Events

69 – After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor.

1080 – King of Denmark Harald III dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.

1397 – Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) the start of the book's pilgrimage to Canterbury.

1492 – Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.

1521 – Martin Luther speaks to the assembly at the Diet of Worms, refusing to recant his teachings.

1524 – Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York harbor.

1555 – After 18 months of siege, Siena surrenders to the Florentine-Imperial army. The Republic of Siena is incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.

1797 – Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in America.

1797 – Citizens of Verona, Italy, begin an eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces, which will end unsuccessfully.

1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins – Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.

1895 – The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.

1905 – The Supreme Court of the United States decides ''Lochner v. New York'' which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.

1907 – The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.

1912 – Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.

1941 – World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany.

1942 – French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Festung Königstein.

1944 – Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.

1945 – Brazilian forces liberate the town of Montese, Italy, from German Nazi forces.

1946 – Syria obtains its Independence from the French occupation.

1949 – At midnight 26 Irish counties officially leave the British Commonwealth. A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, ushers in the Republic of Ireland.

1961 – Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of CIA financed and trained Cuban refugees lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.

1964 – Jerrie Mock becomes the first woman to circumnavigate the world by air.

1969 – Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.

1969 – Czechoslovakian Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.

1970 – Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.

1971 – The People's Republic of Bangladesh forms, under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Mujibnagor.

1975 – The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.

1982 – Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.

1984 – Police Constable Yvonne Fletcher is killed by gunfire from the Libyan People's Bureau in London during a small demonstration outside the embassy. Ten others are wounded. The events lead to an 11-day siege of the building.

1986 – The Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly ends.

2006 – Sami Hammad, a Palestinian suicide bomber, detonates an explosive device in Tel Aviv, killing 11 people and injuring 70.

Births

1278 – Michael IX Palaeologus, co-ruling Eastern Roman Emperor (d. 1320)

1573 – Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1651)

1586 – John Ford, English dramatist

1598 – Giovanni Riccioli, Italian astronomer (d. 1671)

1620 – Marguerite Bourgeoys, founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame (d. 1700)

1622 – Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet (d. 1695)

1710 – Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, British Freemason (d. 1767)

1734 – Taksin, King of Thailand (d. 1782)

1741 – Samuel Chase, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1811)

1750 – François de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure (d. 1828)

1756 – Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian Freedom Fighter, Tamil Revolutionist (d. 1805)

1794 – Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist (d. 1868)

1798 – Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (d. 1840)

1814 – Josif Pančić, Serbian botanist (d. 1888)

1816 – Thomas Hazlehurst, English Methodist chapel builder (d. 1876)

1820 – Alexander Joy Cartwright, Inventor of the Modern Game of Baseball (d. 1892)

1833 – Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian composer (d. 1900)

1837 – J. P. Morgan, American financier (d. 1913)

1842 – Maurice Rouvier, French statesman (d. 1911)

1849 – William R. Day, American diplomat and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1923)

1852 – Cap Anson, American Baseball Hall of Famer

1863 – Augustus Edward Hough Love, English mathematician (d. 1940)

1865 – Ursula Julia Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic saint (d. 1939)

1866 – Ernest Starling, British physiologist (d. 1927)

1877 – Matsudaira Tsuneo, Japanese diplomat (d. 1949)

1878 – Emil Fuchs, German-born American attorney and baseball owner (d. 1961)

1882 – Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist (d. 1951)

1884 – Leo Frank, American victim of lynching (d. 1915)

1885 – Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen), Danish author (d. 1962)

1890 – Art Acord, American actor and rodeo rider (d. 1931)

1891 – George Adamski, Polish-American author and ufologist (d. 1965)

1896 – Señor Wences, Spanish ventriloquist (d. 1999)

1897 – Thornton Wilder, American dramatist (d. 1975)

1902 – Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican politician (d. 1974)

1903 – Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist (d. 1976)

1903 – Morgan Taylor, American athlete (d. 1975)

1905 – Arthur Lake, American actor (d. 1987)

1906 – Sidney R. Garfield, American physician (d. 1984)

1909 – Alain Poher, French politician (d. 1996)

