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categories: American art collectors,1976 deaths,American art dealers,1896 births

paragraph: Onya La Tour

paragraph: Onya La Tour (1896–1976) was an American art collector and dealer, artists' model, manager of art galleries in Puerto Rico, New York City, and Indiana, and an advocate for modernism and the appreciation of modern art. In the 1930s to 1960's, La Tour acquired hundreds of paintings and graphic art works by modernist artists, many of whom later became notable. During the Great Depression, she was Director of the Federal Art Gallery in New York City, which supported artists under the auspices of the Work Projects Administration. She also operated her own private Onya LaTour Gallery in New York. In 1939, she brought her collection of more than 400 works of art from New York City to the artists colony in rural Brown County, Indiana, where she founded a short-lived Indiana Museum of Modern Art (see #Homes). From 1948 to the 1960s, she designed and built three unusual and creative homes where she displayed her collection, often inviting diverse groups of people to mingle and experience modern art. In 1972, a few years before her death at age 80, she donated over 100 paintings and graphic art works as well as her lifetime collection of papers to the Indianapolis Museum of Art, where an exhibit of selections from her collection took place October–April, 2014. La Tour was "a woman of contradiction and mystery, some of which she created herself" and "a woman ahead of her time". "While Onya, strictly speaking, was not an artist, her life was her art."

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Early life.

paragraph: La Tour was born "Ona Alberta Tarr" to Simon Wesley Tarr and Elva Ethel Hardin Tarr of Washington, Indiana. Ona had a difficult childhood. Her father was a heavy drinker and abusive. Ona left home at age 14. Her mother had separated from her father sometime earlier. She lived for a time with her father in Montana, and then with her step-mother and half brother (see Alva La Toor below) in Oklahoma. Simon Tarr sometimes may have used the names Toor or LaToor. It is not known when Ona adopted the name "Onya La Tour" (also sometimes given as "Onya LaTour"). In a 1940 newspaper article, her first name was consistently "Ona" and her last name "La Tour" or "LaTour".

paragraph: La Tour attended Graceland College in Lamona, Iowa, where she met Albro Latimer Kellock, whom she married in 1920. In 1921, they homesteaded 160 acres near Spokane, Washington. La Tour's daughter Manya was born on the homestead ca. 1926. After five years there, a forest fire destroyed their home, and they moved to Seattle, Washington. There, La Tour developed a circle of artist friends and began to collect art. Her home became a gathering place for "architects, writers, musicians and 'revolutionaries' in all the arts".

paragraph: In the 1930s, La Tour traveled extensively in Europe. She had a close relationship with artist Arnold Franz Brasz, with whom she shared a studio in the Beechwood area of Hollywood, California. She sat as an artist's model for many artists (see #Art Portraits of Onya La Tour).

paragraph: In 1935, La Tour moved to Puerto Rico with Antonio Colorado, where she directed a gallery.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:New York City.

paragraph: Later in 1935, La Tour moved from Puerto Rico to New York City. There she became friends with many later prominent artists, operated several galleries (see next section), and acquired hundreds of artworks, often directly from the artists. From 1936 to 1939, La Tour had a romantic relationship with Maurice Jungbeck. They lived at 596 Riverside Drive, New York City, which also housed the "Onya La Tour Gallery" (see #Galleries). "As a result of occasional disputes with Jungbeck, Onya began to spend some time in Indianapolis [Indiana] in 1938 and 1939."

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Galleries.

paragraph: La Tour owned and/or operated the following art galleries.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1935, an art gallery in Puerto Rico. La Tour claimed that this was the first gallery in Puerto Rico to exhibit modern art.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1936–1937: La Tour directed the Federal Art Gallery of the Federal Arts Project of the Work Projects Administration, 225 W 57th St, New York NY. There were numerous posters announcing exhibits at this gallery.

paragraph: "The WPA program made no distinction between representational and nonrepresentational art. Abstraction had not yet gained favor in the 1930s and 1940s and, thus, was virtually unsalable. As a result, the Federal Art Project supported such iconic artists as Jackson Pollock before their work could earn them income." Quoted from Federal Art Project#Background.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1937–1939: Onya La Tour Gallery, 596 Riverside Drive (Harlem), New York NY, opened October 22, 1937. A poster for this gallery can be viewed online. La Tour claimed that this was the first gallery in the US to specialize in abstract art.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1939: 25 West 8th Street, New York City, no further information. Possibly this Gallery was established after La Tour stopped living with Maurice Jungbeck at 596 Riverside Drive. This region of Greenwich Village was a vibrant art scene in the 1930s.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1940–47: Indiana Museum for Modern Art, Brown County, Indiana. La Tour purchased this property in October, 1939, and opened the Museum in summer of 1940. It was located between Nashville Indiana and Columbus Indiana. She sold the property in Fall, 1947.

paragraph: La Tour's subsequent homes Spellbound House, Saint Blue Cloud's House, and her house on Browncliff Lane also served as private galleries (see #Exhibitions).

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Modernism in Indiana.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Modernism in Indiana.:Indiana Museum for Modern Art.

paragraph: From July, 1938 to December, 1939 the bulk of La Tour's collection of approximately 500 art works by approximately 100 artists was warehoused in Indianapolis. La Tour moved with her daughter from New York to Indiana in the winter of 1939–40.

paragraph: A small exhibit was displayed in a private home in Indianapolis in Spring, 1940. La Tour's Museum opened in summer, 1940 (see links below photographs and a painting of the Museum below). A larger, rotating exhibit was held at Indiana University, Bloomington, in Fall, 1940 (see Exhibitions). This enabled her to move her collection temporarily to Indiana University, because the fire hazard was high in the dry Fall at the new Museum.

paragraph: La Tour lived in the barn so the farmhouse could be used as the Museum gallery.

paragraph: She envisioned classes in handicrafts, gardening, and sewing for the local children, but these plans may never have come to fruition.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Modernism in Indiana.:Spellbound House.

paragraph: In 1947 and 1948, La Tour bought land closer to the town and artists' colony of Nashville, Indiana. There she designed and built a concrete-block home that she called "Spellbound House" (see links below to photographs and painting of this home).

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Modernism in Indiana.:Saint Blue Cloud's House.

paragraph: Sometime in the 1950s, La Tour designed and began building (mostly with her own labor) a wood frame house across the road from Spellbound House. This new home she called Saint Blue Cloud's House. Many photographs of this house taken in 1958–1963 are in the Indianapolis Museum of Art Archive, and see the link below under #Homes to a photograph of this house.

paragraph: Fire: In 1962, La Tour was away for months, and the electricity was turned off. When she returned from New York City around Thanksgiving, an electrician turned the electricity on while La Tour was shopping in Nashville. Just as La Tour returned home about noon, moisture caused an electric box near the kitchen to burst into flame. She phoned for help. While the fire consumed some paintings, papers, books and a closet, volunteer firemen arrived and threw other paintings out on the lawn. Shortly, the city water supply failed. Luckily, La Tour had had a cistern built, which enabled the fire to be put out. Locals teased her about constructing a cistern when she had city water, but without the cistern, the fire would have burned down the house. It is not known how many works of art were lost in the fire.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Modernism in Indiana.:Browncliff Lane.

paragraph: La Tour and her husband in the 1960s, Carl McCann, designed and built a "dream house" on North Browncliff Lane in Bloomington, Indiana. It was completed in 1968. Whereas her three previous homes had been built and operated on very limited funds, this final home was lavishly funded by McCann. Ca. 1970, La Tour and McCann also spent winters in Green Valley, Arizona.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Partners, family and daughter.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Partners, family and daughter.:Siblings.

paragraph: Onya had a number of siblings, including the two mentioned here.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Partners, family and daughter.:Daughter.

paragraph: Manya La Tour was born ca. 1926 on the homestead near Spokane, Washington. Later, they lived in California. When Manya was 8 1/2 (1934), Onya left her at a Catholic boarding school for poor children, in Paris, France. Onya made little or no contact with Manya at this school, and Manya felt abandoned. After a year in the school, Manya's Great Aunt Eleanor Kellock settled the account at the school for $900 ($16,500 in 2018 dollars), and took Manya home. Manya graduated from Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1943. Manya and her mother had a difficult relationship, and Manya left home at age 16.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Partners, family and daughter.:Partners.

paragraph: Dates are approximate.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1910's: There is some evidence that La Tour may have had two marriages in Oklahoma, one to a man named Cicle.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1920's: Albro Latimer Kellock, a violinist from Scotland. They met at Graceland College in Lamona Iowa, and married December 3, 1920, in Jeffersonville, Indiana. They lived in at the homestead near Spokane and later in Seattle, Washington.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Late 1920's/Early 1930's: La Tour met Arnold Franz Brasz when he was President of the California Watercolor Society. She shared a home and studio with Brasz, whom she may have married, first in Washington State and later in Hollywood, California.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1933: La Tour and her daughter lived with artist Philip Ayer Sawyer for a while. In 1934, La Tour lived in Sawyer's Paris studio while he remained in New York City. Later, in the early 1940s, La Tour provided Sawyer with a studio that was part of the Indiana Museum of Modern Art. Letters from Sawyer to La Tour indicate a difficult relationship. Whether it had a romantic component is not clear.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1935: La Tour moved to Puerto Rico with Antonio Colorado. Later she decided not to marry Colorado and moved to New York City.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1930's? La Tour may have had a romantic relationship with Oronzo Vito Gasparo.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Late 1930's: Maurice Jungbeck, a writer, at 596 Riverside Drive, New York NY, which was also the "Onya La Tour Gallery".

