Good King Wenceslas - Music

The Roches Maggie Terre And Suzzy Roche Were A Vocal Group Of Three Songwriting Irish-American Sisters From Park Ridge New Jersey Known For Their "unusual" And "rich" Harmonies Quirky Lyrics And Casually Comedic Stage Performances. The Roches Were Active As Performers And Recording Artists From The Mid-1970s Through 2007 At Various Times Performing As A Trio And In Pairs.
In The Late 1960s Eldest Sister Maggie October 26 1951 – January 21 2017 And Middle Sister Terre Pronounced "Terry" Born April 10 1953 Quit School To Tour As 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 #2 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 . Shortly After That Youngest Sister Suzzy Rhymes With "fuzzy" Born September 29 1956 Joined The Group To Form The Roches Trio. Around This Time They Parlayed Bartending Jobs At Famous 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 . It Was Here That 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 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 Biggest Hit Of The Songwriting Trio — 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 Themselves To Perform On The Show A Few Months Later In 1979 At The Behest Of Paul Simon. They Did Two Songs Both Unreleased At 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. Their Widest Exposure In The '80s Was An Appearance On The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson In November 1985 Where They Performed Their Song "Mr. Sellack". In 1990 They Returned To Their Christmas-Caroling Roots With 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 Entitled 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 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 Has Toured. All Three Sisters Periodically Participated In New York-Area Events. At The End Of 2005 The Three Roches With Brother Dave Reunited For A Short But Highly 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. Following The Tour For Moonswept The Roches Announced That They Would No Longer Be Touring Although They Have Made Isolated Appearances Individually And As A Group Mostly In And Around New York City. On January 21 2017 Maggie Roche Died Of Cancer At Age 65. Maggie Had An "unusual" Contralto Voice – "almost A Baritone." Terre Provides A Soprano That Brackets The Upper Range Of The Sisters While Suzzy Fills In The Middle Range. While Touring The Sisters Accompany Themselves With Guitars And Keyboards Occasionally With Additional Musicians. Brother David Is Also A Singer-Songwriter With His Own Solo Album And Has 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 Has Also Contributed Vocals On The Roches' And McTeigue's Albums And In 2007 She Produced An EP Of Her Own 8 Songs Followed By 8 More In 2008 And Tours Opening For Acts Such As Amos Lee And The Indigo Girls. Lucy Has Released Two Full-Length Albums "Lucy" In 2010 And "There's A Last Time For Everything" In 2013. Her Father Is Loudon Wainwright III And She Is The Half-Sister Of Singers Martha And Rufus Wainwright. The Majority Of Roches Songs Are Written By The Three Sisters Whether Individually In Every Combination Or Collaborating With Other Songwriters. They Have Also Recorded Their Own Arrangements Of Songs By A Variety Of New York Folk Artists As Well As A Few Covers Of Famous Songs. Their Three-Part Arrangement Of The Four-Part "Hallelujah Chorus" From Handel's Messiah Featured On Keep On Doing 1982 Is Well Regarded In A Cappella Circles. Discography - Maggie And Terre Roche
Seductive Reasoning Columbia 1975 I Gave My Love A Kerry Earth Rock Wreckerds 2004 - The Roches
The Roches Warner 1979 Nurds Warner 1980 Keep On Doing Warner 1982 Another World Warner 1985 No Trespassing Real Live Records 1986 Speak MCA 1989 We Three Kings MCA 1990 A Dove MCA 1992 Will You Be My Friend? Baby Boom 1994 Can We Go Home Now Rykodisc 1995 .
The Collected Works Of The Roches Rhino/Warner 2003 Moonswept 429 Records 2007 Rhino HiFive The Roches Rhino/Warner 2007 - Suzzy Roche
Holy Smokes Red House 1997 Songs From An Unmarried Housewife And Mother Greenwich Village USA Red House 2000 - Terre Roche
The Sound Of A Tree Falling Earth Rock Wreckerds 1998 - Suzzy & Maggie Roche
Zero Church Red House 2002 Why The Long Face Red House 2004 Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche Edit Fairytale And Myth 2013 Mud And Apples 2016 - Terre Roche Sidiki Conde And Marlon Cherry As Afro-Jersey Afro-Jersey 2013 read less