1910 – Evangelos Averoff, Greek politician (d. 1990)

1910 – Ivan Goff, Australian screenwriter (d. 1999)

1911 – Lester Rodney, American journalist (d. 2009)

1912 – Marta Eggerth, Hungarian-born actress and singer, naturalized citizen of the United States

1914 – George W. Davis, American art director (d. 1984)

1915 – Joe Foss, United States Marine and politician (d. 2003)

1915 – Martin Clemens, Scottish guerilla fighter (d. 2009)

1915 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike, A Sri Lankan politician and the world's first female head of government (d. 2000)

1916 – Helenio Herrera, French footballer player and manager (d. 1997)

1917 – Bill Clements, American politician

1918 – William Holden, American actor (d. 1981)

1919 – Gilles Lamontagne, French Canadian politician

1919 – Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer

1923 – Lindsay Anderson, English film director (d. 1994)

1923 – Harry Reasoner, American journalist (d. 1991)

1923 – Solly Hemus, American baseball player

1925 – Erich Göstl, German War Hero (d. 1990)

1926 – Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2004)

1928 – Cynthia Ozick, American writer

1929 – James Last, German band leader

1929 – Peggy McKercher, 11th Chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan)

1929 – Michael Forest, American actor

1930 – Chris Barber, British jazz band leader

1934 – Don Kirshner, American composer (d. 2011)

1937 – Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian-German automotive engineer and executive

1938 – Ben Barnes, American politician

1938 – Kerry Wendell Thornley, co-founder of Discordianism

1939 – Robert Miller, American art dealer (d. 2011)

1940 – Billy Fury, British singer (d. 1983)

1940 – John McCririck, English television horse racing pundit

1940 – Anja Silja, German soprano

1942 – David Bradley, British actor

1942 – Kenas Aroi, Nauruan politician

1947 – Linda Martin, Irish singer

1947 – Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Japanese baseball player

1948 – Jan Hammer, Czech composer

1950 – L. Scott Caldwell, American actress

1950 – Bruce McNall, American former NHL team owner

1951 – Olivia Hussey, Argentine-born actress

1951 – Börje Salming, Swedish ice hockey player

1952 – Željko Ražnatović, Serbian warlord (d. 2000)

1954 – Riccardo Patrese, Italian race car driver

1954 – Rowdy Roddy Piper, Canadian professional wrestler

1954 – Michael Sembello, American musician

1954 – Lester Square, Canadian musician

1955 – Pete Shelley, British musician

1957 – Nick Hornby, English author

1957 – Susan Roman, Canadian voice actress

1959 – Sean Bean, English actor

1961 – Boomer Esiason, American football player and commentator

1961 – Frank J. Christensen, American labor leader

1963 – Joel Murray, American actor

1964 – Maynard James Keenan, American singer (Tool and A Perfect Circle)

1964 – Ken Daneyko, Canadian ice hockey player

1964 – Lela Rochon, American actress

1965 – William Mapother, American actor

1965 – Yoshiki Kuroda, Japanese urban planner

1966 – Vikram, Indian actor

1967 – Marquis Grissom, American baseball player

1967 – Henry Ian Cusick, Peruvian-born Scottish actor

1967 – Kimberly Elise, American actress

1967 – Timothy Gibbs, American actor

1967 – Liz Phair, American musician/songwriter

1967 – Leslie Bega, American actress

1968 – Prince Maurits of the Netherlands

1970 – Redman, American rapper

1972 – Gary Bennett, American baseball player

1972 – Tony Boselli, American football player

1972 – Jennifer Garner, American actress

1972 – Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan cricketer

1972 – Jarkko Wiss, Finnish Footballer

1972 – Terran Sandwith, Canadian ice hockey player

1972 – Claire Sweeney, English actress

1972 – Yuichi Nishimura, Japan referee football player

1973 – Brett Maher, Australian basketballer

1973 – Theo Ratliff, American basketball player

1973 – Kaihō Ryōji, Japanese sumo wrestler

1974 – Victoria Beckham, English singer (Spice Girls)

1974 – Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish guitarist and singer (Opeth)

