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Peter Himmelman

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Minnesota native Peter Himmelman was the leader of a pop/rock quintet called <a href="spotify:artist:6owA39PfAdrefYmceHzkJo">Sussman Lawrence</a> that made two independent albums in the early '80s and earned him comparisons to such new wave singer/songwriters as <a href="spotify:artist:2BGRfQgtzikz1pzAD0kaEn">Elvis Costello</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6KOqPxwfNAmZPkiCnDE9yT">Joe Jackson</a>. The group became Himmelman's backup band for the release of his debut album, This Father's Day (1986), which earned him a contract with <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Island+Records%22">Island Records</a>. He followed with Gematria (1987), Synesthesia (1989), and From Strength to Strength (1991). By the last release, he had moved to <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Epic+Records%22">Epic Records</a>, releasing 1992's Flown This Acid World and 1994's Skin. Stage Diving appeared on the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Plump%22">Plump</a> label in 1996. The following year, he released the children's album My Best Friend Is a Salamander on the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Baby+Boom%22">Baby Boom</a> label. Later that year, Himmelman signed with the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Six+Degrees%22">Six Degrees</a> subdivision of <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Island+Records%22">Island Records</a>. His first album for the label was Love Thinketh No Evil, released in spring 1998. More children's recordings followed, as did 2004's Unstoppable Forces on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Majestic%22">Majestic</a>. In 2005 he delivered the raw and bluesy Imperfect World, followed by his first anthology, Mission of My Soul: The Best of Peter Himmelman. The children's album My Green Kite appeared in 2007 from <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Rounder+Records%22">Rounder Records</a>. A new album, The Pigeons Couldn't Sleep, was released in 2007, followed by My Trampoline and The Mystery and the Hum in 2009 and 2010, respectively. ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi

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