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Paul Buchanan
Paul Gerard Buchanan (born 16 April 1956), is a Scottish, Glasgow-based, songwriter and musician, known for critically acclaimed compositions both as a co-founder of the Blue Nile and for his solo material. Buchanan was the writer of the Blue Nile's album '' Hats'', which was identified by '' The Herald'' newspaper as Scotland's favourite album of all time, in 2018. Early life and education He was born as Paul Gerard Buchanan on 16 April 1956, in Edinburgh. He was the first born of four children to civil servant John "Jack" Buchanan and Jesse Maria Buchanan (née Murray). His father worked at the Department of Trade and Industry. After his birth, the family moved to the Glasgow suburb town of Bishopbriggs. Buchanan attended St. Matthews Primary School, then St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch, before studying literature and medieval history at the University of Glasgow, leaving with a post-graduate qualification. Career After university, Buchanan worked as teacher, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth. Edinburgh is Scotland's List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, second-most populous city, after Glasgow, and the List of cities in the United Kingdom, seventh-most populous city in the United Kingdom. Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the Courts of Scotland, highest courts in Scotland. The city's Holyrood Palace, Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British monarchy in Scotland. The city has long been a centre of education, particularly in the fields of medicine, Scots law, Scottish law, literature, philosophy, the sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Independent
The ''Irish Independent'' is an Irish daily newspaper and online publication which is owned by Independent News & Media (INM), a subsidiary of Mediahuis. The newspaper version often includes glossy magazines. Traditionally a broadsheet newspaper, it introduced an additional compact size in 2004. Further, in December 2012 (following billionaire Denis O'Brien's takeover) it was announced that the newspaper would become compact only. History Murphy and family (1905–1973) The ''Irish Independent'' was formed in 1905 as the direct successor to ''The Irish Daily Independent and Daily Nation'', an 1890s' pro-Parnellite newspaper. It was launched by William Martin Murphy, a controversial Irish nationalist businessman, staunch anti-Parnellite and fellow townsman of Parnell's most venomous opponent, Timothy Michael Healy from Bantry. The first issue of the ''Irish Independent'', published 2 January 1905, was marked as "Vol. 14. No. 1". During the 1913 Lockout of workers, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Of Scotland
Scotland is internationally known for its traditional music, which remained vibrant throughout the 20th century and into the 21st, when many traditional forms worldwide lost popularity to pop music. In spite of emigration and a well-developed connection to music imported from the rest of Europe and the United States, the music of Scotland has kept many of its traditional aspects; indeed, it has itself influenced many forms of music. Many outsiders associate Scottish folk music almost entirely with the Great Highland Bagpipe, which has long played an important part in Scottish music. Although this particular form of bagpipe developed exclusively in Scotland, it is not the only Scottish bagpipe. The earliest mention of bagpipes in Scotland dates to the 15th century although they are believed to have been introduced to Britain by the Roman armies. The ''pìob mhór'', or Great Highland Bagpipe, was originally associated with both hereditary piping families and professional pipers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Scottish Musicians
This list of notable Scottish musicians is part of the List of Scots series. Please see List of Scots#Composers for classical writers. 0–9 * 18 Wheeler, band *1990s, indie rock band A * John Abell, countertenor, composer and lutenist * Aberfeldy, pop band *AC Acoustics *Stuart Adamson, Tattoo, The Skids, Big Country, and The Raphaels *Admiral Fallow, indie folk band * Adopted as Holograph, band * Adventures in Stereo, band *Aereogramme, rock band * Aerial, power-pop band * Pete Agnew, bassist and backing vocalist for Nazareth * Akala rapper, Scottish mother * Alestorm, pirate metal band * Albannach, band * John Alford * The Aliens, offshoot of the Beta Band * Charlie Allan, bandleader of Saor Patrol * James Allan, lead singer with Glasvegas *JD Allan, former member of The Blimp * Dot Allison, singer and songwriter, electronic music; former lead singer with band One Dove in the early 1990s * The Almighty *Altered Images * Alyth, singer *Mohsen Amini, concertinist. Co-founder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosanna Arquette
Rosanna Lisa Arquette (; born August 10, 1959) is an American actress. She was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, Emmy Award for her performance in the TV film ''The Executioner's Song (film), The Executioner's Song'' (1982), and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the film ''Desperately Seeking Susan'' (1985). Her other film roles include ''After Hours (film), After Hours'' (also 1985), ''The Big Blue'' (1988), ''Pulp Fiction'' (1994), and ''Crash (1996 film), Crash'' (1996). She also directed the documentary ''Searching for Debra Winger'' (2002) and starred in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC sitcom ''What About Brian?'' from 2006 to 2007. Early life Arquette was born in New York City on August 10, 1959, the daughter of Brenda Olivia "Mardi" (''née'' Nowak), an actress, poet, theater operator, activist, acting teacher, and therapist, and Lewis Arquette, a film actor, screenwriter, and pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid Air (Paul Buchanan Album)
