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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. Life and career
The Dream Academy. 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". [6][7][8]
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 · Andy Page spent an hour in the company of instantly likeable, hugely positive Dream Academy singer / guitarist Nick Laird-Clowes, (who was joined in the band by Gilbert Gabriel on keyboards / vocals and Kate St. John on cor anglais / oboe / vocals and more!), to talk about putting together the box set and looking back on all things Dream Academy.
- Andy Page
Nick Laird-Clowes: Well, first of all, we had shot a video for “Life in a Northern Town” in the north of England, and neither us nor the record company nor the director - who was a great director called Tim Pope - were happy with it, but it had been the video that had gone out all over England and Europe when the song was a hit there. But “Life in a Northern Town” wasn't released in ...
Feb 21, 2024 · By Sean Hannam. 34. 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.’.
Apr 8, 2024 · Nick Laird-Clowes, singer, songwriter. I was a part-time presenter on the first series of The Tube, with Jools Holland and Paula Yates. That was filmed in Newcastle, but they didn’t keep me on, so I went back down to London. It was so depressing.
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