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1940's: A 1943 portrait of La Tour is labeled "Onya La Tour Dahl". Whether this indicates a romantic relationship, and the full name of Dahl, are unknown.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1950's: Emanuel Glicen Romano spent months at a time living with La Tour. It is uncertain to what extent this was a romantic relationship, but Romano inscribed a 1950 portrait "To dearest Onya, with love, E. Romano" (see #Art Portraits of Onya La Tour). Furthermore, a note in La Tour's diary calls 1951 "the peak of her existence" because Romano was with her.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1960's: La Tour married Indiana art enthusiast Carl McCann. In addition to building her a new house of her design, McCann took La Tour on a world tour, bought her an expensive car and other gifts.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Decline and Death.

paragraph: In 1972, with failing health, La Tour donated her remaining art collection (over 100 works) and papers to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Near the end of her life, La Tour developed Parkinson's disease, and had cataracts that rendered her blind. Carl McCann had a stroke and died in January, 1976. La Tour died in June the same year, and was buried at Greenlawn Cemetery, Nashville, Indiana. She spent her last days in a nursing facility in Greenwood, Indiana. Towards the end, her good friend Ellen Lee, a Senior Curator at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, sometimes drove La Tour to spend a few hours at St. Blue Cloud's house. La Tour deeded her property to the Roman Catholic Church, and willed funds for construction of a community center in Nashville, Indiana, which were used for a conference room in the Brown County Library.

paragraph: Section::::Photographs.

paragraph: In addition to the portrait above, the following photographs are available online. Where indicated, photos were taken by Frank Hohenberger.

paragraph: Section::::Photographs.:Photographic Portraits.

paragraph: BULLET::::- ca. 1933 by photographer Virna Haffer.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1940: Portrait of LaTour sitting on the steps of her home, also the "Indiana Museum of Modern Art". By Hohenberger.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1940: Portrait of LaTour with her daughter Manya. By Hohenberger.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1943: Onya La Tour Dahl, Rolla, Missouri. Photograph by H. A. Fletcher. The identity of Dahl is unknown: see #Partners.

paragraph: BULLET::::- ca. 1943: Portrait by Roy Hirshburg: also available at

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1946: LaTour with the Home Economics Club of Van Buren Township, on the porch of her home, also the "Indiana Museum of Modern Art". By Hohenberger. LaTour is at left in a dark dress. Another photo of the same group on the same day.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Undated, ca. 1950: LaTour sitting in the living room of Spellbound House. Photographer unknown.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Undated portrait attributed to Hohenberger:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Undated portrait in profile, photographer unknown:

paragraph: Section::::Photographs.:Homes.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1940, LaTour Gallery of Modern Art, also called the "Indiana Museum of Modern Art". By Hohenberger. Note the paintings hanging on the exterior wall behind the porch. Additional images of this building and property will be found by searching the Hohenberger Collection for "LaTour".

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1948, Onya LaTour residence by Hohenberger. La Tour called this "Spellbound House". It is at the top of Bryson Lane in Nashville, Indiana, on the East side of Bryson Lane. 1772 Bryson Lane. Photos of this house, extensively modified much later:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Undated (before 1958). Saint Blue Cloud's House, as LaTour called it, is the home that LaTour designed and built across Bryson Lane from Spellbound House (West side of Bryson Lane, 1774 Bryson Lane, Nashville IN). By Hohenberger. Many more photos of this house, when La Tour lived there, are in the Indianapolis Museum of Art Archives.

paragraph: Section::::Art Portraits.

paragraph: Section::::Art Portraits.:Art Portraits of Onya La Tour.

paragraph: La Tour has been called "the most painted woman of her time". The following list favors portraits with likeness to La Tour, omitting some with little resemblance.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1934: Oil on canvas mounted on board.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1934–35: Oil paint on board.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1936: Scroll down to the "Special Lecture" November 9, 2014, by Anastasia Karpova Tinari. Pastel and ink on mauve paper. Indiana University Art Museum accession 69.86.1.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1939: "Ola" was the nickname of writer Maurice Jungbeck, La Tour's partner at the time. Oil paint on canvas.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1939: Watercolor and conte crayon on paper.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1942: Oil paint on canvas.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1950: Portrait of Onya La Tour seated, holding a cat in her lap. Inscribed "To dearest Onya, with love, E. Romano". Oil paint on canvas.

paragraph: Section::::Art Portraits.:Art Portraits of La Tour's Homes.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1939 Watercolor and ink on paper.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1953: Watercolor on paper.

paragraph: Section::::Exhibitions.

paragraph: This list of exhibitions of La Tour's collection is likely far from complete.

paragraph: Section::::Exhibitions.:Exhibitions During La Tour's Lifetime.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1940, March: A small exhibit of two works by Katherine Sophie Dreier titled "Abstraction Number One" and "Bubbles", plus several woodcut prints by Helen West Heller, and works by Polly Ames, Boris Margo, Douglas Brown, Maurice Becker, Louis Bosa, and Lue Osborne. This exhibit was in the home of Ida Strawn Baker, 1635 N. Delaware St., Indianapolis, Indiana.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1940, October and November: "Onya La Tour presents a rotating exhibition of modern art" in the Steele Galleries, Indiana University, Bloomington. The catalog for this exhibit lists 444 works by 97 artists, about half of which are oil paintings, and half prints, watercolors, or drawings. The catalog is online, and includes 100 works by David Davidovich Burliuk, 9 works by Oronzo Vito Gasparo, 76 works by Helen West Heller (30-some of which are now in the Indianapolis Museum of Art), and 28 works by Phillip Ayer Sawyer. Also included are one or a few works by each of Josef Albers, Maurice Becker, , Ilya Bolotowsky, Arnold Franz Brasz, Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, Arshile Gorky, John D. Graham, Guy Maccoy, Jackson Pollock, Emanuel Glicen Romano, Will Henry Stevens, and many others. One of the two paintings listed by Stuart Davis sold for $362,500 in December 2010. This exhibition may never have taken place. A letter dated October 11, 1940, says she will be unable to participate, despite the catalog having been printed, as "pressing business requires [her] presence in the East".

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1942: "Twenty Portraits of Onya La Tour", Indiana University Art Center.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1969: "The Personal Collection of Onya La Tour", October 5–23, Leah Ransburg Gallery, Indiana Central College. The catalog to this exhibit reproduces a "forward for the catalog of her amazing collection" dated February 5th, 1942, by Katherine Sophie Dreier, President, Société Anonyme: Museum of Modern Art. The catalog to this exhibit lists 41 works by 31 artists.

paragraph: Section::::Exhibitions.:Posthumous Exhibitions.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2014–15: "The Onya La Tour Collection: Modernism in Indiana", Indianapolis Museum of Art, October 17, 2014 – April 12, 2015. "Presenting 30 works from the unconventional collection of an Indiana native, The Onya La Tour Collection: Modernism in Indiana highlights the early Modernist movement in America."

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2014–15: "Onya La Tour: Pioneering Modern Art in Indiana" at the Indiana University Art Museum.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The "local carpenter" referenced in the story is the author, Henry "Hank" Swain, who also helped with construction of the Karl Martz Studio, which neighbored La Tour's Spellbound and Blue Cloud houses.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Extent: 13.8 linear feet. Includes a two-page biographical note.

paragraph: BULLET::::- These are microfilmed copies of documents held by the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

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paragraph: Muhammad al-Burtuqali, Muhammad al-Burtuqali, (full name Abu Abd Allah al-Burtuqali Muhammad ibn Muhammad, Arabic : أبو عبد الله محمد البرتقالي) succeeded his father Abu Abd Allah al-Sheikh Muhammad ibn Yahya to become the second Wattasid Sultan in 1504. He died in 1526 and was succeeded by his son Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad.

paragraph: Muhammad al-Burtuqali earned the nickname of "Al-Bortogali" after being held as a hostage for seven years by the Portuguese.


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paragraph: A. Rangaswami Iyengar

paragraph: A. Rangaswami Iyengar (July 1877 – 4 February 1934) was an Indian journalist, lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Central Legislative Assembly and as the Chief Editor of "The Hindu" from 1928 till his death in 1934. He was a nephew of Kasturi Ranga Iyengar.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Rangaswami Iyengar was born in the village of Erukathur near Tiruvarur in the then Tanjore district in July 1877 to Narasimha Iyengar. He studied law in Madras. On completion of his studies, he practised as a lawyer in the Madras High Court.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: When Kasturi Ranga Iyengar purchased "The Hindu" in 1905, he appointed Rangaswami Iyengar as an Assistant Editor. Rangaswami Iyengar served as Assistant Editor from 1905 to 1915, when he resigned to manage the affairs of its sister publication "Swadesamitran". Rangaswami Iyengar joined the Swaraj Party and served as its General Secretary from 1925 to 1927.

paragraph: Rangaswami was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly for two consecutive terms in 1923 and 1926. On S. Rangaswami Iyengar's death in 1926, Rangaswami Iyengar returned to "The Hindu" and served as its Chief Editor from 1928 to 1934. During his tenure as Chief Editor, Rangaswami Iyengar was one of the representatives at the Second Round Table Conference held in London in 1931.

paragraph: Section::::Death.

paragraph: Rangaswami Iyengar died in 1934. He was succeeded as Chief Editor of "The Hindu" by K. Srinivasan.

