Juliet Turner is a singer/songwriter from Tummery, near

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. She started recording in 1996, and has opened for such artists as

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, U2,

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, and Bryan Adams. She also toured with Roger McGuinn, Joan Armatrading and Brian Kennedy. Turner also sang on two tracks of Peter Mulvey's live album ''Glencree''.

Career

Born near Omagh in

, Turner later attended university in Dublin. Her first album, "Lets Hear it for Pizza", was released in 1996 on the small independent label "Sticky Music", followed by "Burn the Black Suit" released on her own "Hear This! Records" label. This album went double platinum in

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, and was voted one of the top 100 Irish albums of all time by ''HotPress Magazine'' readers. In August 1998, Turner sang the song "Broken Things" (originally released by American

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) at the memorial service for the victims of the

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. She initially ruled out releasing the song as a single, although it did subsequently appear on the compilation ''Across The Bridge Of Hope''. In Autumn 2002, Turner picked up a "Best Newcomer in Music" award from the London-based '' Irish Post'' newspaper and another award for her contribution to music from ''

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'' at their Women of the Year ceremony in Dublin. Turner covered

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'' (2004), and recorded a cover of " I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2 for ''

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'' (2005). In 2004, Turner released "Season of the Hurricane" which went gold in Ireland, followed by a live album "Juliet Turner Live from the Spirit Store" in 2006. In February 2005, Turner was awarded the Meteor Music Award for best Irish female performer. From September 2006 to June 2010, Turner studied for a degree in Clinical Speech and Language Studies at Trinity College Dublin, while also undertaking gigs to support the album ''People Have Names''. On its release in 2008, "People have Names" was described by the ''

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'' as "a gloriously taut collection of songs", by the ''

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'' as "The album of her life", and ''HotPress'' as "a serious contender for album of the year".

Discography

Albums

*1996 - ''Let's Hear It for Pizza'' *2000 - ''Burn the Black Suit'' *2004 - ''Season of the Hurricane'' *2005 - ''Live from the Spirit Store'' *2008 - ''People Have Names''

Singles

*2000 - "Take the Money and Run" *2000 - "Dr Fell" *2001 - "Burn the Black Suit" *2003 - "Everything Beautiful is Burning" / "Tuesday Night Ladies" *2004 - "1987" / "Belfast Central" *2004 - "Vampire" / "Instrumental" *2005 - "Business as Usual" / "The Girl with the Smile"

References

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