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player of the band Hello Stranger. In 2008, she began a solo career with the release of ''Queens Die Proudly''. Commagere has also performed with

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. She has opened for

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as well as co-headlining the 2nd annual Manimal Festival in Joshua Tree, CA with Warpaint, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and

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. Her solo work has been featured in numerous television shows and films including '' Private Practice'', '' Emily Owens, M.D.'', ''

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'', '' Femme Fatales'', ''The Power of Two'', '' Good Dick'' and '' All the Boys Love Mandy Lane''. In 2014, she did a cover of

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's song "A Little Piece of Heaven" from their 2007 self-titled album. She has also sung on the album by

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, as well as on many Ry Cooder records including: '' Mambo Sinuendo'', ''

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's ''Buenos Hermanos''. Along with her husband , Joachim Cooder, she produced Carly Ritter's self-titled debut album on

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in 2013. Her debut album, ''Queens Die Proudly'', was released in 2008. In early 2010, Juliette signed with Manimal Vinyl to release her second album, ''The Procession''. Her third album, ''Human'', was released in 2013.

Discography

*'' Hello Stranger'' ( Aeronaut Records, July 25, 2006) *''Queens Die Proudly'' (Aeronaut Records, October 28, 2008) *''The Procession'' (

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, September 24, 2010) *''Human'' (Aeronaut Records, September 17, 2013)

Singles

*"Eats from the Inside" (''The Procession''; June 14, 2010) *"Impact" (''The Procession''; December 2, 2010) *"Vampire (Puscifer Remix)" (Single only; January 14, 2014) *"Collide" (''Human''; March 11, 2014) *"

" (''Single only''; April 8, 2014)

Collaborations

*"Cold Moonlight" by Totally Radd!! ( The Treble Alliance, November 14, 2006) *" A Little Piece of Heaven" by

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(U.S.)/ WEA International (Worldwide), October 26, 2007) *"Fly and Fly" by The Sweet Hurt ( The Sweet Hurt, June 13, 2014) *"Backing vocals on three songs on Joachim Cooder's EP ''Fuchsia Machu Picchu''

Personal life

Commagere is the daughter of a classical music record producer. She is married to the musician and producer Joachim Cooder, whom she met at high school. Her younger brother is singer-songwriter Robert Francis.

References

External links

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