Career
Her musical style consists of a combination of folk, rock, jazz, and blues, an approach which owes itself to her time writing and performing throughout Greenwich Village. They have two sons, Sam and Gabe McTavey. Sloan is a performer best known for her rich contralto voice and personal lyrics.
Her musical style combines popular, folk, jazz, and blues.
Writing and performing, throughout the Greenwich Village scene, Sloan developed her songwriting style. In the mid 1990s, Sloan began to collaborate with guitarist Stephen Murphy.
They assembled a band and Sloan released a self-titled debut Civil Defense in 1996, "Sloan Wainwright". The Sloan Wainwright Band followed with a second release in 1998, a tribute in memory of her mother Martha entitled "From Where You Are." The third band release—in early 2001,The Song Inside, merges traditionally based folk music and more eccentric variations.
After that, she released Cool Morning, featuring her rendition of U2"s "Where The Streets Have Number Name.".
