Female Musicians

Biography from PJHarvey.net 'Uh Huh Her' is the seventh album from PJ Harvey and the follow-up to the hugely successful 'Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea' which won the 2001 Mercury Music Prize. After a summer of live dates - including appearances at the V Festival, the Eden Project and the first rock concert at Tate Modern - Harvey finished work on the new record in the autumn of 2003. The album was written, performed, recorded, mixed & produced by Harvey, who chose Head to assist in additional recording and mixing and Rob Ellis, long time collaborator, to play drums and percussion on the album. Multi-instrumentalist, Harvey, played everything else. From…

Biography from VH1.com Nikka Costa (born: June 4, 1972) is no stranger to the music business. Having been raised inside some of the most influential social circles during her childhood, Costa was molded for perfection in her own right. She's the daughter of famed arranger/producer Don Costa (Paul Anka, Dinah Washington, Tony Bennett), not to mention the goddaughter of Frank Sinatra. Her first musical gig was at age five, opening for Don Ho. Two years later she wowed 300,000 Police fans in Chile. Nikka Costa was a natural. Costa went back and forth between Los Angeles and Europe, maintaining a sharp childhood sense while molding a sophisticated music career. By age seven, …

Biography What this young, talented and immensely creative singer-songwriter is referring to is her amazing music journey, one that culminates on October 7 with the release of her debut EP appropriately entitled EP (Private Music / Arista Associated Labels). Rachael Yamagata's remarkable odyssey would be difficult to summarize in any other way. How else to explain singing opera, fronting a funk-soul-hip-hop band, playing Madison Square Garden, opening for David Gray, or getting radio airplay before even releasing an album? EP was produced by Malcolm Burn (Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith) at New York's Kingston Studios. “Collide” was produced by Dough McBride in …

Links Toby Lightman's Website Toby Lightman's Forum Toby Lightman's Fan Site Photos @ MTV.com Albums Debut: Little Things Release: 03/30/2004 Label: Lava Records Tracklisting 01. Leave It Inside 02. Devils And Angels 03. Coming Back In 04. Frightened 05. River, The 06. Voices 07. Little Thing 08. Front Row 09. Everyday 10. Is This Right 11. Don't Wanna Know 12. Running Away Biography There’s a world of difference between pop stars who sing other people’s songs, and female singer/songwriters who truly touch your soul. With a voice that’s powerful, passionate, endlessly expressive, and full of contagious e…

Biography from Anja's official site As a child growing up around Oslo, Anja Garbarek (pronounced An-ya!) learned from her father, the jazz composer and saxophonist Jan Garbarek, that the only rule worth following is the one, which clearly states that there are no rules worth following. While she doesn't take much notice of other people's instructions - "because I always have to find my own way of doing things" - that message stuck. It has guided everything she has achieved in her career so far, and it is indelibly stamped across her extraordinary new album, Smiling And Waving. Recorded last year in London, where she now lives, this item of strange and shimmering beauty …

Biography from AngelRecords.com Angela McCluskey swooped into my life in 1997. That’s what she does; she swoops into your world, as if from another epoch, all big hats and velvet and a dense Scottish slur. I was transformed, touched; she possessed an inexplicable magnetism, an infinite energy, scattering practical advice, poetry, Dorothy Parker-isms, and foul-mouthed jokes like fairy-dust. The force of her personality alone is enough to make her legendary, but here’s the thing: when she sings, only then will she righteously kick your ass. I could cite gushers like this: “The striking vocals of Angela McCluskey will make you remember the first time you heard Miles blow h…

Biography from VH1.com She's the daughter of Arne Naess, former husband of Supreme Diana Ross. Born and raised in England but presently based in New York, Leona Naess is an introspective singer/songwriter whose alternative pop-rock draws on influences ranging from Edie Brickell, Tori Amos and Joni Mitchell to the Cure, David Bowie and Joy Division. It's impossible to miss the similarity between Naess' voice and Brickell's; nonetheless, Brickell is only one of the many artists who has influenced Naess' work. Naess was in her teens when she started singing and writing songs, and she was 18 when she moved to New York to study music and anthropology at New York University. A…

