# Sloan Wainwright

Sloan Wainwright (born 1957) is an American artist and member of the American independent music scene. Her musical style consists of a combination of folk, rock, jazz, and blues; which she developed while writing and performing in the Greenwich Village area of New York City. She released 11 albums between 1996 and 2021.

## Life and career

Sloan Wainwright is the daughter of Loudon Wainwright Jr. and Martha Taylor. She is the younger sister of Loudon Wainwright III, and aunt to Canadian-American musicians Martha Wainwright and Rufus Wainwright, and American musician Lucy Wainwright Roche.
She was married to George McTavey who died in December 2008 after a long illness. They had two sons, Sam and Gabe McTavey.
As a performer, Wainwright is known for her contralto voice. Her musical style combines pop, folk, jazz, and blues. Born into a musical family, her teenage years were influenced by a constant flow of diverse artists, writers and musicians. She developed her songwriting style while writing and performing in the Greenwich Village scene,
In the mid-1990s, Sloan began a collaboration with guitarist Stephen Murphy. They assembled a band, and Sloan released a self-titled debut CD in 1996, 'Sloan Wainwright'. The Sloan Wainwright Band followed with a second release in 1998, a tribute in memory of Wainwright's mother Martha, entitled 'From Where You Are.' The third band release in early 2001,The Song Inside, merged traditionally-based folk music with more eccentric variations. In 2003 she released Cool Morning, featuring her rendition of U2's "Where The Streets Have No Name".

## Discography
   ### Red Maple Tree (2021)"Two Sticks"

* "When I Have Nothing"
* "Red Maple Tree"
* "In Time Like These"
* "Spirit of Love"
* "Still Life"
* "Here You Are"
* "The Keeper"
* "In This House Two Heartbeats"
* "Loves Last Touch"
* "We Are The People"
* "Help Each Other Through"
* "The Gift You Gave to Love"
* "Hard Candy"

### Bright Side Of A Rainy Day (2016)

* "If You Want To Be Happy"
* "Bright Side Of A Rainy Day"
* "Myles And Miles"
* "Grace"
* "My Hometown"
* "Thinking Outside The Box"
* "From This Day On"
* "I Got Your Back"
* "This I Know"
* "Lonely For You"

### Uncovering (2015)

* "Dear George"
* "Something So Right"
* "Dreams Don't Count"
* "Wedding Bell Blues"
* "Truth Turns Like A Wheel"
* "Conversation"
* "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
* "Ain't No Grave"
* "On A Night Like This"
* "This Isn't Kindness"
* "My Door Is Always Open To You

### Upside Down & Under My Heart (2011)

* "Living Out the Best of Your Life"
* "Upside Down & Under My Heart"
* "Here I Am"
* "I Can See Now"
* "Today"
* "My Song"
* "I Wear the Ring"
* "Holland"
* "Little Bit Right"
* "I Am Free"

### Rediscovery (2008)

* "Time of No Reply"
* "Ring of Fire"
* "After the Gold Rush"
* "Meet Me in the Morning"
* "All Things Must Pass"
* "Mercy Me (The Ecology)"
* "There But for Fortune"
* "Every Grain of Sand"
* "Love"
* "Sitting Here in Limbo"

### Life Grows Back (2006)

* "When I Walk Away"
* "Tired of Wasting Time"
* "Between the Lines"
* "Wild in This World"
* "Bad for Her"
* "These Are the Days"
* "The Baby and the Bathwater"
* "Meet the Sun Halfway"
* "Out of Her Hands"
* "Viking Tree"
* "Something That Comes Close"

### On a Night Before Christmas (Live, 2005)

* "Illuminate"
* "2000 Miles"
* "River"
* "Blue Christmas"
* "How Beautiful Are the Feet"
* "Thank God It's Christmas"
* "Silver Bells"
* "O Come, O Come Emmanuel"
* "We Three Guitarists"
* "A Soalin'"
* "Search the Sky"
* "Christmas Is the Time to Say I Love You"
* "Silent Night"

### Cool Morning (2003)

* "Cool Morning"
* "Word of the Day"
* "Good Day to Live"
* "Illinois"
* "Where the Streets Have No Name"
* "Illuminate"
* "I Spied You"
* "Ready or Not"
* "From Where You Are"
* "Summertime"

### The Song Inside (2001)

* "Too Nice for Too Long"
* "You Are the Feast"
* "Wavelength"
* "Bridgeburner"
* "Falling Backwards"
* "The Song Inside"
* "Less Is More"
* "Fall with Me"
* "Freedom"
* "Martha"
* "Steven Leif"
* "I Stand Up"
* "Unseen Guide"

### From Where You Are (1998)

* "Mountain of Sense"
* "I Eye the Lady"
* "Psycho Pondering"
* "Don't Go"
* "Here Comes the Rain"
* "For My Pride"
* "My New Car"
* "Lament"
* "I Guess I Can"
* "Unravel"
* "Across the Universe"
* "From Where You Are"

### Sloan Wainwright (1996)

* "Hey Girl"
* "Unseen Guide"
* "Box of Rain"
* "Steal My Thunder"
* "Poison Television"
* "On a Windy Day (Baretrees)"
* "Daddy's Water"
* "Without"
* "Arms Length"
* "Our Love"
* "Stand"
* "I'm Only Listening"