Heidi Talbot (born 1980) is an

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, County Kildare,

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Early life and education

Born in the rural village of

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, Ireland, Talbot began singing in the church choir run by her mother. At sixteen, she enrolled at Dublin's Bel Canto singing school, studying for the next year and a half under its founder and director Frank Merriman.

Singing career

When she was 18, Heidi moved to New York, where she spent two years working in bars and clubs before being invited to join Cherish the Ladies in 2002. In between the band's touring schedule, Talbot continued to develop her solo work, releasing ''Distant Future'' on Nashville roots label

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, concertinist John Williams and fiddler Rayna Gellert. Three years later, the recording of ''In Love and Light'' coincided with her decision to leave Cherish the Ladies at the end of 2007. After the launch of ''In Love and Light'' at Glasgow's

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festival in January 2008, Talbot featured as a guest on albums by Radiohead drummer

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, and Idlewild. She tours as a trio with John McCusker and Boo Hewerdine and finished a six-week tour opening for and singing with

. Heidi's album 'Angels Without Wings', is an album of original

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songs with guest contributions from Mark Knopfler, Jerry Douglas, King Creosote, Julie Fowlis and Tim O'Brien.

Awards

''In Love and Light'' won an Indie Acoustic award for best album in 2008 and Talbot has been nominated for an Irish Music Award 2009 in the best female vocalist category along with multiple BBC Radio 2 Folk award nominations.

Personal life

Talbot now lives in the suburbs of Edinburgh with her husband John and two daughters Molly Mae and Jessica.

Discography

Solo albums

*''Heidi Talbot'' (2002) *''Distant Future'' (2004) *''In Love and Light'' (2008) *''The Last Star'' (2010) *''My Sister the Moon EP'' (2012) *''Angels Without Wings'' (2013)"Angels Without Wings" product details
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with Cherish the Ladies

*''On Christmas Night'' (2004) *''Woman of the House'' (2005)

with John McCusker

*''Love is the Bridge Between Two Hearts EP'' (2018)

with Arcade (Adam Holmes)

*''Face the Fall'' (2019)

with Roger Tallroth, Sophia Stinnerbom and Magnus Stinnerbom

*''A Light in the Dark'' (2019)

Other appearances

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(2008) *''An Cailín Rua'' - Kathleen Boyle (2008) *'' Post Electric Blues'' - Idlewild (2009) *'' Love is the Way'' -

(2009) *''God Bless The Pretty Things'' -

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(2010) *''Aurora'' -

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(2010) *''The Mark Radcliffe Folk Sessions'' (2013) *''Mosaic'' -

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(2020)

References

External links

Heidi Talbot website

Heidi Talbot myspace
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Talbot, Heidi 1980 births Living people Musicians from County Kildare People from County Kildare 21st-century Irish singers 21st-century Irish women singers