The UkuLady Interview

It would be rather difficult to describe the interview subject; it is simply something you experience. A musician and fully realized all-around entertainer. Please meet and greet The UkuLady with my 5 Question Interview process which begins as thus…

1. What were your primary musical influences growing up?

Growing up as a small child, , my parents listened to The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, ’60s psychadelic scene bands, like Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Sons of Champlin, and then there was a lot of Scott Joplin, Verdi (La Boheme, Turendot & Aida); I loved musical theater, Cyndi Lauper, Prince, Michael Jackson (pre-Bad), early Madonna, Eurythmics, Simple Minds and other assorted 80’s bands. I was very upset that I was never cast as Annie as a child. In college and after, I was heavily influenced by The Magnetic Fields, Belle & Sebastian, Indigo Girls, Mountain Goats…pretty indie pop melodies…

2. Do you have any albums readily available for purchase or any upcoming releases?

YES!! My first album, Banned From Canters! Will be available in January! It’s at the press-place now and I’m totesies excited! Banned From Canter’s features 14 UkuLady originals in the studio! Toy Piano, toy xylophone, 80’s synths and more! Comedy & heart-on-a-sleeve songs! Banned From Canters! Will be available at cd baby, on myspace and probably other places…. All my home recordings are available free at www.TheUkuLady.com

3. With a background as an actress, what are your thoughts exactly on the great Brad Dourif?

Oops - I started to answer this interview before I looked up Brad Dourif. I have no idea who he is. I’ll research him and get back to you.

4. Could you possibly suggest one of your all-time favorite books?

The Windup Bird Chronicles or Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, the Ramona books by Beverly Cleary. Everything by Roald Dahl

5. Finally, how regularly do politics inform the lyrical content of your songs?

Good question, as I perhaps appear to be rather political, as my myspace has 2 political songs, out of 4. I’d say out of the 75/or so songs I wrote last year, maybe 5 - 10 are political. I have a lot more social satire than political satire. Perhaps, though, social satire is political. If social satire is considered political, I’d say maybe 50% are those and the other 50% are heart-on-a-sleeve love and breakup songs.

I post many new songs often at www.TheUkuLady.com and many new videos often at www.youtube.com//ThessalyLerner
Thanksies and heartsies! Love The UkuLady

…Please, gentle reader, stay tuned for another 5 Question Interview in the coming months and years.

Yours truly,

Mozart Breath

The UkuLady

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