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paragraph: KT Tunstall

paragraph: Kate Victoria Tunstall (born 23 June 1975), known professionally as KT Tunstall, is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician. She broke into the public eye with a 2004 live solo performance of her song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on "Later... with Jools Holland".

paragraph: Born in Edinburgh to a Hong Kong-born exotic dancer, she was adopted by David and Rosemary Tunstall of St Andrews. At the age of four she started playing piano; later she learned to play other musical instruments. She attended the Lawhead Primary and Madras College in St. Andrews, High School of Dundee and Kent School in Kent, Connecticut in the United States. She earned her BA in Drama & Music in 1996 from the Royal Holloway, University of London. She was awarded an honorary doctorate by Royal Holloway in 2011.

paragraph: Her debut album was named "Eye to the Telescope" - the name was inspired by her childhood experiences at her father's physics laboratory at University of St Andrews. Released in 2004, this album launched her music career. That album inspired her nomination for the Mercury Prize in 2005, BRIT Award for Best British Live Act and BRIT Award for Best Breakthrough Act in 2006, and Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 2007. She eventually won BRIT Award for Best British Female Artist and European Border Breakers Award, both in 2006. The single "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" was given the Q Magazine Award for Best Track in 2005, and "Suddenly I See" won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song in 2006. "Suddenly I See" became a popular hit and has been featured in "The Devil Wears Prada", " Blind Dating", "Ugly Betty", "Grey's Anatomy", "Love, Rosie", "Thrillville", and as a campaign song of the US presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton in 2008.

paragraph: She has released six albums internationally: "Eye to the Telescope" (2004), "Drastic Fantastic" (2007), "Tiger Suit" (2010), "Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon" (2013), "KIN" (2016) and "WAX" (2018). She has also appeared in two episodes of the comedy series "This is Jinsy" on Sky Atlantic.

paragraph: Tunstall has written soundtracks for films: "Boy" for "The Kid", "Miracle" for "Winter's Tale", "We Could Be Kings" for "Million Dollar Arm", "Float", "Strange Sight" and "1000 Years" for "Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast", "Fit In" for "About Ray", and "Bad Moms (Suite)", "Enough is Enough (Suite)", and "Get Your Tits Up (Suite)" for "Bad Moms".

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Tunstall was born to a half-Chinese, half-Scottish mother Carol Ann, who was from Hong Kong, and an Irish father. Her parents met while her mother was working as a dancer in Penthouse bar in Edinburgh, where her father was a bartender. She never met her biological father. She was born at Edinburgh's Western General Hospital, but at 18 days old her mother placed her for adoption to a family in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Her adoptive father David Tunstall was employed as a physics lecturer at the University of St Andrews, and her adoptive mother Rosemary Tunstall was a primary school teacher. Tunstall's adoptive family also includes an older brother named Joe and a younger brother named Daniel. The family had no interest in music and owned no records—the only tape her father owned was a comedy recording by mathematician and musical satirist Tom Lehrer. This was largely because Daniel is deaf and they want to avoid anything that could interfere with his hearing aid. She has said: "...My earliest memories are Californian...", attributed to a sabbatical that her father took at UCLA in 1979. In spite of living in an academic family, she was musically oriented. Her adoptive parents supported her, and she recollected that she asked for a piano when she was four.

paragraph: Tunstall grew up in St Andrews, Fife, attending Lawhead Primary, then Madras College in St. Andrews, and the High School of Dundee but she spent her last year of high school in the United States at the Kent School, a selective boarding school in Kent, Connecticut. She spent time busking on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont, and at a commune in rural Vermont. Tunstall studied at Royal Holloway, University of London. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama & Music in 1996. Royal Holloway conferred on her an honorary doctorate in science in 2011 for her works on environmental issues as a musician.

paragraph: Tunstall tracked down her biological mother Carol Ann in 1996, and learned that her mother was married to cab driver, David Orr. She has been critical of the British National Party. In 2010, she publicly disowned David Orr, because of his decision to run as a BNP candidate in the general election for Livingston. In 2019, she appeared in Series 9 of Long Lost Family. She learned that her biological father had previously passed away, but she was united with two half-sisters by her biological father's second marriage.

paragraph: Section::::Music career.

paragraph: Section::::Music career.:Career beginnings.

paragraph: Throughout Tunstall's twenties, she played in indie music bands including Elia Drew and Tomoko. She focused on songwriting, as well as performing with members of the fledgling Fence Collective. Tunstall had lived with Gordon Anderson, (The Beta Band, and The Aliens), whom the song "Funnyman", on the album "Drastic Fantastic", is about. She toured with the klezmer band Oi Va Voi, and stayed with them while they were making their album, "Laughter Through Tears".

paragraph: British label Relentless Records put forward an independent offer. However, Tunstall had decided to sign with a US major, and initially passed up the offer. But when that deal did not work out, she decided to go with Relentless. Although Relentless co-founder Shabs Jobanputra recognised the potential in the quality of Tunstall's voice and songs in the early 2000s, his assessment then was that she "wasn't ready yet" and so together with Tunstall's manager, Jobanputra discussed "the process of how we saw her happening and how we would work, why we thought the songs were great, why we thought she was great, and why it could really work if we took enough time."

paragraph: Section::::Music career.:2004–07: "Eye to the Telescope" and "Acoustic Extravaganza".

paragraph: Her debut album, "Eye to the Telescope", was released in late 2004.

paragraph: Tunstall's first appearance of note was a solo performance of her folk blues song "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on "Later... with Jools Holland". She had only 24 hours to prepare after scheduled performer Nas cancelled. She performed as a one-person band using a guitar, a tambourine, and a loop pedal.

paragraph: Shortly after the "Later" appearance, "Eye to the Telescope" was re-released and shot up the British charts, eventually peaking at No. 3 (on its first release it had entered at No. 73); it was nominated for the 2005 Mercury Music Prize. It was released in the US on 7 February 2006.

paragraph: "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" was one of the most successful singles and most radio-played songs of 2005 in the United Kingdom. On the UK Singles Charts, the single made No. 28 on the charts and on the US "Billboard" Hot 100, charted at No. 20. The next release from the album in the United Kingdom was "Other Side of the World" whilst "Suddenly I See" was released in the United States and used in the opening credits of the film "The Devil Wears Prada", as well as in "Ugly Betty". Further singles released from the album were "Under the Weather" and "Another Place to Fall" which were also successful.

paragraph: Tunstall released an acoustic collection album in 15 May 2006, "KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza", which was first only available via mail order from her website. The album was re-released in stores worldwide in October 2006.

paragraph: Tunstall's North American break came when "American Idol" contestant Katharine McPhee contacted her asking to use "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" as her choice for a "Billboard"-themed week. At the time, the song was No. 79 on the "Billboard" charts. Tunstall had not been shy with her opinions regarding shows like "Idol", saying "The major problem I have is that it's completely controlled. They're told what to say. They're told how to sing." She chose to license the song as she felt that "no one on that show told Katharine McPhee to sing my song because no one knew it". Tunstall's belief was correct—the song was suggested to McPhee by "Billboard" columnist and author Fred Bronson.

paragraph: The song immediately jumped to No. 23 on the Billboard charts the week following McPhee's performance.

paragraph: Tunstall sang with Scottish band Travis on their 2007 album "The Boy with No Name", on the track "Under the Moonlight", a song written by Susie Hug (late of Katydids).

paragraph: Section::::Music career.:2007–12: "Drastic Fantastic" and "Tiger Suit".

paragraph: Tunstall's second album, "Drastic Fantastic", premiered on 3 September 2007 in Scotland, followed a week later on 10 September 2007 with the London release for Britain and 18 September 2007, in the US. In its first week, "Drastic Fantastic" reached No. 1 on the Scottish Album Charts, No. 3 on the British Charts, and No. 9 in the American Charts. The album's lead single, "Hold On", was released in the UK in August 2007, débuting at No. 34 there before peaking at No. 21. The song was also very successful in certain European nations peaking at No. 19 in Italy, No. 19 in Norway, No. 26 in Switzerland and No. 39 in Ireland. The album's second single, "Saving My Face", was released in December 2007. The song did not make the UK Top 40 Singles Charts, but however did managed to peak at No. 50 on the UK Singles Charts, managing three weeks on the UK Charts. Despite missing the UK Top 40, the song made the Top 40 in Italy, making No. 23 and in Switzerland peaking at No. 93. The album's third single and final worldwide single, "If Only", was released in March 2008, becoming the second single from the album not to make the UK Top 40, it managed No. 45 in audition.

paragraph: In the United States, "Hold On" was moderately successful, charting at No. 95 on the US "Billboard" Pop Chart and No. 27 on the US "Billboard" Adult Top 40. However, on the main "Billboard" Hot 100 charts, it stalled, failing to make impact inside the Top 100, causing it to chart at No. 104 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100. "Drastic Fantastic" became one of her best charting albums to date, charting at No. 3 on the UK Album Charts, topping the Scottish Album Charts and making the top ten of the US "Billboard" 200 album charts, charting at No. 9. Further singles released from "Drastic Fantasic" were "Saving My Face" and "If Only" which were moderately successful, charting at No. 50 and No. 45 on the UK Singles Charts respectively.

paragraph: Tunstall commented that the photograph for the album cover was influenced by the rock star Suzi Quatro.

paragraph: On 5 October 2007, the US discount department store chain Target, in association with NBC, released a special KT Tunstall Christmas EP on CD, "". On 10 December 2007, it was released in Europe through Relentless under the title "".

paragraph: In 2008, Tunstall recorded a song for the album "Songs for Survival", in support of the indigenous rights organisation Survival International. In a video for Survival International, she speaks of music as being a force for good, and about what she has learned about tribal people on this project. She also discusses various issues concerning our culture of consumption and greed, our relation to the earth and the importance of indigenous rights in the world today.

