Oona Garthwaite is an American singer-songwriter. She was born in California to a musical family, niece of Terry Garthwaite and daughter of David Garthwaite, founding members of the

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. Oona's co-writing project with Oakland-based producer Dave Tweedie is listed under the bandname "

OONA Oona is a feminine given name. It is an Anglicisation of the Irish-language name ''Úna''. Apart from in Ireland, it is also a popular name in Finland. People with the name Oona * Oona Brown (born 2004), American ice dancer *Oona Chaplin (born 1 ...

". Their music has been featured several times on the reality TV show ''

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'', including an audition by

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and a routine choreographed by

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and performed by Ellenore Scott and Jakob Karr. A collaboration with the band

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( Dave Tweedie, Stephen Bradley and

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), a song called "Remote Control", was aired on the Season Premiere of The CW's 2010 show,

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. Oona offers the song as a free download for fans through her website. In August 2009 OONA was interviewed by

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References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garthwaite, Oona American women singer-songwriters Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Singer-songwriters from California 21st-century American women