Mary Lattimore

Mary Lattimore
Born (1980-09-11) September 11, 1980
Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.
GenresExperimental
Occupations
  • Composer
  • musician
  • harpist
InstrumentHarp
Years active2007–present
Labels
Formerly ofThe Valerie Project
Websitemarylattimore.net

Mary Lattimore (born September 11, 1980)[1][2] is an American classically trained harpist based in Los Angeles, California. In addition to her solo work and collaborations with fellow Philadelphia musician Jeff Zeigler, she has performed with indie musicians including Thurston Moore, Kurt Vile, and Steve Gunn.[3][4]

Biography

Early life

Originally from Asheville, North Carolina,[5] Lattimore was raised in western North Carolina.[6] Her mother was also a harpist, and so Mary learned to play the harp when she was 11 years old. She was not very interested in it at first, but this began to change as she got better at it.[7] She studied at the Eastman School of Music, where she worked on the college radio.[8] While taking summer classes at UNC, Lattimore also worked briefly at WXYC in Chapel Hill.

Musical career

One of Lattimore's first musical activities was her contribution to the Valerie Project, which released its self-titled debut album in 2007. This album was intended to be an alternative soundtrack to the film Valerie and Her Week of Wonders.[5]

Lattimore released her first solo effort in 2012, a self-titled cassette, on Fred Thomas' Life Like imprint. The following year, this album was re-released by Desire Path Recordings[9] as The Withdrawing Room.[5]

In 2014, Lattimore and Zeigler released Slant of Light on Thrill Jockey.[3]

Also that year, Lattimore received a Pew Fellowship grant, which she used to travel around California and Texas; while doing so, she recorded the album At the Dam, which was released on Ghostly International in 2016.[6] The album's title was taken from an essay about the Hoover Dam in Joan Didion's 1979 book The White Album.[10]

In 2018, Lattimore released the album Hundreds of Days, which received critical acclaim.[11][12] In that year, she also released Ghost Forests, a collaborative album with Meg Baird.[13][14] In 2019, she released New Rain Duets, a collaborative album with Mac McCaughan.[15]

In 2020, Lattimore released a solo album, Silver Ladders.[16] In 2022, she released a cover version of Bill Fay's "Love Is the Tune" as a single through Dead Oceans.[17] In 2023, she released another solo album, Goodbye, Hotel Arkada.[18]

In 2026, Lattimore released a collaborative album with Julianna Barwick, titled Tragic Magic, through InFiné.[19]

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

  • Luciferin Light (Kit, 2015)
  • Collected Pieces (Ghostly International, 2017)
  • Collected Pieces II (Ghostly International, 2021)[20]

Singles

Guest appearances

References

  1. ↑ "Mary Lattimore". Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. November 30, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Happy Birthday Mary Lattimore". Twitter. September 11, 2021.
  3. 1 2 Cantor, Dave (January 6, 2015). "Mary Lattimore on the Harp, Touring and Improvisation". Paste.
  4. ↑ Warren, Bruce (March 9, 2016). "Songs We Love: Mary Lattimore, 'Otis Walks Into The Woods'". NPR Music.
  5. 1 2 3 Simpson, Paul. "Mary Lattimore Biography". AllMusic.
  6. 1 2 Hussey, Allison (February 8, 2017). "Mary Lattimore's Spellbinding Solo Harp Work Offers Intimate Opportunities for Self-Reflection". Indy Week. Archived from the original on March 11, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  7. ↑ Sharp, Elliott (August 28, 2011). "Interview with Harpist Mary Lattimore". The A.V. Club.
  8. ↑ DeLuca, Dan (January 24, 2019). "Mary Lattimore's harp makes all the guitar dudes jealous. But her instrument is also the reason she had to leave Philly". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Desire Path Recordings". Discogs.com. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  10. ↑ Lozano, Kevin (March 7, 2016). "At the Dam Review". Pitchfork.
  11. ↑ Currin, Grayson (May 10, 2018). "Mary Lattimore's 'Hundreds Of Days' Reinvigorates The Imagination". NPR Music.
  12. ↑ Petrusich, Amanda (June 15, 2018). "The Seismic Emotion of Mary Lattimore's Harp Music". The New Yorker.
  13. ↑ "Three Lobed Recordings". Threelobed.com. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
  14. ↑ Greene, Jayson (November 24, 2018). "Meg Baird/Mary Lattimore: Ghost Forests". Pitchfork.
  15. ↑ Alston, Trey (February 5, 2019). "Mary Lattimore and Mac McCaughan Announce New Album New Rain Duets". Pitchfork.
  16. ↑ Helman, Peter (September 5, 2020). "Watch Mary Lattimore Debut Songs From Silver Ladders In A Bandcamp Livestream". Stereogum. Archived from the original on October 2, 2020. Retrieved August 23, 2026.
  17. ↑ Rettig, James (March 14, 2022). "Mary Lattimore – "Love Is The Tune" (Bill Fay Cover)". Stereogum. Archived from the original on March 15, 2022. Retrieved August 23, 2026.
  18. ↑ LaPierre, Megan (August 2, 2023). "Mary Lattimore Announces New Album 'Goodbye, Hotel Arkada,' Shares "And Then He Wrapped His Wings Around Me"". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on October 6, 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2026.
  19. ↑ "Tragic Magic by Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore". Metacritic. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
  20. ↑ "Mary Lattimore Announces 'Collected Pieces II', Unveils Video for New Single". Our Culture. August 25, 2021. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  21. ↑ "album review Other you". Aquariumdrunkard.com. August 26, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2021.

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