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Neko Case is an American singer-songwriter who is also a member of the Canadian indie rock group the New Pornographers. Known for her powerful contralto voice, her lyrics are described as “cryptic” and “imagistic”, and she is considered a significant figure in the early 21st-century American revival of the tenor guitar.
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Neko Richelle Caseis an American singer-songwriter and member of the Canadian indie rock group the New Pornographers. Case’ contralto voice has been described by contemporaries and critics as a “flamethrower”, “a powerhouse [which] seems like it might level buildings,” “a 120-mph fastball,” and a “vocal tornado”. Critics also note her idiosyncratic, “cryptic,” “imagistic” lyrics, and credit her as a significant figure in the early 21st-century American revival of the tenor guitar. Case’s body of work has spanned and drawn on a range of traditions including country, folk, art rock, indie rock, and pop and is frequently described as defying or avoiding easy generic classification.
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Neko Case is credited as a significant figure in the early 21st-century American revival of the tenor guitar.
Neko Case’s body of work has spanned and drawn on a range of traditions including country, folk, art rock, indie rock, and pop.
Neko Case was born on September 8, 1970.
Neko Case is an American singer-songwriter.
5 Quotes by Neko Case
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Everyone has to kind of fend for themselves.
Neko CaseAmerican singer-songwriter
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I tried to have more than one emotion on the record.
Neko CaseAmerican singer-songwriter
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Country music is completely punk-rock. It’s the original punk-rock.
Neko CaseAmerican singer-songwriter
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You can’t just play the same thing, over and over again.
Neko CaseAmerican singer-songwriter
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All I want to do is sing on other people’s records.
Neko CaseAmerican singer-songwriter