Butterfly Boucher

Butterfly Boucher (pronEng|ˈbaʊtʃɚ) is an Australian singer/songwriter.

Boucher, born June 2, 1979, is the middle child of seven daughters. The name "Butterfly" was a suggestion from a friend of the family. Her mother didn't initially like the name but kept seeing butterflies in pictures, on clothing, etc. before the birth. In later years, Butterfly's sister had a band, The Mercy Bell, in which Butterfly played bass guitar.cite web |url=http://www.nettwerk.com/management/artistpage.jsp?artist_id=948&mode=bio |title=Butterfly Boucher |accessdate=2006-10-30 |format= |work= ] Her debut album, Flutterby, was released in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Then Boucher toured the United States and Europe, opening for Barenaked Ladies, and later for Sarah McLachlan on her "Afterglow" arena tour.

Boucher released her first single of the album, "I Can't Make Me," in the UK first and later released "Another White Dash".

Boucher currently resides in the United States in Nashville, Tennessee. She has completed a second album,cite web |url=http://blog.myspace.cn/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=7391778&blogID=277297733 |title=What the hell is "OOPS DAY!!"? |accessdate=2007-07-14 |author=Butterfly Boucher |date=2007-06-17 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=] tentatively titled "Scary Fragile",cite web |url=http://www.nashvillescene.com/Stories/Arts/Our_Critics_Picks/2006/09/28/Our_Critics_Picks/index.shtml |title=Buttefly Boucher |accessdate=2006-10-30 |author=Jack Silverman |date=2006-09-28 |year= |month= |format= |work=Nashville Scene |publisher=City Press LLC] which is expected to be released in the UK some time late January/early February 2008. The single "A Bitter Song" from the album, first featured on an episode of the television series "Grey's Anatomy", is scheduled to be released as an iTunes download on February 27.cite web |url=http://www.butterflyboucher.com/news/default.aspx?nid=10771 |title=iTunes Exclusive...A Bitter Song..in TEN DAYS! |accessdate=2006-02-24 |last=Boucher |first=Butterfly |coauthors= |date=2007-02-17]

Discography

Albums
* "Flutterby" - (2003)
* "Scary Fragile" (2008)

Singles/EPs
* "I Can't Make Me" (2003)
* "Another White Dash" (2004)

Works featuring Butterfly Boucher

Butterfly Boucher recorded music for a couple of projects in 2004. The soundtrack for the film "Shrek 2", released in May, featured a duet by Boucher and David Bowie of Bowie's song "Changes". Boucher also performed the song "I'm Different", written by Gerry Holmes, on the second "For the Kids" album, "For the Kids Too!", released October 19.

Boucher's own songs have also been featured on various television programs. From Flutterby, "Never Leave Your Heart Alone" was used in the episode of British teen program As If. [http://www.tv.com/as-if/418-alexs-pov/episode/302785/trivia.html#notes] Short-lived ABC series "The Days" used "Life is Short" as its opening theme. [http://abc.go.com/primetime/thedays/]

Fantasy television series Charmed also featured songs from Flutterby. "Life is Short" was used in the episode "Spin City", and the episode Show Ghouls features a version of Flutterby song "I Can't Make Me" remixed by Chris Lord-Alge, which is later included in soundtrack album "Charmed: The Book of Shadows".

Hit television series "Grey's Anatomy" later featured both "Never Leave Your Heart Alone" and "Life is Short" in its first season in 2005, and debuted "A Bitter Song" from the yet-unreleased album "Scary Fragile" in the third season episode "Drowning On Dry Land" in 2007.

Boucher sings harmony on the song "Not Enough Night," by David Poe.fact|date=February 2007

"Life Is Short" was also featured in an episode of the short-lived series Wonderfalls.

She also played the drums on Mat Kearney's song 'Breathe In, Breathe Out', which is the current Grey's Anatomy song.

She also co-wrote several songs and appears on Dawson Wells debut album "Re: Re: No Subject", for which she played several instruments, including drums, guitar, piano and other keyboards, tamborine and bass. She provided lead and backup vocals on most of the songs, including a duet with Dawson called "Gracey and Henry Martin's First Summer". Compositions she penned with Wells on that album are "Say Anything", "Silly One", "Being In Love". An accomplished arranger and producer, Boucher co-produced this album with Dawson Wells.

She does harmony vocals on the songs "Human Nature" and "One Plus One" on David Mead's album "Indiana".

She also appears in a duet with K.S. Rhodes on You Tube, performing his song "Dead Language" on a video for Flipside Highway.

References

External links

* [http://www.butterflyboucher.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/butterflyboucher MySpace page] , where Butterfly keeps a blog, and often uploads previews of new or previously unreleased songs.
* [http://www.wickedinfo.com/content/view/238/1/ Interview with Butterfly] at WickedInfo.com