1975 – Gabriel Soto, Mexican actor

1975 – Travis Roy, American hockey player

1976 – Monet Mazur, American actress and musician

1976 – Alex Nesic, American actor

1976 – Aňa Geislerová, Czech actress

1977 – Chad Hedrick, American speed skater

1977 – Sizzla, Jamaican dancehall artist

1977 – Phil Jamieson, Australian singer (Grinspoon)

1978 – Lindsay Hartley, American actress

1978 – Loukas Louka, Greek-Cypriot footballer

1978 – Jason White, Scottish rugby player

1979 – Eric Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player

1979 – Siddharth Narayan, Indian actor

1980 – Curtis Woodhouse, English footballer/boxer

1980 – Lee Hyun-il, South Korean badminton player

1980 – Nicholas D'Agosto, American television and film actor

1980 – Fabián Andrés Vargas, Colombian football player

1981 – Wayne Lydon, American baseball player

1981 – Hanna Pakarinen, Finnish singer

1981 – Ryan Raburn, American baseball player

1981 – Zhang Yaokun, Chinese football player

1982 – Lee Jun Ki, South Korean actor and model

1982 – Brad Boyes, Canadian hockey player

1983 – Stanislav Chistov, Russian hockey player

1983 – Roberto Jimenez, Peruvian football player

1983 – Andrea Marcato, Italian rugby player

1984 – Jed Lowrie, American baseball player

1985 – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, French tennis player

1989 – Paraskevi Papahristou, Greek triple jumper

1990 – Jonathan Brown, Welsh footballer

1990 – Nari Yang Kim, South Korean diplomat

1995 – Paulie Litt, American actor

1996 – Dee Dee Davis, American actress

Deaths

326 – Alexander of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria

485 – Proclus, Greek philosopher (b. 412)

617 – Donnán of Eigg, Celtic Christian martyr, patron saint of Eigg

1080 – King Harald III of Denmark (b. 1041)

1427 – John IV, Duke of Brabant (b. 1403)

1539 – George, Duke of Saxony (b. 1471)

1574 – Joachim Camerarius, German classical scholar (b. 1500)

1680 – Kateri Tekakwitha, first American Indian to receive beatification (b. 1656)

1695 – Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican writer

1696 – Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, French writer (b. 1626)

1711 – Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1678)

1713 – David Hollatz, Pomeranian dogmatician (b. 1648)

1742 – Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (b. 1664)

1761 – Thomas Bayes, English mathematician

1764 – Johann Mattheson, German composer (b. 1681)

1790 – Benjamin Franklin, American inventor, diplomat, and printer (b. 1706)

1799 – Richard Jupp, English architect (b. 1728)

1843 – Samuel Morey, American inventor (b. 1762)

1849 – Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentine statesman and priest (b. 1777)

1873 – Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter (b. 1783)

1882 – George Jennings Sanitary engineer (b. 1810)

1892 – Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)

1902 – Francis of Assisi of Bourbon, King Consort of Spain (b. 1822)

1921 – Manwel Dimech, Maltese philosopher and social reformer (b. 1860)

1930 – Alexander Golovin, Russian painter (b. 1863)

1933 – Konstantine Marjanishvili, Georgian theatre director (b. 1872)

1936 – Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch Prime Minister (b. 1873)

1937 – Yi Sang, Korean poet (b. 1910)

1941 – Al Bowlly, British dance band vocalist (b. 1899)

1942 – Jean Perrin, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)

1944 – J.T. Hearne, English cricketer (b. 1867)

1944 – Dimitrios Psarros, Greek army officer and resistance fighter (b. 1893)

1954 – Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu, Romanian communist activist (b. 1900)

1960 – Eddie Cochran, American musician (b. 1938)

1967 – Red Allen, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1908)

1975 – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher (b. 1888)

1976 – Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)

1977 – William Conway, Irish cardinal (b. 1913)

1983 – Felix Pappalardi, American musician and recording producer (b. 1939) (Mountain)

1984 – Claude Provost, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1933)

1985 – Takis Miliadis, Greek actor (b. 1922)

1987 – Cecil Harmsworth King, owner of Mirror Group Newspapers (b. 1901)

1987 – Dick Shawn, Actor and Comedian (b. 1923)

