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Richard Edwards (musician)
Richard Edwards is a London-based classical and jazz trombone player as well as composer/arranger. Discography As sideman With Jamiroquai * ''Blow Your Mind'' (Sony Soho Square, 1993) * ''Emergency on Planet Earth'' (Sony Soho Square,1993) * ''Too Young to Die'' (Sony Soho Square, 1993) * ''Half the Man'' (Sony Soho Square, 1994) * ''The Return of the Space Cowboy'' (Sony Soho Square, 1994) With Colin Towns * ''Mask Orchestra'' (Jazz Label 1993) * ''Nowhere & Heaven'' (Provocateur, 1996) * ''Bolt from the Blue'' (Provocateur, 1997) * ''Another Think Coming'' (Provocateur, 2001) With Working Week * ''I Thought I'd Never See You Again'' (Virgin, 1985) * ''Companeros'' (Virgin, 1986) * ''Fire in the Mountain'' (10 Records, 1989) * ''May 1985'' (Promising Music 2015) With others * Kim Appleby, ''Breakaway'' (Parlophone, 1993) * Kim Appleby, ''Kim Appleby'' (Parlophone, 1990) * Lorne Balfe, ''Penguins of Madagascar'' (Sony Classical, 2015) * Gilbert Becaud, ''Ensemble'' (RCA, 1996) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trombone
The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the Standing wave, air column inside the instrument to vibrate. Nearly all trombones use a telescoping slide mechanism to alter the Pitch (music), pitch instead of the brass instrument valve, valves used by other brass instruments. The valve trombone is an exception, using three valves similar to those on a trumpet, and the superbone has valves and a slide. The word "trombone" derives from Italian ''tromba'' (trumpet) and ''-one'' (a suffix meaning "large"), so the name means "large trumpet". The trombone has a predominantly cylindrical bore like the trumpet, in contrast to the more conical brass instruments like the cornet, the euphonium, and the French horn. The most frequently encountered trombones are the tenor trombone and bass trombone. These are treated as trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aura Dione
Maria Louise Joensen (born 21 January 1985), known as Aura Dione, is a Danish singer and songwriter. In 2008 she released her debut album, '' Columbine''. The album spawned the hit single "I Will Love You Monday (365)", which reached number one in Germany, achieved over 80 million video views and was certified platinum. After winning the European Border Breaker Award in 2011, Dione won Best Female Artist and Hit of the Year for "Geronimo" at the Danish Music Awards 2012 and Female Artist of the Year in 2013; she is one of Denmark's top two female recording artists and one of Germany's top three. Life and career Early life Aura Dione was born Maria Joensen on 21 January 1985 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her mother is Faroese of French descent, while her father is of Danish and Spanish descent. Her parents introduced her to music, and she began writing songs when she was as young as 8 years old.Rune Langhoff"Aura af Verden" ''Berlingske Tidende'' (23 January 2008). Retrieved 9 Dece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Heyward
Nicholas Heyward (born 20 May 1961) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. He came to international attention in the early 1980s as the lead singer and songwriter for Haircut One Hundred. He and the band parted ways after their first album, after which he continued as a solo artist. Biography Early life Born in Beckenham, Heyward spent his early years in and around south London. He attended Kelsey Park School for Boys where he studied art and photography. He left school at 16 to work as a commercial artist. Haircut One Hundred Heyward and school friends Graham Jones and Les Nemes, the core of Haircut One Hundred, started bands together as far back as 1977. They were first known as Rugby, then the Boat Party, Captain Pennyworth and Moving England, before settling on Haircut One Hundred. The band signed with Arista Records in 1981 and had four UK top 10 singles between 1981 and 1982. Their debut album, '' Pelican West'' (1982), written by Heyward, reached No. 2. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geri Halliwell
Geraldine Estelle Horner (née Halliwell; born 6 August 1972) is an English singer, songwriter, author, and actress. She rose to prominence in the 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the girl group the Spice Girls. With over 100 million records sold worldwide, the Spice Girls are the best-selling female group of all time. Their slogan "girl power" was most closely associated with Halliwell, and her Union Jack dress from the 1997 Brit Awards also became an enduring symbol. Halliwell left the Spice Girls in 1998, citing exhaustion and creative differences, but rejoined when they reunited in 2007. In 1999, Halliwell released her debut solo album, '' Schizophonic'', which produced the UK number-one singles "Mi Chico Latino", " Lift Me Up" and "Bag It Up"; the lead single, " Look at Me", reached number two. In 2001, she released her second album, ''Scream If You Wanna Go Faster''; the lead single, "It's Raining Men", reached number one in the UK, the biggest hit of her career. "Scre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal (Irish Band)
HAL are a band from Dublin, Ireland, composed of brothers Dave Allen (vocals/guitar) and Paul Allen (vocals/ bass) and Stephen O'Brien (keyboards, occasional guitars and backing vocals) (drums), who formed in 2003. Biography Hal were signed to Rough Trade Records in 2004 following competition between several record labels. Their first single, "Worry About the Wind" was released in 2004. Their self-titled debut album followed and "Don't Come Running" / "I Sat Down" were released as a double A-side single. The band also released "Keep Love As Your Golden Rule" on a split 7-inch single with (The Magic Numbers) They also contributed their cover of John Lennon's "Mind Games" to a ''Q magazine CD in October 2005. The band toured worldwide in 2004 and 2005 supporting shows for Doves and Grandaddy. the band went back into the recording studio at the end of 2005. In August 2010, the band announced that they were working on their next album on their website and Facebook page. In Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
God Help The Girl
