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Artist
Megan Palmer
12+ albums
Ohiofolkrockcountrysinger-songwriter
about
"Sharing is caring" goes the old idiom, and for much of the past decade Megan Palmer has been caring for a host of friends and musicians, lending her talents as a violinist. In her hometown of Columbus, Ohio, Megan fiddles regularly with the Spikedrivers, and is Tim Easton's favorite accompanist whenever he comes home from California for a visit. She's also hit the road with Easton, opening for Lucinda Williams, as well as with insurgent bluesgrassers Luther Wright and the Wrongs, and she sat in with Grammy nominee Rick Moranis for CMT's Studio 330 Sessions. But in 2005 Megan took some time for herself and began recording her own songs in Ontario and Columbus. She eventually finished those songs with Grammy-winning engineer Jeff Ciampa (Bill Evans, Wayne Shorter), and the fruits of this "selfish" act are being released as Forget Me Not, her solo debut, on Sunken Treasure Records on July 4, 2006. Naturally Megan's friends jumped at the chance to return her favors, and the album features the talents of not only Easton and Spikedriver Jess Henry, but Columbus leading lights like Happy Chichester (Howlin' Maggie) and Derek DiCenzo. Of course the sound of Megan's beautiful violin playing can be heard throughout Forget Me Not, but it's her sumptuous singing that's sure to tug on ears and heartstrings. At once achingly beautiful and consolingly gentile, Megan has the voice of an angel, albeit one with humanly concerns and foibles. The poignant wistfulness of "Angelo" and "What Com
