Information about Maria Maria Lithell is a singer and songwriter from Stockholm,
Sweden. As a child she was put through classical music school which
led her to start off her musical course as a classical singer. For
twelve years she has worked as a member of the Royal Opera Choir
in Stockholm. Her urge to write and sing her own music, however,
made her give up her classical career and start working in her own
recording studio. Her lyrics are often poetic and philosophical
in their character. Although she has a powerful voice it shows no
signs of her classical background. Only her arrangements with bassoon,
cello, violin apart from bass, guitar and drums gives the listener
an idea of her influences which also are the singer-song-writer
tradition and electronica. Inspiring artists are P J Harvey, Tori
Amos and Björk. |