paragraph: Tunstall also worked with Suzanne Vega on her 2007 album "Beauty & Crime", singing backup on songs "Zephyr and I" and "Frank and Ava". It was revealed in the booklet by Vega that the two had never met during the process of making the album.

paragraph: Over the Christmas holidays in 2008, Tunstall joined Neil Finn's 7 Worlds Collide lineup in Auckland, New Zealand to record a studio charity album for Oxfam. The album was recorded in Finn's New Zealand studio over three weeks and featured all-new material, with singing and songwriting contributions divided amongst the group. Most of the participants from the original 2001 "7 Worlds Collide" lineup returned, along with several new additions including Jeff Tweedy, Glenn Kotche, John Stirratt and Pat Sansone of Wilco, New Zealand songwriters Don McGlashan and Bic Runga, and Finn's son Elroy Finn. The album, titled "The Sun Came Out", was released on 31 August 2009.

paragraph: On 11 February 2010, the "Daily Record" reported that Tunstall had recorded her new album in Berlin's Hansa Studios. Located near the former site of the Berlin Wall, the studio was used to make legendary albums including David Bowie's ""Heroes"" and U2's "Achtung Baby". Tunstall said, "I had an amazing three weeks recording in Hansa in Berlin in January and am finishing it all off in London." Her third album, titled "Tiger Suit", was released in the United Kingdom on 27 September 2010 and in the United States on 5 October 2010.

paragraph: Tunstall said that "Tiger Suit"'s title is inspired by a recurring dream she had, before discovering that 2010 is the Chinese Year of the Tiger. The dream is about her, seeing a tiger in her garden and goes outside to stroke it. She returns indoors and is seized by the fear that she could have been killed. Over the years, it has occurred to her that the reason the tiger responds so passively is that she herself is disguised as a tiger, wearing a tiger suit. She said that while writing and recording the album, she found a new sound she called "Nature techno", which mixes organic instrumentation with electronic and dance textures, much like Björk has been doing since 1993. At a media showcase in London, Tunstall offered an unusual description of the songs from her forthcoming third album: "Like Eddie Cochran working with Leftfield".

paragraph: The album's first single was "Fade Like a Shadow" in the United States and "(Still a) Weirdo" in the United Kingdom. These lead singles were released before the album.

paragraph: Tunstall has also a been a panelist on the BBC Two comedy music show "Never Mind the Buzzcocks", first on series 21 episode 8 (2008), and on series 24 episode 10 (2012).

paragraph: Section::::Music career.:2012–14 "Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon" and other ventures.

paragraph: On 20 March 2013, Tunstall announced that her fourth album would be titled "Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon", considered as her best by most critics and her most melancholic album to date. The title is inspired by the two batches of songs from the album: "Invisible Empire," recorded in April 2012, is the melancholic half that deals with her father's death and the theme of mortality, while the "Crescent Moon" half, recorded in November 2012, is full of songs that are more ethereal. These thirteen songs formed an album that Tunstall qualified as "from the heart," inspired by her divorce from Luke Bullen and her father's passing away.

paragraph: "Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon" premiered in the United Kingdom on 10 June 2013, while it was released in Germany and Australia on 7 June, and in Japan and Canada on 11 June. However, the release date was pushed back to 6 August 2013 in the United States. Meanwhile, the lead single, "Feel It All", was released worldwide on 10 June, and its music video on 29 April.

paragraph: In its first week, the album entered the UK charts at No. 14 and it was a modest commercial performer in Europe: it peaked at No. 52 in Belgium, No. 84 in Netherlands, No. 240 in France, No. 7 in Scotland, and No. 56 in Switzerland. On the other hand, the album received the best reviews and ratings Tunstall has ever received.

paragraph: In 2013, Tunstall worked with Howe Gelb in Tucson, Arizona for his album "The Coincidentalist", and recorded a duet on the song "The 3 Deaths of Lucky". Also, she plays in a second episode of "This is Jinsy" on 5 February 2014, as bearded folk musician Briiian Raggatan.

paragraph: Over a year after the album release, Tunstall left Edinburgh to move to Los Angeles and started a new musical career of soundtrack composer. She studied composing soundtracks at the Skywalker Ranch and composed and performed the following soundtracks:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Miracle" for the movie "Winter's Tale", featuring Colin Farrell, Russell Crowe, and Will Smith. The song was released on 14 February 2014.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "We Could Be Kings" written with A. R. Rahman for the Disney movie "Million Dollar Arm"' on 14 May 2014. The song is included in the "Million Dollar Arm: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack", among other songs featuring Iggy Azalea, Sukhwinder Singh, and others.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Float", "Strange Sight", and a duet with the musician Bleu on "1000 Years" for the UK version of the Disney movie "Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast". It was released on 19 February 2015.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fit It" in September 2015 for the movie "About Ray", featuring Naomi Watts, Elle Fanning and Susan Sarandon.

paragraph: Section::::Music career.:2015–present: The "KIN" album trilogy.

paragraph: From August to September 2015, Tunstall embarked on a small US Tour, made up of eleven dates, playing songs from her various albums and EPs, such as "The Scarlet Tulip EP".

paragraph: On 16 June 2016, Tunstall released the "Golden State EP" before the album release. It is made of the lead single "Evil Eye" and its remix, and two other tracks: "All or Nothing" taken from the French TV series "Sam" and "The Healer".

paragraph: Tunstall released her fifth album, "KIN", on 9 September 2016. The album was produced by Tony Hoffer, and recorded in Los Angeles. Four singles were released from this album: the lead single "Maybe It's a Good Thing", plus "Hard Girls" in which Melanie C from the Spice Girls made an appearance, "Love Is an Ocean", and "It Took Me So Long to Get Here, But Here I Am"

paragraph: Tunstall co-wrote the songs "Bad Moms (Suite)", "Enough is Enough (Suite)", and "Get Your Tits Up (Suite)" for the soundtrack of the 2016 comedy film "Bad Moms".

paragraph: In 2017, Tunstall announced a trilogy of albums following the themes of soul, body and mind. "KIN" was the first, with the theme of soul. She released the second, "WAX", with the theme of body, on October 5, 2018.

paragraph: In 2018, Tunstall contributed several songs to the "Pete the Cat" children's album including "CatGo & the Nine Lives", "Catalina Casesolver", "Let It Slide" and "CatGo's Weird Song".

paragraph: Section::::Live performances.

paragraph: Tunstall has a contralto vocal range. Tunstall is known for her live performances, in which she combines use of an Akai E2 Headrush loop pedal, which she affectionately calls "Wee Bastard", with a full four-piece backing band (Luke Bullen on drums, Arnulf Lindner on bass, Sam Lewis on lead guitar and Kenny Dickenson on keyboards, trumpet, percussion and various other instruments), as well as her two backing singers (Cat Sforza and Ami Richardson).

paragraph: Similar to her initial début on music show "Later... with Jools Holland", Tunstall débuted in the United States performing on various talk shows, including "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on 21 September 2007. Since her talk show days, she has performed at numerous large concerts such as the Hogmanay Edinburgh Concert in 2005, the American leg of Live Earth in 2007, and the Nobel Peace Prize Concert also in 2007. Tunstall said prior to the Hogmanay performance that "This is the gig of a lifetime... This Hogmanay party is probably the best-known and best-loved in the world, and I've been here a few times over the years dreaming of being the one entertaining the crowds. Until we're on that stage I won't believe we're allowed on it."

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Although her first name is Kate, she chooses to go by KT, saying "[Kate] just makes me think of a buxom lass baking bread for her man working in the fields. I have no problem with that, but it's just not really how I pictured being a rock star." Also, Tunstall spells her first name KT (as opposed to Katie) to differentiate herself from fellow singer Katie Melua. She also asserted that she derived "KT" from K-T impact, the name of a geological event that caused extinction of dinosaurs.

paragraph: Her father, David Tunstall, was a lecturer of physics at St. Andrews University. The title of her debut album, "Eye to the Telescope", is a reflection of her experiences with scientific equipment at her father's laboratory.

paragraph: In 2003, Tunstall began dating Luke Bullen, the drummer in her band. On Christmas Day, 2007, Bullen proposed to her at her parents' home in St. Andrews, Scotland, and the couple were married on 6 September 2008 at the Flodigarry Country House Hotel on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. They divorced in May 2013, after separating the year before.

paragraph: Tunstall sparked some controversy in 2005 when she publicly criticised singer/songwriter Dido, stating that the artist "can't fucking sing" after several fans compared the two musically. Tunstall later apologised, stating that she did not want to be involved in a public feud.

paragraph: In April 2007, Tunstall underwent surgery to correct an undersized kidney, a problem caused by a childhood infection.

paragraph: In 2007 Tunstall joined the Disko Bay Cape Farewell expedition to the West Coast of Greenland in September 2008. Cape Farewell is a British-based arts organisation that brings artists, scientists and communicators together to instigate a cultural response to climate change.

paragraph: In 2008 Tunstall started experiencing problems with her hearing on her left side. By 2018 the problem had grown to full hearing loss on that side, also resulting in balance issues.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2004: "Eye to the Telescope"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2007: "Drastic Fantastic"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2010: "Tiger Suit"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2013: "Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2016: "KIN"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2018: "WAX"

paragraph: Section::::Awards and nominations.

paragraph: In Tunstall's breakthrough year, 2005, she received a nomination for the Mercury Music Prize, which eventually went to Antony and the Johnsons; and was awarded Best Track for her composition and performance of "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" by Q magazine.

