{"artistName":"Deb Talan","artistId":90480,"artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/228/228e0d074747c5a8ffcfd5df3951354f_xl.jpg","srcset":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/228/228e0d074747c5a8ffcfd5df3951354f_sm.jpg 50w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/228/228e0d074747c5a8ffcfd5df3951354f_md.jpg 80w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/228/228e0d074747c5a8ffcfd5df3951354f_lg.jpg 200w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/228/228e0d074747c5a8ffcfd5df3951354f_xl.jpg 340w","artistBio":"\u003cp\u003eDeborah Ruth \"Deb\" Talan (born January 27, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for being in the folk-pop duo The Weepies. Born in suburban Massachusetts outside of Boston, Talan attended Brown University, where she was a member of the Chattertocks, Brown's oldest all-female a cappella group, before moving to Oregon, where she was a member of Hummingfish, a Portland band, for six years.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTalan's recurring lyrical motifs include celestial objects, birds, nature, and various historical figures (e.g., Marc Chagall in \"Painting By Chagall,\" Amelia Earhart in \"Thinking Amelia,\" and Vincent van Gogh in \"Vincent\").\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Lethem’s novel Motherless Brooklyn inspired Deb Talan to write \"Tell Your Story Walking\". This song appears on the 2002 album Songs Inspired by Literature (Chapter One), a benefit of the organization Artists for Literacy. \"Tell Your Story Walking\" was the winner of Artists for Literacy’s 2002 songwriting contest.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to The Weepies' albums, Talan and Tannen collaborated with singer/actress Mandy Moore on her 2007 album Wild Hope. Together, they wrote and recorded five songs with Mandy — the single \"Extraordinary,\" the title track \"Wild Hope,\" \"All Good Things,\" \"Few Days Down\" and \"Looking Forward to Looking Back.\"\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Forgiven\" played over the closing credits of the 2001 movie Lovely \u0026amp; Amazing.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Deb+Talan","playStationPath":"/stations/272447288/play","stationId":272447288,"bioPath":"/music/Deb+Talan/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Sydney+Wayser","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/1f3/1f3a58c7d658c8ce91bc64881297052a_md.jpg","artistName":"Sydney Wayser","artistId":122755,"station_id":283793138},{"musicPath":"/music/Emm+Gryner","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/06f/06fc9c15781c32d072760faa2626fbd9_md.jpg","artistName":"Emm Gryner","artistId":65417,"station_id":263893968},{"musicPath":"/music/Shannon+Stephens","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/130/130f7aebb1d390f2a428e0b96ddc0406_md.jpg","artistName":"Shannon Stephens","artistId":114805,"station_id":282865330},{"musicPath":"/music/Rachel+Ries","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/cf3/cf31f08a92d88a4925b69919e5ca5a9e_md.jpg","artistName":"Rachel Ries","artistId":113007,"station_id":282360883},{"musicPath":"/music/Linda+Thompson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/30d/30de2ecd8cfb29e2b4d0898f0c3431a8_md.jpg","artistName":"Linda Thompson","artistId":120095,"station_id":283329545},{"musicPath":"/music/Dave+Carter+Tracy+Grammer","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c8f/c8f220eedb523f09aaf8d834f2b6ac41_md.jpg","artistName":"Dave Carter \u0026 Tracy Grammer","artistId":111614,"station_id":282283672},{"musicPath":"/music/Bonnie+Somerville","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0ce/0ce259d15ba57e986980919cad6009bb_md.jpg","artistName":"Bonnie Somerville","artistId":7640,"station_id":113506223},{"musicPath":"/music/Natalia+Zukerman","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/eeb/eebe14db48fd6a7cf799017a0de23be1_md.jpg","artistName":"Natalia Zukerman","artistId":118530,"station_id":283253998},{"musicPath":"/music/Holly+Conlan","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/965/965a50dadea001986de6b7696fbd4e91_md.jpg","artistName":"Holly Conlan","artistId":11648,"station_id":114508495},{"musicPath":"/music/Lex+Land","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/fbc/fbc87c5c8792e54d52955ba1fb00306b_md.jpg","artistName":"Lex Land","artistId":129259,"station_id":284994179},{"musicPath":"/music/Alina+Simone","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/45e/45e7d04ab4b6fb6ebf507a6560078b8b_md.jpg","artistName":"Alina Simone","artistId":112739,"station_id":282360775},{"musicPath":"/music/Redbird","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/12f/12f1902673fdc3d071f51e971f65930e_md.jpg","artistName":"Redbird","artistId":108201,"station_id":281862841},{"musicPath":"/music/Doria+Roberts","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/176/1765faeb34d2f0712b18cb95fa38fb65_md.jpg","artistName":"Doria Roberts","artistId":104048,"station_id":280822886},{"musicPath":"/music/David+Berkeley","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/54c/54c88a5014e33b6adc7cc06553d9c988_md.jpg","artistName":"David Berkeley","artistId":103407,"station_id":280596220},{"musicPath":"/music/Corrina+Repp","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f35/f356ef3af1d40d35f91fb0c71d5be1b2_md.jpg","artistName":"Corrina Repp","artistId":109302,"station_id":281864166},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Duhks","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ac3/ac36fa13e2fc1f7807eea8699df2d215_md.jpg","artistName":"The Duhks","artistId":12668,"station_id":113729751},{"musicPath":"/music/Chris+Bathgate","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6f3/6f36bbcebff3d51823cef9c5ae8b6221_md.jpg","artistName":"Chris Bathgate","artistId":109045,"station_id":281863525},{"musicPath":"/music/Megan+Slankard","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0ad/0ad5e83535fbe920dd0926279b3d901c_md.jpg","artistName":"Megan Slankard","artistId":119488,"station_id":283329093}]}