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Artist
Miranda Lee Richards
12+ albums
folkfemale vocalistspsychedelic folksinger-songwriterchillout
about
Miranda Lee Richards (born April 4, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter. Her 2001 release "The Herethereafter" included original compositions such as "The Beginner" as well as a cover of The Rolling Stones' 1967 single "Dandelion". Her single "The Long Goodbye" reached into the top five in Japan, and the music video for this song was in heavy rotation on MTV Japan. Her album "Echoes of the Dreamtime" was released worldwide on 29 January 2016 on London based record label Invisible Hands Music. "Existential Beast" was released on 16 June 2017, also on Invisible Hands. Richards grew up in San Francisco, the daughter of Ted and Teresa Richards, stars of the underground comics revolution. Her father created The 40 Year Old Hippie; her mother was one of the founding editors and contributors of Wimmin’s Comix in the 1970’s. “Growing up, I got the message that if you do what you love to do, money will follow, just not a lot of it.” It was a very Bohemian upbringing to put it lightly. Richards played in school bands, but never considered music as a profession until her senior year of high school, when fate offered a unique hand. Her best friend began dating Kirk Hammett of Metallica, and Hammett taught Richards a few songs on guitar. “As soon as I knew how to play, I started writing and everything just clicked. Eventually I got a piano to expand my musical repertoire.” Richards recorded her first demo in Hammett’s basement studio. Dave Deresinski, the then manager of the Brian