paragraph: In January the following year, 2006, she received three BRIT nominations – British Live Act, British Breakthrough Act, and British Female Solo Artist – eventually gaining the award for British Female Solo Artist, remarking that she wished to share it with fellow nominee Kate Bush. Later the same month she was given a European Border Breakers Award, which recognises the top-selling European Union artists outside their home country. Also, in 2006 she won the Ivor Novello Best Song Musically and Lyrically for "Suddenly I See", along with Scottish Style Awards "Most Stylish Band or Musician".

paragraph: She gained more nominations in 2007 and 2008: a 2007 Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" (eventually going to Christina Aguilera for "Ain't No Other Man"), and another BRIT nomination for British Female Solo Artist – the same accolade she had won in 2006.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- KT Tunstall official website

paragraph: BULLET::::- U.S. Official Billboard Chart History

paragraph: BULLET::::- KT Tunstall at TV.com

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paragraph: John Lawton (musician)

paragraph: John Cooper Lawton (born 11 July 1946 in Halifax, England) is a rock and blues vocalist best known for his work with Lucifer's Friend, Uriah Heep and the Les Humphries Singers.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Lawton began his musical career in North Shields, UK, in the early '60s with The Deans, a bunch of kids who decided at random that he should be singer. He then moved on to West One and later Stonewall which included John Miles, Vic Malcolm (later of Geordie) and Paul Thompson (later of Roxy Music).

paragraph: After Stonewall finished their stint at Top Ten Club in Hamburg in 1969, Lawton decided to stay in Germany, after having been offered the job as singer with legendary German rock cult band Lucifer's Friend (1969–1976 and 1979–1995) with whom he recorded seven studio albums. He also joined the Les Humphries Singers, in the early '70s (which included the Eurovision Song Contest in '76).

paragraph: In 1976 Lawton joined Uriah Heep as their frontman, recording the albums "Firefly", "Innocent Victim", "Fallen Angel" and "Live in Europe '79", touring Europe and the U.S. until September 1979.

paragraph: During his longstanding career Lawton has worked with some big names of rock, on various projects, including Roger Glover's "Butterfly Ball" live at the Royal Albert Hall in 1975, featuring David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Ian Gillan and Twiggy. He sang on Eddie Hardin's "Wizard's Convention II" with Chris Farlowe, Denny Laine, Paul Jones and Tony Ashton.

paragraph: Lawton worked with some of the finest record producers, including Tony Clarke (Moody Blues), Jimmy Miller (Rolling Stones), and Harold Faltermeyer (Pet Shop Boys), who produced the titles Lawton sang on the Lenny McDowell Project "Lost Paradise".

paragraph: Lawton sang with German rock band Rebel, later known as Zar, on three albums, during the late '80s -'90s including their hit singles "Line of Fire" and "Eagles Flight", and moved on to Volker Barber's classical project "Excalibur". He also sang on several German commercials, including the "Colgate Gel" TV spots, the "Peter Stuyvesant Travel" spots, the Stuyvesant single "Come Together" and a stint for Harley Davidson Motorbikes.

paragraph: Lawton formed GunHill, later known as JLB (John Lawton Band), in January 1994, touring the UK and Europe. In 1995 he briefly rejoined Uriah Heep for 2 weeks, to tour South Africa and Austria with Deep Purple, filling in for their singer Bernie Shaw, who was suffering from voice problems at the time.

paragraph: Inspired by German top producer Robert Papst and his partner Reinhold Hoffman, Lawton re-recorded one of the Les Humphries Singers' favourites, the 1970s hit "Mama Loo", in January 1998. In August 2000, his solo album "Still Paying My Dues to the Blues", produced by Robert Papst, was released in Europe, UK and Scandinavia, by Hypertension Music Hamburg and distributed through EDEL Germany. (The album has been re-released in 2010)

paragraph: During the 4th Uriah Heep Annual Convention in London, May 2000, plans were made for a one-off concert by the so-called Hensley/Lawton Band. Lawton was joined by former Heep keyboardist Ken Hensley, for the first time 21 years after Lawton's departure from Uriah Heep in 1979. With them were Paul Newton (their original bassist), and 2 members of Lawton's band Reuben Kane on lead guitar and Justin Shefford on drums. They played a collection of old Heep classics and some of Hensley & Lawton's solo songs, and the concert was recorded for a CD release called "The Return".

paragraph: In 2001 Lawton teamed up with Ken Hensley to form the Hensley Lawton Band. After extensive touring, during Spring and Summer of 2001, culminating with a concert in Hamburg, Germany, featuring a full orchestra and a new rendition of Heep's old classic "Salisbury", both Ken and John returned to their respective solo careers. On 7 December 2001, both John Lawton and Ken Hensley appeared on stage with Uriah Heep during the annual Magician's Birthday Party at the Shepherd's Bush Empire in London. This concert was recorded and released as a CD/DVD.

paragraph: The John Lawton Band - "JLB" was taken on by Classic Rock Productions in 2001 to record the acoustic CD "Steppin' It Up", which features John & Steve Dunning. "One More Night" Live at the Mean Fiddler, CD & DVD, was recorded in 2002, which was followed in 2003 by JLB's "Sting in the Tale" CD, an original studio rock album. Later that year followed another Live CD & DVD "Shakin' The Tale". JLB had been touring extensively with their last gig in Hamburg, September 2004, when Lawton decided to take an indefinite break.

paragraph: In May 2006 Lawton joined forces with Dutch guitarist Jan Dumée (ex-Focus) to form the On The Rocks project. On The Rocks - "OTR" featured Brazilian musicians Ney Conceição on bass, Xande Figueiredo on drums, and Marvio Ciribelli on keyboards. Lawton and Dumée wrote and recorded the tracks for the debut album "Mamonama", released in October 2008.

paragraph: In September 2008 John Lawton appeared on stage at the Heepvention 2008 in Spain, with former Uriah Heep members Ken Hensley, Lee Kerslake and Paul Newton, together with Jan Dumee from the OTR project on guitar.

paragraph: In December 2008 John entered the world of television by presenting the Bulgarian travel documentary series "John Lawton presents" which also includes music from the "Mamonama" album. Made by the Bulgarian TV company "Skat", the films feature interesting historical landmarks of Bulgarian towns and cities, traditional festivities and interviews with the city mayors and local people. So far the series consists of 19 documentaries, including the municipalities of Karnobat, Sozopol, Tsarevo, Primorsko, Burgas, Smolyan, Pamporovo, Varna, Malko Tarnovo, Velingrad, Shumen, Popovo winter, Popovo spring, Chepelare, Lovech, Kavarna, Stara Zagora, Nedelino.

paragraph: In 2009 John again joined Ken Hensley, Lee Kerslake and Paul Newton to appear at Heepvention 2009 in Salo, Finland with a Finnish guitarist completing the line-up.

paragraph: In March 2010, John made his acting debut in the motion picture "Love.net", filmed and produced by Bulgarian film company Miramar Film. Part of John's scenes were shot at Liscombe Park, UK, featuring a guest appearance by Uriah Heep guitarist Mick Box, with the remainder filmed in Sofia. He also recorded the movie's soundtrack song - Tonight. The film was premiered in Sofia on 26 March 2011.

paragraph: In November 2011 John teamed up with Bulgarian band Diana Express to record the album "The Power of Mind" which was composed by Dr. Milen Vrabevski. The album was released in 2012.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:With Asterix.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Asterix" - 1970

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:With Lucifer's Friend.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Lucifer's Friend" - 1970

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Where the Groupies Killed the Blues" - 1972

paragraph: BULLET::::- "I'm Just a Rock 'n' Roll Singer" - 1973

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Banquet" - 1974

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mind Exploding" - 1975

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mean Machine" - 1981

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sumogrip" - 1994

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Awakening" - 2015

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Too Late To Hate" - 2016

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:With the Les Humphries Singers.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "We'll Fly You To The Promised Land" - 1971

paragraph: BULLET::::- "We Are Goin' Down Jordan" - 1971

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Singing Detonation" - 1971

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Old Man Moses" - 1971

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mexico" - 1972

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sound '73" - 1973

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mama Loo (= La Onu Cantante)" - 1973

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Live in Europe" - 1973

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Carnival" - 1973

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sound '73/II" - 1973

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The World Of" - 1973

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Kansas City" - 1974

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sound '74" - 1974

paragraph: BULLET::::- "One of These Days" - 1974

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Rock 'n Roll Party" - 1974

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Amazing Grace & Gospeltrain" - 1975

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Party on the Rocks" - 1975

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:With Uriah Heep.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Firefly" - 1977

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Innocent Victim" - 1977

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Fallen Angel" - 1978

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Live in Europe 79" - (recorded 1979, released 1986)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Magician's Birthday Party" - (live - recorded 2001, released 2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Magic Night" - (live - recorded 2003, released 2004)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:Solo albums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Heartbeat" (also released as "HardBeat"; 1980)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Still Payin' My Dues..." (2000)

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:With Rebel.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Stargazer" - 1982

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:With Zar.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Live Your Life Forever" - 1990

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:With Gunhill.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "One Over the Eight" - 1995

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Night Heat" - 1997

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Live in Germany '99" - 1999

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:With the Hensley Lawton Band.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Return (Live at Heepvention 2000)" - 2000

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:With the Lawton Dunning Project.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Steppin' It Up" - 2002

paragraph: BULLET::::- "One More Night (Live)" - 2002

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:With the John Lawton Band.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sting in the Tale" - 2003

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Shakin' the Tale (Live)" - 2004

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:With OTR - On The Rocks.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Mamonama" - 2008

paragraph: Section::::Discography.:With Intelligent Music Project.

paragraph: BULLET::::- " The Power of Mind" (with Diana Express; 2012)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "My Kind of Lovin"' (2014)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- On The Rocks official website