''God Help the Girl'' is a 2009 album by Stuart Murdoch of the band Belle and Sebastian with female vocalists such as Catherine Ireton. God Help the Girl is also the name of the band and the accompanying film released in 2014. The songs are about a Scottish girl who is hospitalized after a nervous breakdown. Two songs (''Funny Little Frog'' and ''Act of the Apostle'') were taken from the repertory of Belle and Sebastian. Origin of the project The author of the project ''God Help the Girl'' is Stuart Murdoch, lead singer of the Glasgow-based Scottish indie pop group Belle and Sebastian. In 2004, during a tour promoting their album '' Dear Catastrophe Waitress'', he came up with the idea of writing a series of songs telling about the life of girls and young women which could be sung not by his group but female vocalists. Thinking about this project, he started writing new songs which were shelved for the time being; after some time the idea of arranging them in a logical wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rustin Man
Rustin may refer to: People * Bayard Rustin (1912–1987), American civil rights activist * Jean Rustin (1928–2013), French painter Places * Ruştin, a village in Cornereva Commune, Caraş-Severin, Romania Film and television * ''Rustin'', a 2001 American film, directed by and starring former CFL all-star quarterback Rick Johnson * ''Rustin'' (film), an upcoming American film * Rust Cohle or Rustin, a fictional character from the television series ''True Detective'' See also * Ruston (other) * West Chester Rustin High School Bayard Rustin High School is a high school of the West Chester Area School District, in Westtown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Westtown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth Gibbons
Beth Gibbons (born 4 January 1965) is an English singer and songwriter. She is the singer and lyricist for the band Portishead, which has released three albums. She released an album with Rustin Man, '' Out of Season'', in 2002, followed by an album with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2019. Early life Gibbons was born in Exeter, Devon, England and raised on a farm with three sisters. Her parents divorced when she was young."Solo album bio" Biography previously published on a Finnish site (archived), Retrieved 15 August 2014. At 22, she moved to Bath, then to purs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and activist. He rose to fame as the original lead singer of the progressive rock band Genesis. After leaving Genesis in 1975, he launched a successful solo career with "Solsbury Hill" as his first single. His fifth studio album, '' So'' (1986), is his best-selling release and is certified triple platinum in the UK and five times platinum in the US. The album's most successful single, " Sledgehammer", won a record nine MTV Awards at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards and, according to a report in 2011, it was MTV's most played music video of all time. Gabriel has been a champion of world music for much of his career. He co-founded the WOMAD festival in 1982. He has continued to focus on producing and promoting world music through his Real World Records label. He has also pioneered digital distribution methods for music, co-founding OD2, one of the first online music download ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mike Flowers Pops
The Mike Flowers Pops (also known as MFP, The Pops or The Mike Flowers Pops Orchestra) are a British easy listening band fronted by Mike Flowers (real name Michael Roberts). Mike Roberts was born in Liverpool in 1960, now married with 2 children & living in London, studied Painting at Chelsea School of Art (1978-81) and did an MA in Music at Goldsmiths (2012-14). In the mid-1990s he enjoyed an unlikely pop profile as easy listening bandleader Mike Flowers of The Mike Flowers Pops, including a UK No. 2 chart hit with his version of the Oasis song ‘Wonderwall’ (according to Lou Reed, one of the funniest things he’d ever heard). He has since scored music for film and television, and made music documentaries for Sky Arts and London’s Barbican Centre. ''How Art Made Pop'' is his first book and supported by the "Sounds Superb Singers" and "Super Stereo Brass". Formed in 1993, there can be up to fourteen of them on stage at any time, and they are principally known for easy liste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence And The Machine
Florence and the Machine (stylised as Florence + the Machine) are an English indie rock band that formed in London in 2007, consisting of lead vocalist Florence Welch, keyboardist Isabella Summers, guitarist Rob Ackroyd, harpist Tom Monger, and a collaboration of other musicians. The band's music has received acclaim across the media, especially from the BBC, which played a large part in their rise to prominence by promoting Florence and the Machine as part of ''BBC Music Introducing''. At the 2009 Brit Awards they received the Brit Awards "Critics' Choice" award. The band's music is renowned for its dramatic, eccentric production and Welch's powerful vocals. The band's debut studio album, ''Lungs'', was released on 6 July 2009, and held the number-two position for its first five weeks on the UK Albums Chart. On 17 January 2010, the album reached the top position, after being on the chart for twenty-eight consecutive weeks. As of October 2010, the album had been in the top forty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paloma Faith
Paloma Faith Blomfield (born 21 July 1981) is an English singer and actress. Her debut studio album, ''Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?,'' was released in 2009 and was certified double platinum in the UK. The album spawned the singles "Stone Cold Sober", " New York", and " Upside Down", and earned Faith her first BRIT Award nomination in 2010. In 2012, Faith released her second studio album, ''Fall to Grace'', which charted at number two on the UK Albums Chart and earned her a double platinum certification. The album produced her first top ten single, " Picking Up the Pieces", the top twenty cover version of INXS's "Never Tear Us Apart", and earned her two BRIT Award nominations. In 2014, Faith released her third studio album, ''A Perfect Contradiction'', which stands as her most successful album to date, also receiving a double platinum certification. The album spawned the hit singles "Can't Rely on You" and "Only Love Can Hurt Like This", with the latter also topp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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