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Naimee Coleman
Naimee Coleman (born 8 December 1976) is an Irish singer/songwriter from Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland. Coleman began writing music at the age of 14 and won the 2FM Song Contest in 1994 as a member of a band named the Wilde Oscars. After signing with EMI, she recorded her first solo album, ''Silver Wrists.'' The album was produced by Peter Van Hooke and recorded in Abbey Road Studios. The follow-up, ''Bring Down the Moon'', came 4 years later. On the strength of these records, she toured throughout Europe, the US and as far afield as Japan, where her singles topped airplay charts. While touring, Naimee has shared the stage with and opened up for artists such as Van Morrison, Susanne Vega, Jackson Browne, 10,000 Maniacs, Sinéad O'Connor and Sting. She has written with Howard Jones, Phill Thornally (The Cure), Pam Rose, Maiah Sharpe and Aurora. In 2000, Naimee appeared on Aurora's UK top 5 cover of Duran Duran's " Ordinary World" as a guest vocalist. She provided the vocals for Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dundrum, Dublin
Dundrum (, ''the ridge fort''), originally a town in its own right, is an outer suburb of Dublin, Ireland. The area is located in the postal districts of Dublin 14 and Dublin 16. Dundrum is home to the Dundrum Town Centre, the largest shopping centre in Ireland. History One of the earliest mentions of the area concerns the location of the original St. Nahi's Church in the 8th century on which site today's 18th-century church currently stands. The ancient name for Dundrum is " Taney" which derives from ''Tigh Naithi'' meaning the house or place of Nath Í. Modern archaeological excavations near the church have revealed three enclosures associated with the church, the earliest dating from the 6th century, and one of the finds included an almost complete Flemish Redware jug from the 13th century. The first reference to the placename of Taney occurs in the Charter of St. Laurence O'Toole to Christchurch in 1178 as "half of Rathnahi" and in the following year in a Papal bull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 census it had a population of 1,173,179, while the preliminary results of the 2022 census recorded that County Dublin as a whole had a population of 1,450,701, and that the population of the Greater Dublin Area was over 2 million, or roughly 40% of the Republic of Ireland's total population. A settlement was established in the area by the Gaels during or before the 7th century, followed by the Vikings. As the Kingdom of Dublin grew, it became Ireland's principal settlement by the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest in the British Empire and sixth largest in Western Europe after the Acts of Union in 1800. Following independence in 1922, Dubli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the List of islands of the British Isles, second-largest island of the British Isles, the List of European islands by area, third-largest in Europe, and the List of islands by area, twentieth-largest on Earth. Geopolitically, Ireland is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Ireland), which covers five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. As of 2022, the Irish population analysis, population of the entire island is just over 7 million, with 5.1 million living in the Republic of Ireland and 1.9 million in Northern Ireland, ranking it the List of European islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2FM Song Contest
The 2FM Song Contest, known for sponsorship reasons as The Jacobs/2FM Song Contest or 2fm/Perri Song Contest was an annual song writing competition for young people in Ireland. Created by producer/presenter Kevin Hough, it was run by national broadcaster RTÉ 2fm from 1982 to 2017. Legacy Winners included Naimee Coleman, Elaine Hearty, Laura Izibor, Sarah Packiam, RuthAnne, Dave Geraghty and 2008 Karaoke World Championships runner-up Elaine O'Halloran. Damien Dempsey was once a runner-up in the competition, and other contestants have included 21 Demands (Kodaline). The 2005 winner won €8,000 of musical equipment. Laura Izibor's, winning song "Compatible", received constant airplay Airplay is how frequently a song is being played through broadcasting on radio stations. A song which is being played several times every day (spins) would have a significant amount of airplay. Music which became very popular on jukeboxes, in n ... after she won the competition and RTÉ fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Van Hooke
Peter Van Hooke (born 6 April 1950) is an English rock drummer and producer with over 350 credits to his name. He was the drummer for the English band Mike + The Mechanics (from 1984 to 1995) and also drummed for Van Morrison's band, Headstone, and Ezio. During the 1980s he co-produced (along with Rod Argent) many of Tanita Tikaram's hits. Education and early life Van Hooke grew up in Stanmore, Middlesex, England and attended Mill Hill School. His schoolmate Chaz Jankel (later of the Blockheads) lived close by, and the two formed The Call of The Wild. This band became the Ric Parnell Independence, featuring the son of bandleader Jack Parnell as vocalist. Recording career Van Hooke played drums on Van Morrison's albums from 1978's ''Wavelength'', '' Into the Music'' (1979), ''Common One'' (1980), '' Beautiful Vision'' (1982), '' Inarticulate Speech of the Heart'' (1983), the live album, ''Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast'' recorded in 1983 and released in 1984, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios (formerly EMI Recording Studios) is a recording studio at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, which owned it until Universal Music Group (UMG) took control of part of it in 2013. It is ultimately owned by UMG subsidiary Virgin Records Limited (until 2013 by EMI Records Limited, nowadays known as Parlophone Records and owned by UMG's competitor Warner Music Group). The studio's most notable client was the Beatles, who used the studio – particularly its Studio Two room – as the venue for many of the innovative recording techniques that they adopted throughout the 1960s. In 1976, the studio was renamed from EMI in honour of their final recorded album, '' Abbey Road''. In 2009, Abbey Road came under threat of sale to property developers. In response, the British Government protected the site, granting it English H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordinary World (song)
