Butterfly Boucher
| Butterfly Boucher | |
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 Boucher performing with Ten Out of Tenn Seattle, Washington 4 December 2009 |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 2 June 1979 Australia |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter, producer, arranger |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, piano, tambourine |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Universal (UK) A&M (US) |
| Associated acts | Ten Out of Tenn, Missy Higgins |
| Website | www.butterflyboucher.com |
Butterfly Boucher (
/ˈbaʊtʃər/) (born 2 June 1979) is an Australian singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. She has released two albums, Flutterby (2003) and Scary Fragile (2009).
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[edit] Biography
Boucher was born in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1979 and is the middle child of seven daughters.[1] The name "Butterfly" was a suggestion from a friend of the family. In later years, Butterfly's sister Becca Boucher had a band, Eat the Menu (later renamed The Mercy Bell), in which Butterfly played bass guitar.[2] Her debut album, Flutterby, was released in 2003. Boucher toured the United States and Europe, opening for Barenaked Ladies, and later for Sarah McLachlan on her Afterglow arena tour.
Boucher released her first single of the album, "I Can't Make Me," in the UK first and later released "Another White Dash."
A second album, Scary Fragile, was released on 2 June 2009.[3] The single "A Bitter Song" from the album, first featured on an episode of the television series Grey's Anatomy, was released as an iTunes download on 27 February.[4]
Boucher currently[when?] resides in the United States in Nashville, Tennessee, and is part of the musical group Ten Out of Tenn. In 2011, she toured with Sarah McLachlan, playing bass and singing vocals. She is producing Missy Higgins' third album. She is also performing and recording with Elle Macho, a Nashville based trio with David Mead and Lindsay Jamieson.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Flutterby (2003)
- Scary Fragile (2009)
[edit] Singles and EPs
- "I Can't Make Me" (2003)
- "Another White Dash" (2004)
[edit] Collaborations and guest performances
- For the Kids Too! (with Gerry Holmes) 2004-10-19
- Too late, Farewell (with Delerium) on Voices 2010-10-5
- Es Potencial (with Elle Macho 2010-7-4
[edit] In media
Boucher recorded a duet, with David Bowie singing his song "Changes", for the soundtrack of the film Shrek 2, released in May 2004. Boucher's own songs have also been featured on various television programs. From Flutterby, "Never Leave Your Heart Alone" was used in the third-to-last episode of British teen program As If. Short-lived ABC series The Days used "Life is Short" as its opening theme.[5]
Fantasy television series Charmed also featured songs from Flutterby. "Life is Short" was used in the episode "Spin City", and the episode Show Ghouls features a version of Flutterby song "I Can't Make Me" remixed by Chris Lord-Alge, which is later included in soundtrack album Charmed: The Book of Shadows.
Hit television series Grey's Anatomy later featured both "Never Leave Your Heart Alone" and "Life is Short" in its first season in 2005, and debuted "A Bitter Song" from the yet-unreleased album Scary Fragile in the third season episode "Drowning On Dry Land" in 2007.
She also co-wrote several songs and appears on Dawson Wells debut album Re: No Subject, for which she played several instruments, including drums, guitar, piano and other keyboards, tambourine and bass. She provided lead and backup vocals on most of the songs, including a duet with Dawson called "Gracey and Henry Martin's First Summer". Compositions she penned with Wells on that album are "Say Anything", "Silly One", "Being In Love". An accomplished arranger and producer, Boucher co-produced this album with Dawson Wells.
In 2011 ABC Family's The Lying Game used Butterfly Boucher's song Gun for a Tongue as the theme song.
[edit] References
- ^ Cook, Shanon (27 May 2009), "Butterfly Boucher flies high with 'Grey's,' fans' support", CNN.com (Cable News Network), http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/27/butterfly.boucher/index.html?eref=rss_mostpopular&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_mostpopular+%28RSS%3A+Most+Popular%29&utm_content=Google+UK, retrieved 4 August 2011
- ^ "Butterfly Boucher". Nettwerk. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927225128/http://www.nettwerk.com/management/artistpage.jsp?artist_id=948&mode=bio. Retrieved 30 October 2006.
- ^ "Butterfly Boucher set to release her second album 'Scary Fragile' June 2 via Situation Operation" (Press release). Mitch Schneider Organization. 18 May 2009. http://www.msopr.com/?q=node/4634/print. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
- ^ Boucher, Butterfly (17 February 2007). "iTunes Exclusive...A Bitter Song..in TEN DAYS!". Archived from the original on 23 February 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070223014610/http://www.butterflyboucher.com/news/default.aspx?nid=10771. Retrieved 24 February 2006.
- ^ http://abc.go.com/primetime/thedays/[dead link]
[edit] External links
- Official site
- MySpace page
- Interview with Butterfly at WickedInfo.com
- Butterfly Boucher on Channel One News
