20-712: Nurds is the second studio album by the American musical trio the Roches , released on Warner Bros. Records in 1980. It peaked at number 130 on the Billboard 200 . Nurds was produced by Roy Halee . The Rolling Stone review noted that the Roches were "not just entertaining but downright terrifying." The New York Times wrote that "Maggie Roche in particular continues to write songs with droll, offbeat imagery and explicitly personal points of view." The Globe and Mail praised "the anti-star sincerity in their voices and
40-677: A "Sunset Singing Circle" at Battery Park in Manhattan under the auspices of the Parks Department . Brother David is also a singer-songwriter with his own solo album, and often backed up the trio on their recordings. Maggie's son, Felix McTeigue , has recorded three albums (one with his group Filo). Suzzy's daughter, Lucy Wainwright Roche , has also contributed vocals on the Roches' and McTeigue's albums, and in 2007 produced an EP of her own, 8 Songs , followed by 8 More in 2008 and tours opening for acts such as Amos Lee and
60-534: A duo. Maggie wrote most of the songs, with Terre contributing to a few. The sisters got a break when Paul Simon brought them in as backup singers on his 1973 album There Goes Rhymin' Simon . They got his assistance (along with an appearance by the Oak Ridge Boys ) on their only album as a duo, Seductive Reasoning (1975). Reviewing Seductive Reasoning in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of
80-445: A group, mostly in and around New York City. On January 21, 2017, Maggie Roche died from breast cancer at the age of 65. In a statement on Facebook, Suzzy wrote that Maggie "was a private person, too sensitive and shy for this world, but brimming with life, love, and talent. She was smart, wickedly funny, and authentic — not a false bone in her body — a brilliant songwriter, with a distinct unique perspective, all heart and soul." She
100-572: A song that appeared on the television show Lipstick Jungle . Lucy has toured as an opening act for the Indigo Girls , and the duo is featured on two songs on Lucy's self-titled record released in October 2010. She has also opened for such acts as Dar Williams , Girlyman , Amos Lee , her father Loudon Wainwright, and her half-brother Rufus Wainwright. Lucy sang backup for Grammy-nominated artist Neko Case , including an appearance with Case on
120-461: A trio, The Roches (1979), Suzzy had also begun writing. Robert Fripp produced the album. Maggie's "The Married Men" from this album was eventually to become the songwriting trio's biggest hit—not for them, but for Phoebe Snow . After Snow and Linda Ronstadt performed the song in a duet on Saturday Night Live , the Roches were invited to perform on the show a few months later in 1979 at Simon's behest. They did two songs, both unreleased at
140-753: The Late Show with David Letterman . In early 2009, Lucy's song "Snare Drum" won the 8th Annual Independent Music Awards for Best Folk/Singer-Songwriter Song. In 2008, she was one of the winners of the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival's "Emerging Artist" competition. Again in 2009, she was one of six winners of the Grassy Hill Kerrville Folk Festival's "New Folk Singer/Songwriter Competition". Roche released her debut album, Lucy , in October 2010. Two of her songs, "Once In" and "Starting Square" are featured on
160-474: The Stuff You Should Know television show. Lucy Wainwright Roche is the daughter of singer-songwriters Loudon Wainwright III , a Grammy Award winner, and Suzzy Roche , who, along with her sisters (Lucy's aunts) Maggie and Terre Roche, made up the vocal group The Roches , known for their original harmonies. The couple split when Lucy was two years old and her father spent much of his time in
180-514: The Indigo Girls . Lucy has released three full-length albums: Lucy (2010), There's a Last Time for Everything (2013), and Little Beast (2018). Her father is Loudon Wainwright III , and she is the half-sister of singers Martha and Rufus Wainwright . Lucy Wainwright Roche Lucy Wainwright Roche (born December 16, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter. Preceded by two EPs, 8 Songs and 8 More , Roche released her debut album, Lucy in October 2010. In 2013, she starred as Jeri in
200-599: The Roches released Can We Go Home Now (1995), the last original recording they released as a trio until 2007. In 1997, the sisters formally put their group on long-term hold. They continued to work on solo projects and often collaborated on albums and performances. Terre teaches guitar workshops and has released a solo album. Suzzy, who has acted on the stage and in several movies, released two of her own albums and two with Maggie, with whom she toured. All three sisters periodically participated in New York-area events. At
