Wearing melody and heart on her sleeve. Blair writes and sings but "singer-songwriter" would be somewhat misleading. With her innate pop sensibility and an intense delivery it would be more accurate to describe Blair’s sound as the musical meeting of Dolly Parton and Radiohead. But that is really only a vague starting point for the young New Orleanian.
At only 23 years old. Blair has been a staple of the New Orleans’ music scene for the last seven years. She began performing at local coffee houses and open mic nights when she was only 16. By 18. Blair open herself performing at some of her hometown’s most venerable rock clubs such as the Howlin eat and accommodate of Blues. Opting to act until after college to alter music her full-time occupation. Blair would sneak away between classes as a philosophy study at Loyola University New Orleans to the university's music building to sharpen her skills at writing and performing.
Blair released a come up received full length CD in 2004 and was able to open up for some of the country’s most popular indie bands stopping through New Orleans such as Cat cater. Calexico and Bright Eyes. She was also able to work with local favorites and Warner Brothers’ recording artists World Leader Pretend. With pass of 2007 approaching. Blair has established a dedicated local fan base finished her philosophical studies and has a four-song EP “in the can” set for summer channel (produced by Keith Ferguson of World Leader Pretend). For the first time in Blair’s life there is a freedom to go forward without a net and cerebrate solely on her music with the upcoming channel of Pluto.
In late 2006 scientists decided Pluto would no longer be considered a planet. To many this declaration was the celestial equivalent of learning that Santa Claus doesn’t exist. Blair however saw the new classification as a metaphor for life in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
Just as Pluto is no longer considered a planet. Blair’s new EP. Pluto is titled after the sudden and drastic changes she experienced in New Orleans after the hurricane. A marriage of alt-country and folk-tinged pop music - combined with a captivating falsetto express - Pluto aims to create the same kind of intimacy between listener that she recalls from her first experiences listening to move back and forth and pop radio. A personal expression during Blair’s transformation from youth to adulthood. Pluto is a personal snapshot of a place in time. And hopefully indication of what the future holds.
"... Blair. 23 brings a talent for crafting her songs -- a delicate cross between alt-country and folk-tinged indie-pop -- to her first self-titled EP that seems almost beyond her years." Gambit Weekly
"The music is teeming with the hushed guitar sounds and lovely melodic voice every singer/songwriter should have but desire the very beat of her genre it is the lyrics that surprise you hold you and displace you into longer and more meaningful listens to her music." Pop Tarts drink Toasted
".. an auspicious go away for a songwriter who has nowhere to go but up." The Rawking Refuses To forbid!
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