1988 – Louise Nevelson, American sculptor (b. 1900)

1990 – Reverend Ralph Abernathy, American civil rights activist (b. 1936)

1993 – Turgut Ozal, 8th president of Turkey (b. 1927)

1994 – Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neurobiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1913)

1995 – Frank E. Resnik, American business executive (b. 1928)

1996 – Piet Hein, Danish scientist and poet (b. 1905)

1997 – Allan Francovich, American documentarian (b. 1941)

1997 – Chaim Herzog, President of Israel (1983–1993) (b. 1918)

1998 – Linda McCartney, American designer and photographer (b. 1941)

2003 – Robert Atkins, American dietician (b. 1930)

2003 – H. B. Bailey, American racing driver (b. 1936)

2003 – John Paul Getty Jr., American-born philanthropist (b. 1932)

2003 – Earl King, American musician and songwriter (b. 1934)

2003 – Yiannis Latsis, Greek shipping tycoon (b. 1910)

2004 – Edmond Pidoux, Swiss writer (b. 1908)

2004 – Soundarya, Indian actress (b. 1971)

2006 – Scott Brazil, American television producer and director. (b. 1955)

2007 – Kitty Carlisle, American actress and television personality (b. 1910)

2007 – Gil Dobrică, Romanian singer (b. 1946)

2008 – Aimé Césaire, French Martinican poet and politician (b. 1913)

2008 – Danny Federici, American organ player (E-Street Band) (b. 1950)

2011 – Eric Gross, Austrian-Australian composer (b. 1926)

2011 – Nikos Papazoglou, Greek singer and songwriter (b. 1948)

2011 – AJ Perez, Filipino teen actor (b. 1993)

Holidays and observances

Christian Feast Day:

*Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha (Canada)

*Pope Anicetus

*April 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Earliest day on which ''Store Bededag'' or General Prayer Day can fall, while May 13 is the latest; observed on the 4th Friday after Easter day. (Denmark)

Evacuation Day, celebrates the recognition of the independence of Syria from France in 1946.

FAO Day (Iraq)

Flag Day (American Samoa)

Women's Day (Gabon)

World Hemophilia Day (International)

External links

BBC: On This Day

On This Day in Canada

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:''For the defunct avant-garde metal band from Kristiansand, Norway, see In the Woods...''

Coordinates	32°30′20″N45°49′29″N
name	In the Woods
author	Tana French
country	Ireland
language	English
series	Cassie Maddox
genre	Mystery
publisher	Viking Adult
pub date	2007-05-17
media type	Print (Hardcover)
pages	429pp
isbn	978-0670038602
dewey	823/.92 22
congress	PR6106.R457 I52 2007
oclc	191864570
followed by	The Likeness: A Novel }}

''In the Woods'' is a 2007 mystery novel by Tana French.

Twenty years prior to the novel's events, twelve year-old Adam and his two best friends failed to come home from a trip into the familiar woods bordering their Irish housing estate. In the present day, Detective Rob [Adam] Ryan claims that the twin disappearances of his friends and his memory of that afternoon have not had any real effect on his psyche. Though the novel centers on an investigation by Ryan and his partner, Cassie Maddox, into the murder of a twelve year-old girl in those same woods, it is the long-ago disappearances which provides the main psychological thrust of the novel. The novel won the 2008 Edgar Award for Best First Novel By An American Author.

French's second novel, The Likeness, was published in 2008. It continues with Cassie Maddox and mentions Adam (Rob) Ryan only peripherally. On July 13, 2010, French's third novel, Faithful Place, was published. The novel is narrated by Frank Mackey, who appeared in French's second novel, The Likeness. French's fourth novel, Broken Harbour featuring "Scorcher" Kennedy as the narrator, will be published on March 29, 2012. Scorcher appears in French's third novel, Faithful Place.

