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Feb 21, 2024 · Pastoral art-pop band The Dream Academy – singer / guitarist and songwriter, Nick Laird-Clowes, multi-instrumentalist Kate St. John, and keyboardist / songwriter, Gilbert Gabriel – had a hit on both sides of the Atlantic with their haunting and ethereal 1985 debut single, ‘Life In A Northern Town.’
Nick Laird-Clowes (born 5 February 1957, in London, England) [citation needed] is an English musician and composer, best known as the singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter for The Dream Academy. Life and career. Laird-Clowes was a member of Alfalpha and The Act [1] before forming The Dream Academy.
Sep 12, 2020 · British trio The Dream Academy formed in London in 1983 and took the US single and album charts by storm in 1985 with their debut single and a feature in one of the 1980’s most iconic flicks. The origins of The Dream Academy can be traced back to the 1970’s, when Nick Laird-Clowes and Gilbert Gabriel were part of the band, The Act.
Mar 15, 2024 · It’s been almost four decades since The Dream Academy appeared, seemingly from nowhere, with the classic 80s hit ‘Life In A Northern Town’, a track that served as the perfect pointer as to what to expect from their debut album and indeed their work beyond. And now, the Cherry Red treatment has been given to the band’s three albums of ...
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Dec 12, 2019 · Broomfield’s most recent film was this year’s acclaimed Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love – about the relationship between Marianne Ihlen and Leonard Cohen – for which Nick Laird-Clowes wrote and performed the music. The full score has been released on vinyl and Nick dropped into SDE last week to discuss this work and to sign a few ...
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He'd split up from his wife of years and years and years, and he had this new girlfriend who later became his wife (Polly Samson) - they've now been married for 20 years and they've got four children - and she'd written some other lyrics on quite a few other things as well, so we'd just be sitting there listening, and then they'd say, “What ...
