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Ben Howard
Benjamin John Howard (born 24 April 1987) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and composer. His self-released debut EP ''Games in the Dark'' (2008) was followed by two more EPs, '' These Waters'' (2009) and '' Old Pine'' (2010). Signed to Island Records, his debut studio album came in 2011 titled ''Every Kingdom''. The album reached number four on the UK Albums Chart and was certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Howard later released two more EPs, ''Ben Howard Live'' (2011) and '' The Burgh Island E.P.'' (2012). At the 2013 Brit Awards ceremony he received two awards: British Male Solo Artist, and British Breakthrough Act. He performed at 2013 Glastonbury festival on the Pyramid Stage on Saturday 29 June. He released his second studio album, ''I Forget Where We Were'', in October 2014, peaking at number one on the UK Albums Chart. As of 2017, he is a member of the band A Blaze of Feather with India Bourne, Mickey Smith, Nat Wason, Rich Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Forget Where We Were
''I Forget Where We Were'' is the second album by British singer-songwriter Ben Howard, released on 20 October 2014. Critical reception The album was met with positive reviews from music critics. On Metacritic Metacritic is a website that review aggregator, aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted arithmetic mean, weighted average). M ..., which assigns a rating out of 100, the album was scored a 77, which indicates generally favourable reviews. Accolades Track listing All tracks are written by Ben Howard. Charts and certifications Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications References {{Authority control 2014 albums Ben Howard albums Island Records albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fair
A fair (archaic: faire or fayre) is a gathering of people for a variety of entertainment or commercial activities. Fairs are typically temporary with scheduled times lasting from an afternoon to several weeks. Types Variations of fairs include: * Art fairs, including art exhibitions and arts festivals * County fair (USA) or county show (UK), a public agricultural show exhibiting the equipment, animals, sports and recreation associated with agriculture and animal husbandry. * Festival, an event ordinarily coordinated with a theme e.g. music, art, season, tradition, history, ethnicity, religion, or a national holiday. * Health fair, an event designed for outreach to provide basic preventive medicine and medical screening * Historical reenactments, including Renaissance fairs and Dickens fairs * Horse fair, an event where people buy and sell horses. * Job fair, event in which employers, recruiters, and schools give information to potential employees. * Regional or state fair, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Pine (EP)
''Old Pine'' is an EP by British singer-songwriter Ben Howard. It was released on 2 April 2011 as a digital download, on CD and LP. The songs on the EP were written by Howard and produced by Chris Bond. The cover art was designed by Owen Tozer, based on photography by Roddy Bow. A promotional single was released for the EP with the same cover art, but with a different colour disc and containing only the song " Old Pine". Music video A music video for " Old Pine" was released on YouTube on 7 April 2011 to accompany the release of the ''Old Pine EP'' with a total length of five minutes and twenty-seven seconds. The video is also included on the deluxe edition of the studio album ''Every Kingdom''. Track listing The music video version of the song " Old Pine" is included on the studio album ''Every Kingdom ''Every Kingdom'' is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter Ben Howard. It was released in the United Kingdom on 30 September 2011 as a digital download, CD, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joni Mitchell
Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell ( Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian-American musician, producer, and painter. Among the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitchell became known for her starkly personal lyrics and unconventional compositions, which grew to incorporate pop music, pop and jazz music, jazz influences. She has received many accolades, including ten Grammy Awards and induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. ''Rolling Stone'' called her "one of the greatest songwriters ever", and AllMusic has stated, "When the dust settles, Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century". Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and throughout western Canada, before moving on to the nightclubs of Toronto, Ontario. She moved to the United States and began touring in 1965. Some of her original songs ("Urge for Going", "Chelsea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Morrison
Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945), known professionally as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose recording career spans seven decades. He has won two Grammy Awards. As a teenager in the late 1950s, he played a variety of instruments such as guitar, harmonica, keyboards and saxophone for several Irish showbands, covering the popular hits of that time. Known as "Van the Man" to his fans, Morrison rose to prominence in the mid 1960s as the lead singer of the Northern Irish R&B and rock band Them. With Them, he recorded the garage band classic " Gloria". Under the pop-oriented guidance of Bert Berns, Morrison's solo career began in 1967 with the release of the hit single "Brown Eyed Girl". After Berns's death, Warner Bros. Records bought out Morrison's contract and allowed him three sessions to record ''Astral Weeks'' (1968). While initially a poor seller, the album has become regarded as a classic. ''Moondance'' (1970) e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Martyn
Iain David McGeachy (11 September 1948 – 29 January 2009), known professionally as John Martyn, was a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a 40-year career, he released 23 studio albums, and received frequent critical acclaim. ''The Times'' described him as "an electrifying guitarist and singer whose music blurred the boundaries between folk, jazz, rock and blues".Obituary: "John Martyn: guitarist and singer" ''The Times'', 30 January 2009, pg. 75. Martyn began his career at age 17 as a key member of the British scene, drawing inspiration from American |
