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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.
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September 12, 2020 August 18, 2023. THEN & NOW: Roachford....
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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.
Mar 15, 2024 · IN CONVERSATION: The Dream Academy’s Nick Laird-Clowes. 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.
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The Dream Academy was a British band consisting of singer/guitarist [3] and primary songwriter [4] Nick Laird-Clowes, multi-instrumentalist Kate St John, and keyboardist Gilbert Gabriel. [5] The band is most noted for their 1985 hit record , " Life in a Northern Town ".
Feb 21, 2024 · P astoral 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.’. This month, the complete recordings ...
Jul 2, 2020 · Nick Drake had only released three albums before his untimely death in 1974 and it wasn’t until much later that he received the recognition he deserved; but that’s a story for another time.
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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 ...
