Gretchen Lieberum is a singer and songwriter.

Career

Lieberum was raised in

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and educated at

University of California, Santa Cruz The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California, United States. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of C ...

. After leading a funk band for several years, she released her first solo album, ''Three A.M.'' (1999) followed by ''Brand New Morning'' (2002), both produced by Greg Porée. Her albums ''Siren Songs'' (2005) and ''When This Kiss Is Over It Will Start Again'' (2009) were independently released in the United States. Lieberum has been a member of Princess, a

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cover band formed with comedian

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. She and Rudolph became friends while they were students at UC Santa Cruz. At the time, they were members of a funk band named Supersauce, where they discovered their mutual interest in Prince. They have performed at the

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and on the TV show ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon''.

Personal life

Lieberum is married to filmmaker

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Discography

* ''Three A.M.'' (1999) * ''Brand New Morning'' (Lakeshore, 2002) * ''Siren Songs'' (Nomadic, 2005) * ''When This Kiss Is Over It Will Start Again'' (Gogogerty, 2009)

References

External links

Official Site
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