"Ordinary World" is a song by English rock band Duran Duran, released as the first single from their self-titled album (1993), commonly known as ''The Wedding Album''. The ballad reached 1 on the US ''Billboard'' Mainstream Top 40, the Canadian '' RPM'' Top Singles chart, and the Italian Singles Chart. It also peaked at No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, No. 2 in Iceland and Sweden, and No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was nominated for Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically in May 1994. Lead vocalist Simon Le Bon sang the song with Luciano Pavarotti at a benefit concert for War Child. "Ordinary World" remains one of Duran Duran's most popular songs and in October 2021, was their second-most streamed song in the UK. Background By the early 1990s, Duran Duran's popularity had faded. Their album ''Liberty'' had proved a commercial failure, its two singles failing to make a significant showing on the British or American charts. It was not until Cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cass & Slide
Cass & Slide is an electronic music British production and remix duo of Cass Cutbush and Peter Martin. Cass founded the record label Fire with Lee Burridge in 2000. Cass & Slide released several singles on Fire and its sublabel, Fire 999. These included remixes of songs from the films '' Gladiator'' and ''The Italian Job''. They also released original singles on labels such as Additive Records and EQ rey Since the demise of Fire in 2003, Cass opened the new record label Sabotage Systems. Their track "Perception" was featured on numerous compilation albums including Tiësto's '' In Search of Sunrise 2''. More recently in 2010, it was covered by Markus Schulz to include the vocals of Justine Suissa Justine Simone Freha Suissa (born 21 March 1970) is a British singer-songwriter, the vocalist of trance group OceanLab. Career and collaborations She has collaborated with Armin van Buuren, Markus Schulz and Robbie Rivera, and has continu .... Cass & Slide were featured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurora (electronica Band)
Aurora, also known as Aurora UK, are a British electronic dance music group, consisting of keyboardist/guitarist Sacha Collisson (born 14 November 1970) and fellow keyboardist Simon Greenaway (born 4 July 1969). Discography Albums Singles *" Hear You Calling" (1999) No. 71 UK *"Hear You Calling" (re-issue) (2000) No. 17 UK *" Ordinary World" (2000) No. 5 UK (originally by Duran Duran) *" Dreaming" (2002) No. 24 UK *" The Day It Rained Forever" (2002) No. 29 UK *" If You Could Read My Mind" (2002) (originally by Gordon Lightfoot) *"Sleeping Satellite" (2003) – No. 60 Australia"ARIA Report Issue 697 – June 30, 2003" '' |
Sleeping Satellite
"Sleeping Satellite" is a song by British singer-songwriter Tasmin Archer, released in September 1992 as the first single from her debut album, '' Great Expectations'' (1992). Co-written by Archer, the song received favorable reviews from music critics and became an international hit. It peaked at number-one in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Greece and Israel, and reached the top 20 in 13 other countries as well as number 32 on the US '' Billboard'' Hot 100 in June 1993. There were produced two different music videos to promote the single. Lyrics and music Although "Sleeping Satellite" was first released in 1992, Archer and her co-writers, John Beck and John Hughes, actually wrote and composed the song in the late 1980s. It was only when Archer got a record deal that the song saw the light of day. On the song, John Hughes and Robbie McIntosh played guitar, with John Beck and Paul Wickens playing keyboards. The drummer was Graham Broadhead, whilst Gary Maughan played the Fairl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saucy Monky
Saucy Monky are an indie pop band based in Los Angeles, California. The band is fronted by Dublin-born singer and guitarist Annmarie Cullen (who formerly performed under the pseudonym Ann Marie Montade) and East Coast singer Cynthia Catania. Their rhythm section is Steve Giles (bass) and Megan Jane (drums). The group was formed in 2001. Catania, explaining the origin of the band's name, said, "We were looking around for a name and I had this book by Tina Brown and I think the title was ''Life as a Party'' and there was a phrase in it that had something to do with being a saucy monkey and in reference to life in U.K.." Their debut album ''Celebrity Trash'' was released in 2003 and spawned two hit radio singles in Ireland — "Flicker" and "Don't Wanna Know Your Name". In the summer of 2004 they released a remaking of the Divinyls song "I Touch Myself", which became another hit at Irish radio. The single was followed by their first full-length album, ''Turbulence'', in Sept ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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