- Linda Waterfall
Infobox Musical artist
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Name = Linda Waterfall
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Background = solo_singer
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Born =1950
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Instrument =Vocals Guitar Piano Keyboards
Genre =Folk
Occupation =Songwriter Vocalist
Years_active =1971 to present
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URL = [http://lindawaterfall.com Linda Waterfall's website]Linda Waterfall (her real name) is a Seattle
singer-songwriter . She grew up in northernIllinois and studiedpiano beginning at the age of eight.Her parents (both musicians) discouraged her from a musical career.She graduated fromStanford University in1971 with a degree in visual art.Despite her parents' advice, she began a career in music. She moved to
Seattle in 1975 and has toured nationally since 1983.cite book
author=Bush, James
title=Encyclopedia of Northwest Music: From Classical Recordings to Classic Rock Performances, Your Guide to the Best of the Region
publisher=Sasquatch Books
location=Seattle, Wash
year=1999
pages=pp. 269-271
isbn=1-57061-141-6
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doi=]In the 1960s, she spent several years as a student of
Hari Das Baba and also studiedTranscendental Meditation .She is a
breast cancer survivor. [Citation
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title = Waterfall glides from folk to spiritual in 'That Art Thou'
newspaper = Seattle Times
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year = 2002
date = 2002-05-31
url = http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=jazz31&date=20020531]Discography
Albums
*"Mary's Garden" (1977, Windham Hill)
*"My Heart Sings" (1979, Trout)
*"Bananaland" (1981, Trout)
*"Everything Looks Different" (1983, Trout) withScott Nygaard
*"Body English" (1987, Flying Fish)
*"A Little Bit At A Time" (1991, Flying Fish)
*"Flying Time" (1994, Trout)
*"In The Presence of the Light" (1998, Trout/Liquid City)
*"That Art Thou: Songs from the Vedas" (2002, Trout)
*"Place of Refuge" (2006, Trout)
*"Songs From the Dao de Jing" (2007, Trout)Other Appearances
*"Entropy Service" (1974) with
Peter Langston , J.B. White, Judith Cook
* "A Musical Doorway" (2000, Various Artists) Produced bySeattle Folklore Society References
External links
* [http://lindawaterfall.com/ Linda Waterfall official site]
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