References

Category:2007 novels Category:Mystery novels Category:Edgar Award winning works

Coordinates	32°30′20″N45°49′29″N
name	Jason Mraz
landscape	yes
background	solo_singer
birth name	Jason Thomas Mraz
born	June 23, 1977Mechanicsville, VirginiaUS
instrument	Vocals, guitar, classical guitar, mandolin, mandola, ukulele, baritone ukulele
genre	Pop, pop rock, alternative
occupation	Singer-songwriter, musician
years active	1999–present
label	Elektra Records (2002–2005)Atlantic Records (2005–present)
associated acts	Tristan Prettyman, Bushwalla
website	}}

Jason Thomas Mraz (; born June 23, 1977), also known as Mr. AZ, is an American singer-songwriter, born and raised in Mechanicsville, Virginia. Mraz's stylistic influences include reggae, pop, rock, folk, jazz, bossa nova and hip hop.

Mraz released his debut album, ''Waiting for My Rocket to Come'', which contained the hit single "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)", in 2002, but it was not until the release of his second album, ''Mr. A-Z'' that Mraz achieved major commercial success. The album peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 and sold over 100,000 copies in the US. In 2008, Mraz released his third studio album, ''We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.'' The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 and was a commercial success worldwide, peaking in the top ten of many international charts.

Mraz's international breakthrough came with the release of the single "I'm Yours" from the album ''We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.'' The single peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Mraz his first top ten single. The song was on the Hot 100 for 76 weeks, beating the previous record of 69 weeks held by LeAnn Rimes' "How Do I Live". The song was a huge commercial success in the US, receiving a 5x platinum certification from the RIAA for sales of over five million. The song was successful internationally, topping the charts in New Zealand and Norway and peaking in the top ten of multiple international charts.

Early life

Jason Mraz was born and raised in Mechanicsville, Virginia. He is of Czech descent through his grandfather, who moved to the United States from Austria-Hungary in 1915. His surname is Czech for "frost" (). His parents, Tom Mraz and June (née Tomes) Mraz, divorced when he was four years old, but he asserts that he had an idyllic childhood, saying, "My hometown of Mechanicsville was very American. There were white picket fences, a church on every street corner, low crime and virtually no drug use. It was a good place to grow up."

Mraz attended Lee-Davis High School in Mechanicsville. As a teenager, Mraz participated in local theater with SPARC (School of the Performing Arts in the Richmond Community). He played Joseph in the musical ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat''.

After graduating from high school in 1995, Mraz attended The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City, for a short time, studying musical theater. He dropped out of the school after taking up the guitar and focusing more on songwriting, and began performing at the world famous Java Joes. He had regular shows and was a favourite with audiences. He then briefly returned to Virginia before moving to San Diego, California.

Music career

''Live at Java Joe's'' (2001)

In 2001, Mraz released a live acoustic album, ''Live at Java Joe's''. The album featured Mraz's free-lancing vocal style and songs he later rereleased, including "1000 Things", "You and I Both", and "Halfway Home."

The album was made available to download on iTunes on March 11, 2008, under the title ''Jason Mraz: Live & Acoustic 2001''.

''Waiting For My Rocket to Come'' (2002-2003)

In 2002, Mraz released his first major-label debut album, ''Waiting for My Rocket to Come''. The album was a relative commercial success, peaking at number 55 on the Billboard Hot 200 and at number two on the Top Heatseekers Chart. The lead single from the album, "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)" was co-written by music production team The Matrix and it was Mraz's first top 20 single on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 15.

Mraz's friend and former roommate Billy "Bushwalla" Galewood collaborated on the album, co-writing "Curbside Prophet" and the album's third single, and "I'll Do Anything".

Touring and ''Mr. A–Z'' (2003-2008)

Mraz opened for Tracy Chapman in March 2003 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. In July 2005, Mraz opened for Alanis Morissette during her ''Jagged Little Pill Acoustic'' Tour. On July 26, 2005, he released his second major-label album, ''Mr. A–Z'', for Atlantic Records. It entered the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart at number 5. In December, the album earned a Grammy Award nomination for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, while its producer, the prolific Steve Lillywhite, received a nomination for Producer of the Year. In 2006 "Life is Wonderful" the first track of the album was featured in the Hilton Journeys Hotel commercial"