220-527: The Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau said, "Female singing duos must function as mutual support groups; last time a women's sensibility this assured, relaxed, and reflective made it to vinyl was Joy of Cooking . These folkies manque are a little flat here, a little arch there, but in general the shoe fits; no ideological feminism, but plenty of consciousness." Later in the 1970s youngest sister Suzzy (rhymes with "fuzzy", born September 29, 1956 ) joined
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#1732794371401240-536: The UK, so Lucy did not often see her father during her childhood. The Loudon Wainwright song "Screaming Issue" is written about Lucy. Lucy and Suzzy sometimes appear onstage together, occasionally with Loudon. Lucy is also the half-sister of singer-songwriters Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright (whose mother Kate was half of the Canadian folk duo Kate & Anna McGarrigle ). She has toured with Rufus throughout
260-482: The end of 2005, the three Roches (with brother Dave) reunited for a short but successful holiday tour. Several more appearances in the U.S. and Canada took place in 2006–07, and in March 2007, after a 12-year hiatus, the Roches released a new studio album, Moonswept . After the tour for Moonswept , the Roches announced that they would no longer be touring, but they continued to make isolated appearances individually and as
280-452: The family career choice of music to teach elementary school in Durham, North Carolina and New York City for several years. In 2007, she made the decision to pursue a career in music full-time. This decision is chronicled in her "Spring Song" which appears on her EP 8 More , released in 2008. Prior to 8 More , Roche released her first EP in 2007 titled 8 Songs which featured "Saddest Sound",
300-487: The fragile nature of their stacked vocals, which threaten to fall out of tune at the slightest provocation, but never do." The Roches The Roches were an American vocal trio of sisters Maggie, Terre and Suzzy Roche , from Park Ridge, New Jersey . In the late 1960s, eldest sister Maggie (October 26, 1951 – January 21, 2017 ) and middle sister Terre (pronounced "Terry", born April 10, 1953 ) attended Park Ridge High School , but dropped out of school to tour as
320-486: The group to form the Roches trio. Around this time, they parlayed bartending jobs at the Greenwich Village folk venue Gerde's Folk City into stage appearances, an experience they commemorated in their song "Face Down at Folk City" (from Another World , 1985). There they met many of their future singing and songwriting collaborators. Terre was now writing songs as well, and by the time of their first album as
340-412: The release of the 24-track We Three Kings , which included the a cappella "Star of Wonder", written by Terre. After another pop album ( A Dove , 1992), they recorded an entire album of children's songs, Will You Be My Friend? , featuring a song by brother David and various young backup singers, including Suzzy's daughter Lucy Wainwright Roche . After a tour interrupted by the death of their father,
360-738: The time: "Bobby's Song" and "The Hallelujah Chorus". Throughout the 1980s, the Roches continued to release their music to small audiences, little or no air play, and only modest record sales. In February 1981 the BBC broadcast a 40-minute performance in its series Rock Goes to College . A 1983 episode of the PBS concert series Soundstage was devoted to an hourlong performance by the trio, and they appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in November 1985, performing their song "Mr. Sellack". In 1990, they returned to their Christmas-caroling roots with
380-811: The years. Through her father, she is a niece of singer-songwriter Sloan Wainwright . Roche was born and raised in Greenwich Village , New York City. She attended PS 41 in Manhattan and high school at Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn , New York, graduating in 1999. She then attended Oberlin College in Ohio, graduating in 2003 with a degree in creative writing. In 2006 Roche received her master's degree in general education from Bank Street College of Education in Manhattan . Roche initially chose to bypass
400-537: Was survived by her partner Michael McCarthy and son Edward "Felix" McTeigue . Maggie Roche had an "unusual" contralto voice—"almost a baritone". Terre provided a soprano that bracketed the upper range of the sisters, while Suzzy filled in the middle range. While touring, the sisters accompanied themselves with guitars and keyboards, occasionally with additional musicians. Terre Roche continues to perform publicly in New York City , and since 2016 she has led
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