Juliette Commagere is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter who was formerly the lead singer and

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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

Maynard James Keenan Maynard James Keenan (born James Herbert Keenan; April 17, 1964) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, and winemaker. He is best known as the singer and primary lyricist of the rock bands Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Pus ...

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's project

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and

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. She has opened for

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and

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with

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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 ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Femme Fatales'', ''The Power of Two'', ''

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'' and '' All the Boys Love Mandy Lane''. In 2014 she did a cover of

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", which appeared in ''

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''. She sang the female sections in

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

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(of the

), ''

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'', releases by

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

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'', ''

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'', '' I, Flathead'', '' My Name Is Buddy'', and

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's ''Buenos Hermanos''. Along with her husband

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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

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to release her second album titled ''The Procession''. Her third album, ''Human'', was released in 2013.

Discography

*''

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

, 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

, whom she met at high school. Her younger brother is singer-songwriter Robert Francis.

References

External links

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Juliett Commagere
on MySpace
Manimal Vinyl official websiteManimal Vinyl
at MySpace
Bat for Lashes
at

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