Mraz began his long-running tour in support of ''Mr. A–Z'' at the San Diego Music Awards on September 12. The tour featured a variety of opening acts, including Bushwalla and Tristan Prettyman, with whom he had co-written the duet "Shy That Way" in 2002. Mraz and Prettyman dated, ending their relationship in 2006. They also co-wrote the song "All I Want For Christmas is Us". In November 2005, Mraz opened for the Rolling Stones on five dates during their 2005–2006 world tour. Also in 2005, Mraz was one of many singers featured in the fall advertisement campaign for The Gap entitled "Favorites". The music-themed campaign also featured other singers including Tristan Prettyman, Michelle Branch, Joss Stone, Keith Urban, Alanis Morissette, Brandon Boyd, and Michelle Williams. In December 2005, Mraz released the first part of his ongoing podcast.

In March 2006, Mraz also performed for the first time at a sold-out performance in Singapore with Toca Rivera as part of the annual Mosaic Music Festival. In May 2006, Mraz toured mostly small venues and music festivals in the U.S., along with a few shows in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The tour included a May 6, 2006 acoustic show with P.O.D., Better Than Ezra, Live, and The Presidents of the United States of America. Mraz was featured as a headlining guest of St. Louis's annual Fair St. Louis and performed a free concert at the base of the Arch on July 1, 2006. During this time, Mraz was also the opening act at several dates for Rob Thomas' Something to Be Tour.

In December 2006, ''Selections for Friends'', the live, online-only album recorded during the Songs for Friends Tour, was released. ''Selections for Friends'' features Jason's favorite songs from the Schubas Tavern and Villa Montalvo shows he played in July 2006. Jason Mraz began 2007 by debuting his new single "The Beauty in Ugly", an earlier track penned by Mraz entitled "Plain Jane" that he rewrote for the ABC television program ''Ugly Betty''. The song was featured as a part of ABC's "Be Ugly in '07" campaign. He has since released a song in Spanish entitled "La Nueva Belleza (The New Beauty)".

In 2007, ''American Idol'' contestant Chris Richardson performed "Geek in the Pink", which subsequently garnered the song mass recognition and increased downloads at the American iTunes Store. "Geek in the Pink" peaked at #22 on the U.S. iTunes Store on March 10, 2007, but it was ineligible for the site's Hot 100. The tape-recording of bootlegs during Mraz's shows is explicitly supported by him and his management. In 2007, he also provided background vocals on Mandy Moore's song "Slummin' in Paradise", of her studio album Wild Hope.

''We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.'' (2008-2009)

Mraz released his third studio album, ''We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.'' on May 13, 2008. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot 200, giving Mraz his highest charting album to date. Following the success of lead single, "I'm Yours", the album broke into the top ten of many international music charts and charted in the top three in Australia and the US.

The first single, "I'm Yours", reached #1 on AAA radio charts in the US. The single was a B-side to Mr A-Z, and was made famous by recordings from his live shows. In September 2008, the song became Mraz's first Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #6. As of October 14, 2008, the album has been certified Gold by the RIAA, selling in excess of 500,000 copies in the US. The song was a commercial success worldwide, peaking in the top ten of multiple European charts and topping the charts in New Zealand for six weeks. In 2008, Mraz launched his single "I'm Yours" at the music industry-only event titled Sunset Sessions. Exactly one year later, Jason was nominated for a Grammy on the single.

Mraz and his song "I'm Yours" were nominated for Song of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance at the 2009 51st Grammy Awards. The album ''We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.'' was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical in 2009. On January 31, 2009, Mraz was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, performing "I'm Yours" and "Lucky", the latter with Colbie Caillat. "Lucky" peaked on the Hot 100 at 48.

With "Make It Mine" and "Lucky", Mraz won two awards for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals, respectively, at the 2010 52nd Grammy Awards.

On June 20, 2009, Mraz was awarded the Hal David Starlight award from the Songwriter's Hall of Fame.

Fourth studio album (2009–present)

In early 2009, a song titled "Try Try Try" was leaked out into the internet. The song was later released in 2010 by Michael Squire. New songs have been performed in his recent concerts, some of which have been uploaded onto YouTube. Earlier this year, Jason Mraz spent time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil working with Milton Nascimento. Mraz also recently met and worked with Willie Nelson, whose 'style' is fondly referenced in one of Mraz's early hits "Curbside Prophet."