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official Uriah Heep website

paragraph: BULLET::::- Interview with John Lawton

description: British singer

wikidata_label: John Lawton

wikipedia_title: John Lawton (musician)


text:
William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness
George
Ballinbreich Castle
battle of Flodden
George Leslie, 4th Earl of Rothes
battle of Solway Moss

categories: Court of James IV of Scotland,1513 deaths,Earls of Rothes,Deaths at the Battle of Flodden,Year of birth unknown

paragraph: William Leslie, 3rd Earl of Rothes

paragraph: William Leslie (died 1513), 3rd Earl of Rothes, was the son of Andrew Leslie, Master of Rothes, and Marjory (also known as Elizabeth) Sinclair, daughter of William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness. He succeeded his elder brother George as Earl in 1513.

paragraph: As George had tried to sell the family lands without royal permission William was trying to recover his rights, especially over the Barony centred on Ballinbreich Castle. However, he was killed at the battle of Flodden.

paragraph: William married Margaret Balfour, his heir was George Leslie, 4th Earl of Rothes. Their other children included John Leslie of Parkhill who was captured at the battle of Solway Moss, and James Leslie, Parson of Rothes.

description: Scottish Earl

wikidata_label: William Leslie, 3rd Earl of Rothes

wikipedia_title: William Leslie, 3rd Earl of Rothes


text:
William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness
George Leslie, 1st Earl of Rothes
Earl of Rothes
James IV of Scotland
Ballinbreich Castle

categories: 15th-century births,Earls of Rothes,1513 deaths

paragraph: George Leslie, 2nd Earl of Rothes

paragraph: George Leslie, 2nd Earl of Rothes (died 1513) was a Scottish peer. He was the son of Andrew Leslie, Master of Rothes and Marjorie Sinclair (daughter of William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness), and the grandson of George Leslie, 1st Earl of Rothes.

paragraph: George was invested in his lands as Earl of Rothes on 25 May 1492. In 1498 George was summoned to trial for the murder of George Leslie alias Dunlop, and failed to appear in subsequent years. In 1509, the Leslie lands were "recognized" by James IV of Scotland. The King took back the family's feudal title because George had tried to sell the lands without permission. Chief amongst the lands was the title of the Barony of Ballinbreich Castle.

paragraph: George died unmarried before March 1513, and was succeeded as Earl by his brother, William.

description: Scottish Earl

wikidata_label: George Leslie, 2nd Earl of Rothes

wikipedia_title: George Leslie, 2nd Earl of Rothes


text:
Girona
Gothic architects
Aragonese court
Valencia
Valencian Gothic
Convent of St. Dominic
Sant Nicolau
Cathedral of Orihuela
Llotja de la Seda
Cathedral of Valencia
Tortosa Cathedral
house of Borgia
Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba
Gandia
Valencia
Collegiate Basilica of Gandia

categories: 15th-century births,Catalan architects,Spanish architects,Gothic architects,People from Girona,Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba,15th-century architects,1506 deaths

paragraph: Pere Compte

paragraph: Pere Comte (also spelled Pere Compte; died 1506) was a Spanish architect from Girona. He was one of the main Gothic architects of the Aragonese court of the period, and in particular in Valencia, where he directed the construction of numerous palaces. Pere Compte is considered a master of the Valencian Gothic art.

paragraph: Comte's works include the Convent of St. Dominic (1454–1457), together with , the restoration of the (1468), a chapel in the church of Sant Nicolau (1476), the crossing of the Cathedral of Orihuela and the Llotja de la Seda (1483–1498).

paragraph: He also directed or created the works of other important buildings as the Cathedral of Valencia from 1479, the Tortosa Cathedral, from 1490. He will be employed by the house of Borgia in the Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba, near Gandia (Valencia) where he will realize the sculptures of the upper cloister and a gothic stair. and in the Collegiate Basilica of Gandia.

description: Spanish architect. master of the Valencian Gothic architecture.

wikidata_label: Pere Compte

wikipedia_title: Pere Compte


text: Kinokawa City

text: Wakayama Prefecture

text: Hishida Shunsō

text: Bunten

text: Ueno

text: Tokyo University of the Arts

text: Nihon Bijutsuin

text: Paris

text: San Francisco

text: New York City

text: Bourdelle

text: Rodin

text: Aristide Maillol

text: Isaku Nishimura

text: Wakayama

text: Sakai, Osaka

text: Kansai

text: World War II

text: Wakayama University

text: Tokyo University of the Arts

text: Nihon Bijutsuin

text: Tokyo University of the Arts

text: Bunten

text: Wakayama University

text: Kainan City

text: Wakayama City

text: Kokawa

text: 紀の国の先人たち　保田　龍門　｜和歌山県ホームページ

text: 生誕120年記念　保田龍門 - 和歌山県立近代美術館

categories: Japanese sculptors,20th-century Japanese painters,1891 births,1965 deaths,Tokyo School of Fine Arts alumni,People from Wakayama Prefecture

paragraph: Ryumon Yasuda

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Yasuda was born as Juemon Yasuda in Ryumon Village, Naga District (now Kinokawa City) Wakayama Prefecture, Japan in 1891.

paragraph: He saw Hishida Shunsō's "The Fallen Leaves" in a Ministry of Education art exhibition (abbreviation: Bunten) held in Ueno in Tokyo. He undertook studies in painting at the Pacific Ocean Picture Aassociation Laboratory and entered "Tōkyō Bijutsu Gakkō" (present-day Tokyo University of the Arts), Department of Western Pictures in 1912 upon graduation from Kokawa Junior High School. The school of fine arts is exhibited in the Nikaten while attending school and selecting specially is won by "Mother And the Child" on the 11th Bunten selected in 1917. Afterwards, the study of the sculpture was started in the laboratory at Nihon Bijutsuin Exhibition thereafter was made an outlet.

paragraph: Yasuda visited the United States of America in 1920, and then travelled to Paris via San Francisco and New York City the next year. He was taught sculpture under the guidance of Bourdelle, who was Rodin's assistant. He visited various places of interest in Europe including the atelier of Aristide Maillol in southern France during his time abroad.

paragraph: After learning of his mother's death, Yasuda returned to Japan in 1923. After he returned home, he stopped production in Tokyo and built the studio of Isaku Nishimura design in Wakayama of his hometown, moving the base of operations to Sakai, Osaka. Yasuda exhibited profound influence on the world of art of Kansai, teaching the next generation after World War II at the Institute of Osaka City Art, Wakayama University. He died in 1965 at the age of 73.

paragraph: Section::::Timeline.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1912 Entered the "Tōkyō Bijutsu Gakkō" (Present: Tokyo University of the Arts), Department of Western Picture.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1915 Selected on Nikaten.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1917 Stated sculpture research in Nihon Bijutsuin after graduation from Western Picture Department-Regular Course (Present: Tokyo University of the Arts). "Mother And Child" in the graduation production is exhibited in the 11th Bunten, and it was selected.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1918 "Mr. Ishida's Image" was exhibited in the 5th Nihon Bijutsuin Exhibition (Inten), and won the Chogyu prize.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1920 The Nihon Bijutsuin Exhibition (Inten) recommended him to a coterie. Started to study abroad from Yokohama port.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1924 He exhibited 59 oil paintings and 13 sculptures and held "A Visit to Europe Memory Exhibition" at Tokugawa mansion in Tokyo.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1924 - 1952 Marriage. He send his works to an exhibition 16 times such as Inten. He announced the work evaluated on modern history of art the other day. He played an active part as an Inten leaders member.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1946 He was inaugurated as a Sculpture Department's professor of Institute of Osaka City Art.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1953 Accepted Four Kiyo Bank headquarters wall relief. He was inaugurated as a professor of Department of Arts and Sciences (Present: Department of Education) at Wakayama University in February.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1954 Completed the Work 4 Kiyo Bank wall relieves ("紀陽銀行本店の壁面レリーフ").

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1958 Completed "Nagoya City Heiwado Statue".

paragraph: Section::::Exhibitions.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1969: "Exhibition of Ryumon Yasuda" (The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1986: "Sketch of Ryumon Yasuda exhibition" (Buffet Five Art Gallery, Kainan City, and Wakayama City)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1988: "Posthumous work of Ryumon Yasuda exhibition" (Buffet Five Art Gallery, Kainan City and Wakayama City)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1994: "Taisho no Manazashi "Young Ryumon Yasuda and his days"" (The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1997: "Ryumon exhibition of Ryumon pavilion" (Sponsoring: Buffet Five Art Gallery, Kokawa)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1998: "Ryumon Yasuda "A painting in India ink" exhibition" (Buffet Five Art Gallery, Kainan City, and Wakayama City)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2002: "Ryumon Yasuda "Generation Atelier Exhibition"" (Buffet Five Art Gallery, Kainan City)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2005: "Ryumon Yasuda exhibition to live in birthplace" (Buffet Five Art Gallery, Kainan City)

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ryumon Yasuda exhibition 2008 Buffet Five Art Gallery

paragraph: BULLET::::- 紀の国の先人たち　保田　龍門　｜和歌山県ホームページ

paragraph: BULLET::::- 生誕120年記念　保田龍門 - 和歌山県立近代美術館

description: Japanese artist

wikidata_label: Ryumon Yasuda

wikipedia_title: Ryumon Yasuda


text:
temple name
emperor
imperial China
Later Zhou
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
tattoo
Later Han
Later Zhou
Longyao County
Hebei
Tang Dynasty
warlord
toddler
Taiyuan
Shanxi
prefect
Shunyi District
Beijing
Li Keyong
Liu Rengong
deciduous teeth
Huguan
Changzhi
Li Jitao
Jin
Li Cunxu
Later Liang
Later Tang
cavalry
military strategy
blood brother
emperor
Li Siyuan
Zhu Shouyin
Shi Jingtang
defensive wall
Xun
Henan
Later Jin
Later Han
Shatuo Turk
Liu Zhiyuan
Gaozu of Later Han
Shatuo Turks
Later Han
teenager
Zhou Dynasty
Han Chinese
China
China
peasantry
Liu Chengyou
Zhang Yongde

categories: Later Han (Five Dynasties) shumishi,Jin (Later Tang precursor) people born during Tang,Liao dynasty people,Generals from Hebei,Later Tang people,904 births,Later Liang (Five Dynasties) people born during Tang,Politicians from Xingtai,Later Zhou emperors,Later Jin (Five Dynasties) people,954 deaths,Later Han (Five Dynasties) jiedushi of Tianxiong Circuit

paragraph: Guo Wei

paragraph: Guo Wei (郭威) (10 September 904 – 22 February 954), also known by his temple name Taizu (太祖), was the founding emperor of imperial China's short-lived Later Zhou during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, reigning from 951 until his death.

paragraph: Nicknamed "Sparrow Guo" (郭雀兒) after a sparrow-shaped tattoo on his neck, he rose to a high position in the Later Han as an assistant military commissioner. He founded the Later Zhou in 951.

