for a number of reasons: 1. I'm touring through your city this month 2. Your musical tastes (as far as I can tell from your MySpace page) are similar to my music 3. I'd re...
Posted by Courtney Fairchild on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:38:00 PST

If you're in Chicago

Just a heads up for those of you in Chicago planning on coming to see John and I at Uncommon Ground. You need to make dinner reservations in order to attend the show. It's a $15 minimum per person. Ca...
Posted by Courtney Fairchild on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:47:00 PST