Totnes
Totnes ( or ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is about west of Paignton, about west-southwest of Torquay and about east-northeast of Plymouth. It is the administrative centre of the South Hams District Council. Totnes has a long recorded history, dating back to 907, when its first castle was built. By the twelfth century it was already an important market town, and its former wealth and importance may be seen from the number of merchants' houses built in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Today, the town has a sizeable alternative and "New Age" community, and is known as a place where one can live a Bohemianism, bohemian lifestyle. Two electoral wards mention ''Totnes'' (Bridgetown and Town). Their combined populations at the 2011 UK Census was 8,076. History Ancient and medieval history According to the ''Histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collections From The Whiteout
''Collections from the Whiteout'' is the fourth studio album by British singer-songwriter Ben Howard, released on 26 March 2021. Singles The lead single from the album, "What a Day", premiered on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show on 26 January 2021. A second single "Crowhurst's Meme" was released 2 February 2021. The third and fourth singles, "Far Out" and "Follies Fixture" were released on 26 February 2021. The fifth single, "Sorry Kid" premiered on Annie Mac’s show on 22 March 2021. Critical reception The album was met with positive reviews from music critics. On Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100, the album was scored a 69, which indicates generally favourable reviews. Commercial performance ''Collections from the Whiteout'' spent its first week of release at number one on the UK Albums Chart (with first-week sales of 15,621 copies, including 1,759 from sales-equivalent streams). Unusually for a number one album, it recorded no other weeks in the chart. Track listi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noonday Dream
''Noonday Dream'' is the third album by British singer-songwriter Ben Howard, released on 1 June 2018. Critical reception "Noonday Dream" has received generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 80 based on 11 reviews. Accolades Commercial Performance Noonday Dream has sold 42,207 copies in the UK, as of March 2021. Track listing All tracks are written by Ben Howard, except where noted. Personnel Credits adapted from AllMusic. Musicians * Ben Howard – primary artist, guitar, producer * India Bourne – cello, piano * Kyle Keegan – drums * Mickey Smith – guitar * Richard Thomas – guitar * Gillian Maguire – viola * Agatha Lintott – backing vocals * Owain Davies – backing vocals Production * John Cornfield John Richard Cornfield (born 10 December 1958 in Epsom, Surrey) is a British record producer and sound engineer. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival (formally Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and known colloquially as Glasto) is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts that takes place in Pilton, Somerset, England. In addition to contemporary music, the festival hosts dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret, and other arts. Leading pop and rock artists have headlined, alongside thousands of others appearing on smaller stages and performance areas. Films and albums have been recorded at the festival, and it receives extensive television and newspaper coverage. Glastonbury is attended by around 200,000 people, thus requiring extensive security, transport, water, and electricity-supply infrastructure. While the number of attendees is sometimes swollen by gatecrashers, a record of 300,000 people was set at the 1994 festival, headlined by the Levellers who performed on The Pyramid Stage. Most festival staff are volunteers, helping the festival to raise millions of pounds for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Brit Awards
Brit Awards 2013 was held on 20 February 2013. This was the 33rd edition of the British Phonographic Industry's annual Brit Awards. The awards ceremony was held at The O2 Arena in London, and was presented for the third time in three years by James Corden. Leading the nominations were Mumford & Sons and Emeli Sandé with four nominations each, but Sandé and Ben Howard ended up as the most successful winners, with two awards each. The statue for 2013 was designed by Damien Hirst. Coverage on ITV attracted more than 6.5 million viewers, with a peak of 7.5 million, the biggest audience for the awards in ten years. Performances Winners and nominees The nominations were announced on 10 January 2013 during the 2013 BRIT Awards Launch at the Savoy Hotel in London. The event was hosted by Nick Grimshaw Multiple nominations and awards References External linksBrit Awards 2013 at Brits.co.uk* {{Brit Awards Brit Awards Brit Awards BRIT awards Brit Brit Brit Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Burgh Island EP
''The Burgh Island E.P.'' is an EP by British singer-songwriter Ben Howard. It was released on 31 October 2012 as a digital download, on CD and on 12" EP. The songs on the EP were written by Howard and produced by Chris Bond. The cover art was designed by Owen Tozer. The 12" EP release was limited to 1000 copies, and is a single-sided vinyl disc; the EP included a voucher for the digital download. The CD was not sold, but issued for promotion only. The song "Oats in the Water" was used in the fifth episode of Season 4 of '' The Walking Dead'' television series. It was also used in the Launch Trailer for the video game "The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt". Moreover, it was used in the sixth episode of ''The Innocents'' television series. Music video To accompany the release of the EP, a music video for "Esmerelda" was released on YouTube YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, Californi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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