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Damhnait Doyle
Damhnait Doyle (; born December 9, 1975) is a Canadian musician, singer and composer. A phonetic spelling of her first name (which is Irish) also serves as the title of her 2003 album. She was a member of Atlantic Canadian band Shaye from 2003–2009 with Kim Stockwood and Tara MacLean (2003–2007). Along with Blake Manning, Stuart Cameron and Peter Fusco, she formed a new band called The Heartbroken which was active since 2009. Career Doyle took singing, guitar and clarinet lessons as a child, and released her debut album, ''Shadows Wake Me'', in 1996. The lead single was "A List of Things", and the album garnered a Juno Award nomination and several East Coast Music Award nominations for Doyle. She toured Canada with Steve Earle in support of his album ''I Feel Alright''. In 2000, Doyle released her follow-up album, ''Hyperdramatic'' which included the single "Tattooed", "Never Too Late", directed by Rob Heydon was nominated for Video of the Year at the East Coast Music Awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labrador City
Labrador City is a town in western Labrador (part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador), near the Quebec border. With a population of 7,412 as of 2021, it is the second-largest population centre in Labrador, behind Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Neighbouring Labrador City is Wabush, a smaller town with a population of approximately 1,964 as of 2021. Together, the "twin towns" are known as Labrador West. In the 1960s, Labrador City was founded to accommodate employees of the Iron Ore Company of Canada, and iron ore mining continues to be the primary industry in the town. The Labrador City town motto is ''Kamistiatusset'', a Naskapi word meaning "land of the hard-working people." The Labrador City town crest is that of a snowy owl holding a scroll atop a black spade on a mound of red earth. The symbol represents iron ore mining. The spade is flanked by two caribou. Both snowy owls and caribou are native to the Labrador City area. Government Belinda Adams was appointed as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Earle
Stephen Fain Earle (; born January 17, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, author, and actor. Earle began his career as a songwriter in Nashville and released his first EP in 1982. Initially working in the country music genre, Earle branched out into multiple genres of rock music, bluegrass, folk music and blues. His breakthrough album was the 1986 debut album '' Guitar Town''; the eponymous lead single peaked at number 7 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country chart. Since then Earle has released 20 more studio albums and received three Grammy awards each for Best Contemporary Folk Album; he has four additional nominations in the same category. "Copperhead Road" was released in 1988 and is his best selling single; it peaked on its initial release at number 10 on the Mainstream Rock chart, and had a 21st century resurgence reaching number 15 on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, buoyed by vigorous online sales. His songs have been recorded by Johnny Cash, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rex Goudie
Rex Goudie (born November 18, 1985) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and was the runner-up of '' Canadian Idol 3''. Early life Rex Goudie was born in Dawson Creek, British Columbia and moved back to his father's hometown of Burlington, Newfoundland, Canada with his family when he was a year old. His mother was born in Baie Verte, Newfoundland to a moderately affluent family. Goudie was studying mechanical engineering at Memorial University of Newfoundland as well as working as an auto mechanic part-time for his father's trucking company before ''Canadian Idol''. He received his first guitar for Christmas 1996 from his grandmother. Musical career Goudie's musical talents began in Sunday school, where he was encouraged by his grandmother Sophia to sing. By the time he turned sixteen, Goudie had formed a band with his friends, The Purple Monkey Bomb Squad, with a new rock/country focus. The band was moderately popular in Burlington, where they played in local bars after having rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Next Generation
Next Generation or Next-Generation may refer to: Publications and literature * ''Next Generation'' (magazine), video game magazine that was made by the now defunct Imagine Media publishing company * Next Generation poets (2004), list of young and middle-aged figures from British poetry Technology Next generation often means a new state of the art: * AMD Next Generation Microarchitecture (other), AMD products * Next Generation Air Transportation System, the Federal Aviation Administration's massive overhaul of the national airspace system * Next Generation Internet (other), various projects intended to drastically increase the speed of the Internet * Next Generation Networking, emerging computer network architectures and technologies * Next-generation lithography, lithography technology slated to replace photolithography beyond the 32 nm node * Next-Generation Secure Computing Base, software architecture designed by Microsoft * NextGen Healthcare Inform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs From Instant Star 4
The television show ''Instant Star'' has produced a series of soundtracks featuring songs from the show, mostly performed by Alexz Johnson, released between 2005 and 2009. The first two albums contain only songs sung by Johnson, but starting from ''Songs from Instant Star 3'', only four songs per album featured her vocals. It was originally planned for all the albums to be entirely performed by Johnson, but legal issues prevented her from doing this for the 3 and 4 soundtracks, as she had signed with Capitol Records and Epic Records. ''Songs from Instant Star'' ''Songs from Instant Star Two'' ''Songs from Instant Star Two'' is the soundtrack album for the second season of the Canadian television show ''Instant Star'', entirely performed by Alexz Johnson. The album was released by the Orange Record Label, produced by Matt Hyde and Dave Ogilvie and executive produced by Stephen Stohn, who also is an executive producer of the television show. Background vocals are performed by Kati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs From Instant Star 3