''Mid Air'' is the debut solo studio album by Scottish musician Paul Buchanan. It was released on 21 May 2012, through Newsroom Records. The album topped the Scottish Albums Chart, while peaking at number 14 on the UK Albums Chart. Its promotional single "Mid Air" reached only No. 42 on the UK Independent Singles Chart and No. 11 on the UK Independent Singles Breakers Chart. Critical reception ''Mid Air'' was met with widespread acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 82 based on nine reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at a 7.8 out of 10, based on fourteen reviews. Graeme Thomson of ''The Arts Desk'' gave the album the highest 5 out of 5 score, saying: "''Mid Air'' isn't content to be simply blue and beautiful. There is real joy here, and a rather heroic attempt to embrace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleep (Texas Song)
"Sleep" is a song by Scottish band Texas, released as the third and final single from their seventh studio album, '' Red Book'' (2005), on 9 January 2006. The song features Paul Buchanan from fellow Scottish musical group the Blue Nile. "Sleep" was released on 9 January 2006 in three different formats: two audio CD singles and a DVD single. The song peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart, and as of 2021, it remains their last UK top-40 hit. "Take Your Mama" from CD2 is a cover version of the song by Scissor Sisters. A free, limited-edition slip-case was made available by mail to house all three formats. Music video The music video was directed by Peter Kay and featured him as well as Sian Gibson. The scenes, which are set in a school, were filmed at Harper Green School, in Farnworth, Bolton. The video features spoofs of the clay-sculpting moment from the 1984 Lionel Richie music video for "Hello", the pottery scene from the 1990 film ''Ghost'', and the ending of the 1982 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas (band)
Texas are a Scottish alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ... band from Glasgow. They were founded in 1986 by Johnny McElhone (formerly of the bands Altered Images and Hipsway) and Sharleen Spiteri on lead vocals. Texas made their performing debut in March 1988 at the University of Dundee. They took their name from the 1984 Wim Wenders movie ''Paris, Texas (film), Paris, Texas''. The band released their debut album ''Southside (Texas album), Southside'' in 1989, along with the debut single "I Don't Want a Lover", which was a top-ten hit on the UK Singles Chart and peaked within the top ten of the charts in many other European countries. ''Southside'' entered at number three on the UK Albums Chart and number 88 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matty Healy
The 1975 are an English pop rock band formed in 2002 in Wilmslow, Wilmslow, Cheshire. Now based in Manchester, the band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Matthew "Matty" Healy, lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer George Daniel. The band members met in secondary school and performed together as teenagers. Gigs, organised by a council worker, led the band to sign with Dirty Hit and Polydor Records. They opened for several major acts and released a series of extended plays (''Facedown (EP), Facedown'', ''Sex (The 1975 EP), Sex'', ''Music for Cars'', ''IV (The 1975 EP), IV'') from 2012–13, before releasing their UK chart-topping The 1975 (album), self-titled debut album (2013), which includes the popular singles "Sex (The 1975 song), Sex", "Chocolate (The 1975 song), Chocolate", and "Robbers (The 1975 song), Robbers". Their second album, ''I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It'' (2016), reached No. 1 in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bono
Paul David Hewson (born 10 May 1960), known by his stage name Bono (), is an Irish singer-songwriter, activist, and philanthropist. He is the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band U2. Born and raised in Dublin, he attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where in 1976 he began dating his future wife, Alison Stewart, as well as forming, with schoolmates, the band that became U2. Bono soon established himself as a passionate frontman for the band through his expressive vocal style and grandiose gestures and songwriting. His lyrics frequently include social and political themes, and religious imagery inspired by his Christian beliefs. During U2's early years, Bono's lyrics contributed to the group's rebellious and spiritual tone. As the band matured, his lyrics became inspired more by personal experiences shared with the other members. As a member of U2, Bono has received 22 Grammy Awards and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Aside fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'', which do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1966. In general, the political position of ''The Times'' is considered to be centre-right. ''The Times'' is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, such as ''The Times of India'', ''The New York Times'', and more recently, digital-first publications such as TheTimesBlog.com (Since 2017). In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as , or as , although the newspaper is of nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, actor, songwriter, and composer. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a session musician and record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the mid-1960s. Hayes and Porter were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 in recognition of writing scores of songs for themselves, the duo Sam & Dave, Carla Thomas, and others. In 2002, Hayes was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. " Soul Man", written by Hayes and Porter and first performed by Sam & Dave, was recognized as one of the most influential songs of the past 50 years by the Grammy Hall of Fame. It was also honored by The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine, and by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) as one of the Songs of the Century. During the late 1960s, Hayes also be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
