Sam Phil Lambert

Leslie Ann Phil Lambert (Glendale (California), 28 January 1962), better known as Sam Phil Lambert, is an American singer-songwriter.

Phil lips starting to write songs at an early age. In 1984 she Debuts under her own name on a relipop label with Beyond Saturday Night. Only after they make a plate with the appropriate title in 1987 The Turning she continues under the name Sam, a nickname she had as a child, and takes them away from her old work and old label. The Turning, later re-released under its ' new ' name, is produced by t-Bone Burnett, who helps her to a contract with Virgin and with whom she then continues to work. Not only on artistic area, click a few years later they married.

Phil Lambert leave the Christian music world, that they are experiencing, as stifling a big step that many people do not understand. [source? ] In 1988 The Indiscribable Wowappears and Cruel Inventions is released three years later. Although God still plays a role in her texts, she focuses now to a wider audience. Cruel Inventions is referred to by a critic, for example, recommended to fans of Natalie Merchant, r.e.m. and Elvis Costello, who made a guest appearance does.

When in 1994 Martinis & Bikinis appears, as far as her star is raised that she is nominated for a Grammy Award. Burnett is producer, co-author of two numbers and, together with among others Colin Moulding (XTC) part of the backing band. Cory fairies as Peter Buck, Van Dyke Parks, Marc Ribot and Larry Taylor contribute.

Phil Lambert is also inspired by the work of others. So it is not difficult to designate Beatles-influences, if only because of a title like Strawberry Road and a cover of the song Lennon- Gimme Some Truth.

In 2005, Phil Landis the album A Boot and a Shoe, a dreamy mostly acoustic album, with mysterious texts. The music of Phil Lambert is in addition used in the American television series Gilmore Girls.