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Mary Fahl
Biography
Blessed with a magnificent range, Mary Fahl is an expressive, emotional singer/songwriter who is best known for the three years she spent with the October Project. Unlike some of the female singer/songwriters who were popular in the 1990s, Fahl has never gone for a waifish, girlish approach à la Suzanne Vega, Natalie Imbruglia, or Jewel -- her soaring vocals have always been big, robust, and full-bodied. In fact, Fahl has been quoted as saying that she likes female vocalists to sound like women instead of girls. Fahl, whose influences range from Judy Collins and Joni Mitchell to Sandy Denny, was raised in Rockland County, NY, and still lives in the northeastern United States. After graduating from high school, she studied medieval literature at McGill University and considering pursuing a career as an actress. But she ended up deciding that music, not acting, should be her focus. It was in the early '90s that Fahl became the lead singer for the October Project, an East Coast folk-rock/adult alternative outfit that recorded two poetic albums for Epic: its self-titled debut album of 1993 (which Peter Collins produced) and its 1995 sophomore effort, Falling Farther In. While the band wasn't huge, it did acquire a small but very enthusiastic following.
Selected Discography