Aug/25/08
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Monday Exposure: Emily Ritz/Honeybody Moonbee

Honeybody Moonbee – Cough Syrup (MP3)
Honeybody Moonbee – Suction Cups (MP3) via MySpace

I’ve spent far too long trying to work out whether Emily ‘Honeybody Moonbee’ Ritz is the same Emily Ritz as the Emily Ritz who is the uke playing daughter of Lyle Ritz. I’m pretty sure she’s not, but if you’ve got better information I’m all ears. Whoever she is, she certainly knows how to write a captivating song.

Certainly, if there’s any Lyle Ritz influence on this music, it’s buried pretty deep. Honeybody Moonbee’s music is packed with low-fi ukulele riffs and freak folk vocals. Those vocals might make her a love her or hate her act. Personally, I love her.

Download more songs on her MySpace and listen to a pile more songs here.

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  1. LonnaB August 26th, 2008 12:39 pm

    I love her, too. Nice find.

  2. Woodshed August 27th, 2008 8:27 pm

    I hope she puts something out soon. Judging by those live recordings, she’s got more than enough material.

  3. LonnaB August 28th, 2008 5:55 pm

    She does have plenty of solid material. She certainly taps into that Billie Holiday haunting sound- which I think works so well with the ukulele. I was checking out some of her lyrics on the myspace, too. Nice to hear something out of the ordinary.

    We’ll have to keep our eyes out for a recording.

    Or, we could move to San Francisco and check her out for ourselves.

  4. girl November 22nd, 2008 5:09 pm

    she reminds me a lot of bianca and sierra cassidy of cocorosie. i definitely think she drew some influence from their set and cooked something up of her own. beautiful.

  5. emily ritz May 12th, 2009 10:22 pm

    hey i googled myself and found this…pretty cool. i just came out with an EP that you can get for 6 bucks at cdbaby.com/cd/honeybodymoonbee. hope you like it! thanks for the support-

    e

  6. Woodshed May 13th, 2009 6:56 am

    Emily: You’re welcome. Just bought your EP.

  7. L August 28th, 2009 12:48 pm

    read more about her on the examiner!

    http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-20839-Exploring-San-Francisco-Examiner~y2009m8d27-Sweet-Honeycomb?#comments

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