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: When Guo Wei was born in 904 in Yaoshan (堯山; in modern Longyao County, Hebei), the Tang Dynasty had disintegrated into regions controlled by warlords fighting amongst one another. Guo was just a toddler when his family moved to Taiyuan (in modern Shanxi), as his father Guo Jian (郭簡) became the prefect (刺史) of Shunzhou (順州, modern Shunyi District, Beijing), serving the Taiyuan-based warlord Li Keyong. Shortly afterwards, Guo Jian was killed by warlord Liu Rengong's forces which conquered Shunzhou, and before Guo Wei's deciduous teeth fell out his mother Lady Wang (王氏) also died. Orphaned, the young boy was raised by a distant relative, Lady Han (韓氏).

paragraph: Guo Wei grew up into a muscular young man interested more in warfare than agriculture. He was also fond of drinking and gambling and frequently participated in brawls. When he was around 17, to escape arrest, he went to live with an acquaintance Gentleman Chang (常氏) in Huguan close to Luzhou (潞州, modern Changzhi, Shanxi), shortly before joining the army of Luzhou's interim regent (留後) Li Jitao. Li Jitao was serving Jin, ruled by Li Keyong's son Li Cunxu, but actually plotting to defect to the Later Liang, Jin's archenemy. He was therefore more interested in recruiting brave and talented soldiers than enforcing the law, so when an inebriated Guo stabbed a menacing marketplace butcher to death following an argument, he let Guo walk free, eventually summoning Guo back to serve him.

paragraph: Section::::Career under Later Tang.

paragraph: In 923, Li Cunxu established the Later Tang and overthrew Later Liang. Li Jitao was killed a few months later and all of his former soldiers, including 19-year-old Guo Wei, were assigned to the cavalry rotations. As Guo was literate and good at mathematics, he soon became an officer. He delved into the available literature on military strategy as much as he could, particularly enjoying "Spring and Autumn Annals for a Wider World" (閫外春秋), recommended by a blood brother Li Qiong (李瓊).

paragraph: In 927, the Later Tang emperor Li Siyuan personally led an army to suppress Zhu Shouyin's rebellion. Guo Wei, then under the leadership of general Shi Jingtang, was among the first soldiers scaling the defensive wall of Xun (in modern Henan). Shi saw Guo's literary talents and tasked him to manage military records. Guo proved very popular among generals and ministers.

paragraph: Section::::Career under Later Jin.

paragraph: Later Tang was replaced by the Later Jin in 936.

paragraph: Section::::Career under Later Han.

paragraph: The Later Han was founded by a Shatuo Turk by the name of Liu Zhiyuan, posthumously known as Gaozu of Later Han. Guo Wei was already familiar with life under the Shatuo Turks as he had lived under their rule since he was nineteen years old. He served as the Assistant Military Commissioner to the founder of the Later Han. However, when a teenager assumed the throne in 948, court intrigue enabled Guo to usurp the throne in a coup and declare himself the founding Emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty on New Year’s Day in 951.

paragraph: Section::::Reign.

paragraph: He was the first Han Chinese Emperor in northern China since 923. His rule was able and he passed reforms that attempted to relieve pressures on China’s massive peasantry. His rule was vigorous and well-organized. However, he died from an illness three years into his reign in 954.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Section::::Family.:Ancestry.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1st son, no mention in historical texts, most likely died young

paragraph: BULLET::::- Guo Qingge (郭青哥), 2nd son, almost certainly still a child when he was killed in 950 by Liu Chengyou

paragraph: BULLET::::- Guo Yige (郭意哥), 3rd son, almost certainly still a child when he was killed in 950 by Liu Chengyou

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1st daughter, no mention in historical texts, most likely died young

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2nd daughter, no mention in historical texts, most likely died young

paragraph: BULLET::::- 3rd daughter, killed in 950 by Liu Chengyou

paragraph: BULLET::::- 4th daughter, married Zhang Yongde

paragraph: BULLET::::- 5th daughter, died before 951

description: Later Zhou emperor

wikidata_label: Emperor Taizu of Later Zhou

wikipedia_title: Guo Wei


text:
electronic
Příbram
Berlin
debut album
Ninja Tune
Milton Keynes
Apple Mac
Logic Studio
Bath
internship
Ninja Tune
drum and bass
dubstep
Pinch
Berlin
Native Instruments
AllMusic
Berghain
Panoramabar
Ostgut Ton
dubstep
Pinch
Emika
dubstep
electronica
PJ Harvey
The xx
Zola Jesus
Beth Gibbons
Amon Tobin
ISAM
Boiler Room
Dva
Music Technology
Bath Spa University
Chris Isaak
Wicked Game
The Blacklist
2012 Olympic Games
London
The Weeknd
Kiss Land
Pinch
Brandt Brauer Frick
Amon Tobin
Marcel Dettmann
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Bettina Rheims
Gazelle Twin
Nicholas Sutton
Emika
Ninja Tune
Dva
Ninja Tune
promo
Pinch
Tectonic
Doppelschall
Luke Black

categories: English singer-songwriters,British trip hop musicians,Ninja Tune artists,1986 births,English people of Czech descent,English electronic musicians,English female singers,Dubstep musicians,English women in electronic music,People from Berlin,21st-century English singers,Living people

paragraph: Emika

paragraph: Ema Jolly (born 8 January 1986), better known by her stage name Emika, is an English electronic musician of Czech origin (her mother is from Příbram) currently residing in Berlin. Her self-titled debut album was released in October 2011 via Ninja Tune and received generally positive reviews.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Emika, a classically trained musician who studied classical piano and composition, grew up in Milton Keynes, England. She started to make music at school (using an old sequencer program she found on a computer stashed in a cupboard) and waitressed to save up for her first Apple Mac and copy of Logic Studio. Emika received her Music Technology degree in Bath, then procured an internship at the offices of the London label Ninja Tune, where she worked for a month. As Bristol music scene was making a transition from drum and bass to dubstep, she went to the first parties organised by Pinch.

paragraph: Speaking of the reasons that made her leave Bristol, Emika explained: "I was very ill, physically, I've had to have some operations which weren't very successful and led to more, and had a long period quite surviving from morphine, really... I was in bed for many weeks. And afterwards in Bristol I became 'the ill girl'... It was very difficult for me to recover and stay in that city". In 2006, she took advantage of a free flight to anywhere in Europe granted by her bank, as she got her account upgraded, flew to Berlin on her own and decided to stay there.

paragraph: In Berlin Emika started working as a sound designer for Native Instruments, all the while honing her own ("uniquely haunting", according to AllMusic) musical style with her laptop, picking up ideas from the dance scene at the Berghain and Panoramabar clubs. "Fünf", the compilation album of music crafted from field recordings made inside these clubs by Emika (who contributed her own track "Cooling Room" to the compilation), was released by Ostgut Ton, as part of the celebration of the label's five-year anniversary. Her job at the Native Instruments had an important role in her artistic development, too. "I am focused on the world of sound and the power of the human voice, the instant connections it makes with listeners, in music. In general I feel there is a lack of vocabulary in the field of electronic music", Emika later explained.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:"Drop the Other" and debut album (2010).

paragraph: Ninja Tune appreciated Emika's new, dark, downtempo dubstep direction and in January 2010, released "Drop the Other" as her debut single, which has also found its way into the label's 20th anniversary box set. Since 2009, Emika has appeared on tracks with the likes of Pinch, Kryptic Minds, Paul Frick and MyMy. Her second single "Double Edge" came out in May 2010 to be followed by "Count Backwards" (April 2011) and "Pretend/Professional Loving", the latter came out in September 2011, and was remixed by Brandt Brauer Frick, Kyle Hall and DJ Rashad.

paragraph: On 3 October (11 October, in US), 2011, her debut album "Emika" came out (all four singles included), described as the mix of "bewitching, atmospheric melodies and glitchy electronic beats" and getting good reviews. Emika's music has been described as being influenced by various genres like early dubstep, electronica and classical, critics compared her to PJ Harvey, The xx, Zola Jesus and Beth Gibbons.

paragraph: On 18 October 2011 Emika embarked upon her first American tour, supporting Amon Tobin on his ISAM tour and she has continued to play live shows all over the world throughout 2012 in countries such as Austria, Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Norway, Switzerland, Russia and Turkey. She performed a live set in Berlin for music streaming website Boiler Room in 2012.