Official Site: http://www.jojoonline.com/main.html Biography: A singer. A songwriter. A prodigy. With just a few notes, she's made some of the most influential men and women in America stop in their tracks to find her, and meet her. She possesses a rare talent that has enchanted talk show hosts, celebrities and audiences throughout the United States. And she's determined to take the music world by storm. Her name is JoJo. In the outskirts of Boston, Massachusetts JoJo grew up in a home filled with song. Her mother, a church soloist and trained musical theater performer, would practice hymns and arias alike while a young JoJo watched, listened and learned. She imitat…

this lady has gone through some hard times the past few years, but starting in may of 2004, she entered a drug rehabilitation program and is now completely clean. she's presently recording a new album that is sure to be her big comeback. anyway, here is a little bio -- not that she really needs one. Okay, so we've all obviously heard of Ms. Whitney. It probably isn't even necessary to do up a profile, but in the spirit of doing things properly, here goes: Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born on August 9th, 1963. Her mother, Cissy Houston was a renowned gospel singer and sang backup for Aretha Franklin. Whitney's cousin is Dionne Warwick, so there was music born into her…

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Full name: Kylie Ann Minogue Born: 28th May 1968 Bethlehem Hospital, Melbourne. Australia. Height: 5ft 1" Family: Carol+Ron. Brother: Brendan(1970) Sister Danielle(1971) Albums: Kylie('88) Enjoy Yourself ('89) Rhythm Of Love('90) Let's Get To It('91) Greatest Hits('92) Kylie Minogue('94) Impossible Princess('97) Intimate and Live('99) Light Years(2000) Fever('01) Television: Sullivans('80)The Henderson Kids('85)Fame and Misfortune('85)Zoo Family('85) Neighbours('86)Vicar Of Dibley('94) Films: The Delinquents('89),Streetfighter('94),Bio Dome('95), Hayride To Hell('95), Diana and Me('96), Sample People('99), Cut('00), Moulin Rouge('01) --------------------------------…

Remember her? Baby Spice! Full name: Emma Lee Bunton. Date of birth: 21st January 1976. Star sign: Aquarius. Height: 5' 2" (1.57m). Hair colour: She is a NATURAL Blonde. Eyes: Blue (I mean, you knew that, right?) Fears: Prison and loneliness. Fave word: Candy floss. Fave spice: Cinnamon. Fave jewellery: Charm bracelet. Fave saying: "Home is where the heart is!" Fave colour: Pink. She once said "I don't think I will ever get tired of wearing pink.", Emma is definitely a very Girlie Girl... Loves: Sweets, especially bonbons and doughnuts, her mum, hugging, laughing, and catchy clothes. Hates: Artificial doughnuts with powder on top instead of sugar. Ambit…

Amy Lynn Lee (born December 13, 1981) is an American singer. She formed the band Evanescence with Ben Moody when they met at camp. Ben found Amy playing Meat Loaf's "I Would Do Anything for Love" at the camp's piano, and instantly knew she was the one. Amy needed a guitarist and Ben needed a singer. This marked the beginning of Evanescence. In 2003, Evanescence's single, "Bring Me to Life" (featuring Paul McCoy), was featured on the soundtrack to the movie Daredevil, and it reached number one on the UK Singles Chart. Lee was born in Riverside, California. She has a brother and two sisters. At school, Lee was head of Choir, drama, and participated in many plays. Her family…

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B. Audrey Faith Perry, 21 September, 1967, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. Raised in the small town of Star, Mississippi, USA, the 90s country singer Faith Hill was singing at family gatherings from the age of three. She was influenced by Reba McEntire and formed her first band when she was 17 years old, performing at local rodeos. She moved to Nashville in 1989 and her first job was selling T-shirts at the Country Music Fan Fair. Attempts to make a name for herself in Nashville were fruitless, and Hill eventually accepted a secretarial job with a music publisher. Legend has it that the publisher/singer Gary Morris urged her to leave the job and take up singing as a career. Sh…

thought I would start this up again! In case you forgot its the hong kong group composing of Gillian and Charlene, two of the cutest girls ever! Biography (submitted by PinkCouture) Twins was a Hong Kong-based female Cantopop duo created in the summer of 2001 by Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG). Twins was made up of two girls, Charlene Choi Cheuk-Yin and Gillian Chung Yan-Tung. They were a popular group in Hong Kong and a top band in China. Their fanbase included: Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Canada, Australia and United States. Their music had always targeted young teens, but in 2004 they begin to attract a wider audience venturing into different style of music…

Britney Spears Born: December 2, 1981 Birthplace: Kentwood, Louisiana Britney Jean Spears was born in rural Louisiana (Kentwood) on December 2, 1981, to Jamie and Lynne Spears. As a child, Britney attended dance classes, and she was great at gymnastics, winning many competitions and the like. But, most of all, Britney loved to sing. At age 8, Britney tried out for "MMC" (1989), but was turned down due to her young age. This directed her to an off-Broadway show, "Ruthless", for a 2-year run as the title character. At age 11, she again tried for "MMC" (1989) and this time made it as a mouseketeer along side many stars of today (Justin Timberlake and J.C. Chasez of N*Sync…

