To: Frenzied Fans
From: Entertainment Muse
Date: Deep Into It
Subject: Passion For Literature

Alison Sudol is known professionally as A Fine Frenzy, an American alternative singer and songwriter and pianist. She grew up listening to a wide range of music, including Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, and swing.

Sudol had a passion for literature, and immersed herself in the works of C. S. Lewis, E.B. White, Lewis Carroll, Anthony Trollope and Charles Dickens. Her artist name, "A Fine Frenzy", is taken from a verse in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (Theseus, Act 5, Scene 1 - "The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven"). She became an author in her own right, and after teaching herself to play the piano, began putting her creative energy into writing songs.

The short demo she sent out received attention from EMI's Jason Flom, who signed her after visiting her house and listening to her play.

Sudol's sophomore album, Bomb in a Birdcage was released September 8, 2009.

Sudol has often referred to the literary influences on her music. More recently she has disclosed that she is also pursuing a secondary career as a writer. In an interview she said she was writing a children's story in the "Narnia" tradition, a fantasy featuring animals.

Listen to tracks at a Fine Frenzy

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