Blessed with beauty, poise and extravagant talent, Marié Digby might remind some old timers of Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro and similarly insightful artists. But she shrugs off any comparisons, intending to navigate her own unique artistic course. "I don't want to sound like I'm saving the world," she says with a smile, "but everyone on earth is given a gift. Music is mine. I hope someday I'm successful enough to use it as a way to help other people."
Marié Digby shot to fame twenty minutes after first learning Rhianna's hit single, "Umbrella," last May. She propped her MacBook in her living room, filmed herself performing the song and put it on the Web. As fast as you can say "viral video," Marié's performance racked up more than 500,000 views and landed her a national TV appearance on Last Call with Carson Daly and placement on the season premier of The Hills. But she isn't stopping there. Marié has just released her debut album, Unfold.
Beyond the studio, Marié loves performing live, something obvious to anyone who sees her videos. "There's an energy you share with the people you play for," she says. "You feel it intensely when they're paying attention. When you write the most personal and truthful songs, that's when you connect that way. It's scary. You still feel naked, but it's also very cathartic."
Official Website: www.myspace.com/mariedigby
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