Here is some info about J.Lo: Jennifer's mother, a kindergarten teacher, and her father, a computer analyst, nurtured her ambitions early on by enrolling the young star-to-be in dance lessons. It was as a dancer that her career really started: she started in musicals and soon graduated to the small screen. Lopez later beat out thousands in a national dance in order to earn herself a place as one of Rosie Perez's Flygirls on the '80s comedy show In Living Colour. Lopez was able to turn her success as a Flygirl into more television work, and appeared in a series of new but short-lived sitcoms. Despite the setbacks, she was still able to move on to better things-this time …

Biography from VH1.com English singer Joss Stone was just 16 when she emerged on the pop/rock scene in 2003. Ready to take on the pop domination of Britney and Christina with a sound wise beyond her teenage years, Stone positioned herself among the more established and credible artists (Norah Jones, Jill Scott, Nikka Costa) reigning adult alternative pop/rock. Born Joscelyn Eve Stoker in 1987, the sun-kissed blonde darling grew up listening to American soul and R&B. Aretha Franklin was a favorite and in time, Stone realized that she possessed an impressive throaty vocal style with both depth and emotion, much like her idols. In 2002, Stone took a chance. She left her…

Mya Harrison Where you’ve seen her: Since releasing her debut album in 1998, Mya has morphed from sweet to supersexy. She slipped into a corset for “Lady Marmalade” and even less in the movie musical Chicago. Mother of all turnoffs: “When I did the ‘Lady Marmalade’ video, it was strange because my mom was there, and I’m standing around with a whip in my hand and my crotch in the crowd’s face. In fact, I’m pretty sure I would’ve gotten a little nastier and a little grittier if my mom hadn’t been there. Which could’ve been why she was there.” The bottom line: “My outfit in Chicago was really skimpy. Let’s just say every girl dancing had to get a Brazilian wax. I’ve d…

Shakira Where you’ve seen her: Where haven’t you seen her? Other than being on just about every magazine cover in the last couple of months, you can catch her on her English-language album debut, Laundry Service. The bottom line: “You have to do everything you can to make your butt stand out. It’s almost a requirement. But for me, I think I have enough to sit on, so it’s fine. I like it as it is. But it’s also a bad thing, because I have to work to keep it hard.” Latin fire: “I tend to be a little bit jealous. I have to control myself sometimes. I think maybe that’s a Latin thing.” Mission impossible: “I’m no expert on men. In fact, I don’t know a single woman who…

Stacey Ferguson of the Black Eyed Peas Where you’ve seen her: This Californian hard-abbed, big-voiced beauty started out on the Disney Channel's Kids Incorporated and is now the Black Eyed Peas resident sex bomb. Pea in the pod: "I’ve always been a fan of hip-hop, and I went to see a show in 1998. [black Eyed Peas member] will.i.am and I exchanged numbers, and years later they needed a singer for the song “Shut Up.” A mutual friend recommended me, they brought me in, and the chemistry was good." Sister act: "I’m the only girl in a bunch of guys. I’ve always wanted a big brother, and now I have 13 of them. It’s great. They treat me like one of the guys—it’s not like…

Beyonce Giselle Knowles Born: September 4, 1981 Birthplace: Houston, Texas, USA Beyonce's father, Matthew Knowles, manages Destiny's Child. Her mother, Tina Knowles, designs their glittering costumes. Solange Knowles, her sister (they're about 5 years apart) has released her debut album. She dances with her big sister during DC-3 concerts. She and her group were discovered by Whitney Houston. One of her favorite songs is "Lovefool" by the Cardigans. Her favourite item of clothing is a pair of pathwork metallic boots. She writes & produces many of the group's songs, including smash hits "Jumpin Jumpin", "Bootylicious", "Nasty Girl", "Independent Women", "Happy Fa…

Christina Aguilera Born in 18th of December 1980 at Staten Island, NY, USA. from www.caguilera.com: Full Name : Christina Maria Aguilera Birthday December 18,1980 Birthplace Staten Island, New York Home Wexford, Pennsylvania Parents Jim & Shelly Siblings Rachel Michael Stephanie (step sister) Casey (step brother) Influences She was influenced by Julie Andrews after watching The Sound Of Music. She then grew up listening to Whitney Houston Etta James and Billie Holiday Fave Colors Powder Pink White Fave Food Meat and potatoes (esp. Steak) Fave Artists & Groups Madonna, Lauryn Hill, Brian McKnight, Korn, Fatboy Slim ,Beck, Foxy Brown Fave Di…