The television show ''Instant Star'' has produced a series of soundtracks featuring songs from the show, mostly performed by Alexz Johnson, released between 2005 and 2009. The first two albums contain only songs sung by Johnson, but starting from ''Songs from Instant Star 3'', only four songs per album featured her vocals. It was originally planned for all the albums to be entirely performed by Johnson, but legal issues prevented her from doing this for the 3 and 4 soundtracks, as she had signed with Capitol Records and Epic Records. ''Songs from Instant Star'' ''Songs from Instant Star Two'' ''Songs from Instant Star Two'' is the soundtrack album for the second season of the Canadian television show ''Instant Star'', entirely performed by Alexz Johnson. The album was released by the Orange Record Label, produced by Matt Hyde and Dave Ogilvie and executive produced by Stephen Stohn, who also is an executive producer of the television show. Background vocals are performed by Kati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs From Instant Star Two
The television show ''Instant Star'' has produced a series of soundtracks featuring songs from the show, mostly performed by Alexz Johnson, released between 2005 and 2009. The first two albums contain only songs sung by Johnson, but starting from ''Songs from Instant Star 3'', only four songs per album featured her vocals. It was originally planned for all the albums to be entirely performed by Johnson, but legal issues prevented her from doing this for the 3 and 4 soundtracks, as she had signed with Capitol Records and Epic Records. ''Songs from Instant Star'' ''Songs from Instant Star Two'' ''Songs from Instant Star Two'' is the soundtrack album for the second season of the Canadian television show ''Instant Star'', entirely performed by Alexz Johnson. The album was released by the Orange Record Label, produced by Matt Hyde and Dave Ogilvie and executive produced by Stephen Stohn, who also is an executive producer of the television show. Background vocals are performed by Kati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs From Instant Star
''Songs from Instant Star'' is the soundtrack for the first season of the television series ''Instant Star''. The entire album is performed by Alexz Johnson, who portrays the show's protagonist Jude Harrison. Throughout the run of the show, it’s official soundtracks coincide with Johnson's character's own fictional albums as she consistently works on her music during the storylines of each episode. Jude Harrison's debut album in the first season was self-titled, ''Jude Harrison''. Some original songs from the first season of ''Instant Star'' that were not featured on the soundtrack include, but are not limited to; the song "Frozen" co-written and performed by both Johnson and Joel Feeney in the show. The song "Shatter Me", co-written and performed by Johnson that can be heard in an episode, was also never released but years later, leaked in full online. In addition, the show featured many other songs throughout the season that were or were not original to the show and were th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexz Johnson
Alexzandra Spencer Johnson (born November 4, 1986) is a Canadian musician, actress, and philanthropist. Her debut album ''Voodoo'' was independently released with her brother Brendan Johnson in 2010, followed by the demo release of ''The Basement Recordings'' in 2011, with its sequel, ''The Basement Recordings II'', and EP ''Skipping Stone'' in 2012. ''The Basement Recordings III'' was released in 2013. A follow-up extended play ''Heart'' followed in 2014; with her sophomore effort ''Let 'Em Eat Cake'' being released October of that year. Johnson's third studio album ''A Stranger Time'' was released in 2017 and her fourth, ''Still Alive'', in 2020. She is best known for her roles as Jude Harrison in the CTV series ''Instant Star'', as Annie Thelen in the Disney Channel series ''So Weird'', and as Erin Ulmer in the 2006 horror film '' Final Destination 3''. Johnson made history as the first actress to play the iconic superheroine Saturn Girl from DC Comics popular gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas In Kabul
''Christmas in Kabul'' is a CBC Christmas special about comedian Rick Mercer going to Afghanistan to bring Christmas cheer to the Canadian troops stationed outside Kabul. Music stars Damhnait Doyle, Kevin Fox and Tom Cochrane accompanied Mercer to Camp Julien Camp Julien was the main base for the Canadian contingent of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan. The camp was named after Lance Corporal George Patrick Julien, a Canadian Army soldier who was awarded the Mi ..., where many of the troops live in large tents. It originally aired December 21, 2003, on CBC. External links * 2003 television films 2003 films Christmas television specials Kabul Canadian television specials Canadian comedy films Documentary films about the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Afghanistan–Canada relations Canadian documentary television films 2000s Canadian films {{documentary-tv-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Athena
Operation Athena was the Canadian Forces' contribution to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. The operation was divided in two phases: the first one took place from July 2003 to July 2005 in the Kabul region and the second one from August 2005 to December 2011 in the Kandahar area. The operation's main objective was to improve Afghanistan's security and governance. Operation Athena in Kandahar constituted the longest combat mission in the history of Canadian Forces. With over 40,000 Canadian military units that, at some point, entered the country—often several times—this operation constitutes the largest military deployment of the Canadian Forces since World War II.Lee Berthiaume, End of Afghan mission leaves vets grappling with their return to Canada', National Post, February 27th, 2012, Page consulted on October 8th, 2012 Context Following the terrorist attacks on 9/11 in New York City, the United States started a military campaign against the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran border, west, Turkmenistan to the Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border, northwest, Uzbekistan to the Afghanistan–Uzbekistan border, north, Tajikistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, northeast, and China to the Afghanistan–China border, northeast and east. Occupying of land, the country is predominantly mountainous with plains Afghan Turkestan, in the north and Sistan Basin, the southwest, which are separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. , Demographics of Afghanistan, its population is 40.2 million (officially estimated to be 32.9 million), composed mostly of ethnic Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and Uzbeks. Kabul is the country's largest city and ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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