Deb Talan

Deb Talan
Deb Talan

Talan performing in NYC on April 22, 2006.
Background information
Birth name Deborah Ruth Talan
Born January 27, 1968 (1968-01-27) (age 43)
Origin Massachusetts, USA
Genres Indie Folk, Pop-folk
Occupations Singer-songwriter
Instruments Vocals, Guitar
Years active 1994–present
Labels Nettwerk, Happyhead Music
Associated acts The Weepies, Hummingfish
Website theweepies.com

Deborah Ruth "Deb" Talan (born January 27, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for being in the folk-pop duo The Weepies.

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Early life and career

Born in suburban Massachusetts outside of Boston, Talan grew up in the small town of Pelham, Massachusetts and attended Amherst Regional High School (ARHS). She later attended Brown University, where she was a member of the Chattertocks, Brown's oldest all-female a cappella group, before moving to Oregon, where she was a member of Hummingfish, a Portland band, for six years.

Talan's recurring lyrical motifs include celestial objects, birds, nature, and various historical figures (e.g., Marc Chagall in "Painting By Chagall," Amelia Earhart in "Thinking Amelia," and Vincent van Gogh in "Vincent").

Jonathan Lethem’s novel Motherless Brooklyn inspired Deb Talan to write "Tell Your Story Walking". This song appears on the 2002 album Songs Inspired by Literature (Chapter One), a benefit of the organization Artists for Literacy. "Tell Your Story Walking" was the winner of Artists for Literacy’s 2002 songwriting contest.

In addition to The Weepies' albums, Talan and Tannen collaborated with singer/actress Mandy Moore on her 2007 album Wild Hope. Together, they wrote and recorded five songs with Mandy — the single "Extraordinary," the title track "Wild Hope," "All Good Things," "Few Days Down" and "Looking Forward to Looking Back." [1]

"Forgiven"[disambiguation needed ] played over the closing credits of the 2001 movie Lovely & Amazing.

Personal life

Currently, she resides in Los Angeles, California, with her husband and musical partner Steve Tannen and their two sons, Theo Samuel (b. October 2007) and Alexander (b. spring 2010). Together they are the indie pop-folk duo The Weepies.

Discography

Year Title Label
1996 Songs for a Misfit Heart Independent
2000 Something Burning Happyhead Music
2001 Sincerely Happyhead Music
2003 A Bird Flies Out Independent

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