paragraph: Despite her self-described "nerdy," studio-based background, Emika notes a major shift in her recent output evolving from the isolated nature of her self-titled debut LP to a more interactive and freewheeling piece of work in 2013's "Dva".

paragraph: 2015 saw her two albums: piano opus "Klavirni" and electronic studio album "DREI". "Ibiza Spotlight" gave both records their Album Of The Week accolade.

paragraph: Section::::Education.

paragraph: Emika studied Creative Music Technology at Bath Spa University.

paragraph: Section::::Film, advertising and other music use.

paragraph: Her music has been used in adverts by Gucci, McLaren and NBC - who used her cover of Chris Isaak's Wicked Game in an episode of The Blacklist, which led to the track reaching No. 1 on iTunes in Canada and No. 2 in the US. She has contributed to film soundtracks, including a trailer for , and her music was used at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

paragraph: Her track, "Professional Loving", was sampled by The Weeknd on his track "Professional" on his debut album "Kiss Land" (2013).

paragraph: Section::::Collaborations.

paragraph: Emika has collaborated with artists and producers such as Tommy Four Seven, Pinch, Nick Hoppner, Paul Frick, (Brandt Brauer Frick), Amon Tobin and Marcel Dettmann (with whom she co-produced a song for his artist album). She has recorded with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and in 2014 she revealed plans to create a full orchestral symphony.

paragraph: She has been shot by photographers including Bettina Rheims and Madison.

paragraph: Emika contributed a remix (along with Gazelle Twin) to the Nicholas Sutton soundtrack album "Angels Dreams Inches" released as a limited 12" vinyl.

paragraph: Section::::Emika Records.

paragraph: Emika launched her own label in 2014, Emika Records, initially as a platform to release her own music. The debut release was a 12" entitled "Melancholia Euphoria".

paragraph: Section::::Solo discography.

paragraph: Section::::Solo discography.:Albums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Emika" (Ninja Tune, 2011)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dva" (Ninja Tune, 2013)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Klavírní" (Emika, 2015)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Drei" (Emika, 2015)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Melanfonie" (Emika, 2017)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Falling in Love with Sadness" (Emika, 2018)

paragraph: Section::::Solo discography.:Mini albums.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Chemical Fever" (14 May 2012, Ninja Tune)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Klavírní EP" (download with the album "Dva", 10 June 2013, Ninja Tune)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Flashbacks" (4 March 2016, Emika)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Forever Never" (5 August 2016, Emika)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Melanfonie Momente" (28 October 2016, Emika)

paragraph: Section::::Solo discography.:Singles.

paragraph: from the album "Emika":

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Drop the Other" (12", 18 January 2010, Ninja Tune)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Double Edge" (12", 15 May 2010, Ninja Tune)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Count Backwards" (12", 11 April 2011, Ninja Tune)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Pretend" / "Professional Loving" (12", 5 September 2011, Ninja Tune)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "3 Hours" (12", 13 February 2012, Ninja Tune)

paragraph: from the album "Dva":

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Searching" ("download", 15 April 2013, Ninja Tune)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Centuries" ("download", 1 July 2013, Ninja Tune)

paragraph: from the album "Drei":

paragraph: BULLET::::- "My Heart Bleeds Melody" (promo only, April 2015)

paragraph: others:

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Melancholia Euphoria" ("download" 30 November 2014, 12" 1 December 2014, Emika Records)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Close" ("download" 11 June 2018, Emika Records)

paragraph: Section::::Collaborations.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2009: "Price Tag" EP (MyMy & Emika, AUS Music)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2010: "2012" (Pinch & Emika, Tectonic)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2011: "I Mean" EP (Paul Frick feat. Emika, Doppelschall)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2011: "Make You Sleep" (Kryptic Minds vs. Emika, Black Box)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2011 : "Pretend" (Brandt Brauer Frick)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2016 : "Dreamt In Flesh" (Emika Remix)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2017: "Olive tree" by Luke Black (Emika production)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2018: “Tell Me What You Remember”, (The Black Dog, featuring Emika, from The Black Dog’s “Black Daisy Wheel” album)

description: English singer-songwriter

wikidata_label: Emika

wikipedia_title: Emika


text:
mathematician
Mathematics
University of Waterloo
PhD.
University of Manitoba
point set topology
continuous functions
Hausdorff spaces

categories: 1960 births,Living people,Canadian mathematicians,University of Waterloo faculty

paragraph: Robert André

paragraph: Robert André (born March 14, 1960) is a mathematician and current Professor of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo. André obtained a PhD. in mathematics at the University of Manitoba and has been a member of the University of Waterloo's Mathematics faculty for many years.

paragraph: Section::::Academic career.

paragraph: Robert André's research interests include point set topology, rings of continuous functions, and extensions of Hausdorff spaces.

description: mathematician

wikidata_label: Robert André

wikipedia_title: Robert André


text:
The Aquarian Weekly
Springfield, Massachusetts
Ramstein, Germany
Lakenheath, England
Summerville High School
Summerville, South Carolina
the College of Charleston
William Howard Taft College of Law
JD
Sticky Fingers
The Rolling Stones
Waddy Wachtel
Kenny Aronoff
Bobby Keys
Ian McLagan
Bernard Fowler
Kenny Aaronson
Andy Johns
several well-known rock albums
Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
John Pasche
Paul McCartney
The Who
B. Dylan
The Jenny Jones Show
Official Band Website
Twitter
YouTube channel

categories: The Rolling Stones,American male singers,United States Army officers,American male songwriters,20th-century American singers,21st-century English singers,Living people

paragraph: Glen Carroll

paragraph: Glen Carroll (born January 8, 1960) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and lead vocalist. Carroll wrote and recorded "Like A Rolling Stone", the "Top 10 Album" in 2013 (according to 'The Aquarian Weekly' writers).

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: Glen Edward Carroll was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on January 8, 1960. He and his sister were raised in a military family. When he was 12, he moved with his family to Ramstein, Germany, where he first began playing guitar. At age 15, Carroll moved to Lakenheath, England, and started his first band, "Skip Church and the Choir Boys". Carroll returned to the United States in the summer of 1976. Carroll attended and graduated Summerville High School, Summerville, South Carolina, the College of Charleston, and William Howard Taft College of Law (JD).

paragraph: Section::::Music career.

paragraph: Glen Carroll formed Sticky Fingers in 1989 after serving in the U.S. military as a pilot. At first, Carroll performed as the band's drummer. However, after the band went through several vocalists a month, Carroll became the band's vocalist. For the next 25 years, Carroll lead the band as singer and business manager.

paragraph: In 2008, Steven Kurutz published "Like a Rolling Stone". Carroll was the main character in the book and his photograph is featured on the cover. At the time of publication, Carroll had toured every year for 18 years. In 2013, the band released an album called "Like a Rolling Stone." Carroll wrote the songs, and all the musicians that took part in making of the album had performed or recorded with The Rolling Stones.

paragraph: Section::::Releases.

paragraph: The first EP called "Travelin' Man" was released in September 2004. Glen Carroll attributes it to the times he's spent moving and traveling in 80s.

paragraph: Glen also wrote and released the album, "Like a Rolling Stone" in November 2012. The album includes original works in the styling of 1960s–1970s classic rock inspired by the sounds of the Rolling Stones. Band on the album includes musicians who have played with the Rolling Stones: Waddy Wachtel on guitar, Kenny Aronoff on drums, Bobby Keys on sax, Ian McLagan on keys, Bernard Fowler on backup vocals, and Kenny Aaronson on bass. "Like a Rolling Stone" was co-produced by Andy Johns, a British sound engineer, and record producer, who worked on several well-known rock albums by the Rolling Stones, and a series of albums by Led Zeppelin. Artwork for the album was created by John Pasche. Pasche designed the "Tongue and Lip Design" logo in 1971, which was originally reproduced on the "Sticky Fingers" album by the Rolling Stones. Pasche designed tour posters for the Rolling Stones between 1970 and 1974 and also worked for other reputed artists, such as Paul McCartney, and The Who.

paragraph: Section::::Releases.:Track listing of the "Like a Rolling Stone" album.

paragraph: BULLET::::- One Way Street (G. Carroll)

paragraph: BULLET::::- You Baby You (C. McCarty, G. Mallabar)

paragraph: BULLET::::- I Miss The Good Times (G. Carroll)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Knockin' On Heaven's Door (B. Dylan, [G. Carroll – third verse])

paragraph: BULLET::::- As Good As It Gets (G. Carroll)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Tribute (G. Carroll)

paragraph: BULLET::::- At First Sight (G. Carroll)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Christine (G. Carroll)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lady Blue (G. Carroll)

paragraph: BULLET::::- White Roses (G. Carroll)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Her Very Last Time (G. Carroll)

paragraph: Section::::Awards and nominations.

paragraph: Section::::Awards and nominations.:Independent Music Awards.

paragraph: Best Adult Contemporary Song

paragraph: Section::::Awards and nominations.:Billboard Awards.

paragraph: Best Rock / Blues Song

paragraph: Best Cover / Rock

paragraph: Best Rock / American

paragraph: 2012 Top Ten Album

paragraph: Section::::Television.

paragraph: Carroll appeared in the American variety television show "The Jenny Jones Show" as the musical guest on Friday, October 17, 1997.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Official Band Website

paragraph: BULLET::::- Twitter

paragraph: BULLET::::- YouTube channel

description: American music artist, songwriter, record producer

wikidata_label: Glen Carroll

wikipedia_title: Glen Carroll