In November 2009, Mraz posted on his Myspace page plans for a new album to be recorded starting in December, stating "In 2 weeks time I will enter the studio and begin recording the next album. Only a handful of songs are written and slated but the momentum of love is with me. Every day new verses get added on. The songs are coming together piece by piece. The process is unlike any of the other records before this. It's like I'm being gifted the album without having to do the work. I'm creating that in 6 months the project will be complete and then we'll hit the road again with new sounds and new musicians."

In 2010 Mraz spent time in London, England, where he worked on songs for his new album with producer Martin Terefe and wrote with British singer-songwriter Dido.

Mraz contributed vocals for The Grooveline Horns' eponymous EP on the track "Fun", a cover of the Con Funk Shun song, released March 2, 2010.

In August 2010, Mraz had a Q&A; interview with ''Spin'' magazine. In the interview, he stated the current possible titles for his fourth album are ''Peace Canoe'' or ''The Love Album''.

On September 13, 2010, Mraz was featured on the single "Love, Love, Love" by Hope.

On September 28, 2010, Mraz announced the upcoming release of the new "Life Is Good" EP consisting of recordings from his concerts from Maine to the Life is Good Festival in Canton, Massachusetts which will include live recordings of "Coyotes" and multiple new songs, "San Disco Reggaefornia", "Up", "What Mama Say", and "The Freedom Song". The EP was released on October 5, 2010. On the same tour, Mraz also showcased other new songs, such as "Thinking About You", "Love Looks Like" and "In Your Hands".

From December 26, 2010, the official website was updated with a series of images, the first seemingly a sequence of blocks separated by points to indicate a date, and the second image containing a rectangle, circle, triangle and a square, which appear to spell out the word "love." This image was also trademarked. Popular belief was that the "love" image was the beginning of a marketing campaign for a new record.

Appearing on VH1 Top Twenty Countdown on March 5, 2011, Jason Mraz noted that he had twelve songs ready to go for the album but then decided they weren't good enough. In July 2011, his team's Twitter feed (@theRKOP) confirmed that his album will be released in early 2012.

JasonMraz.com relaunched in July 2011 with a brand new design and a message informing fans that a special announcement was imminent. A few days later, it was announced that Mraz would embark on a mini-global tour in September to November 2011, with occasional full band shows, but mostly as an acoustic duo with long time performing partner and friend, Toca Rivera. The special shows will mark the ten-year anniversary of the independently released Live at Java Joe's album. Dates are currently scheduled for the US, Australia, Berlin and Prague, as well as a festival appearance in Hossegor, France.

Personal life

Mraz was engaged to singer-songwriter Tristan Prettyman. On December 24, 2010, Mraz posted on his Twitter "SHE SAID YES." Immediately after his post, Prettyman tweeted "For Once, I Am Speechless..... i did good! holy crap! man of my dreams!!! for the rest of my life!!!" Mraz stated that he will not be getting married until gay marriage is legal. On June 7, 2011, Mraz said in an interview with the Daily Beast that he and Prettyman were no longer engaged.

Mraz lives a health-conscious lifestyle and enjoys eating mostly raw vegan foods. He owns an avocado farm in Oceanside in Northern San Diego County near Fallbrook. Mraz is an active supporter of several charities including VH1's Save The Music Foundation, MusiCares, Free the Children, Life Rolls On and SPARC. He has been named the 2010 SIMA Humanitarian of the Year. He also received the Clean Water Award in 2010 from the Surfrider Foundation. He performed at Farm Aid 2011 in Kansas City, KS.

Discography

;Studio albums

!Year	!Title
2002	''Waiting for My Rocket to Come''
2005	''Mr. A-Z''
2008	''We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.''

Notes

External links

Jason Mraz collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive

Playlist: Jason Mraz – Nightline 07/17/09 – Reggae to rock, Mraz reveals his musical influences.

Concert Photos: Jason Mraz – 09/17/2010, 09/18/2010 – Jason Mraz opens for Dave Matthews Band for two sold out shows at Chicago's Wrigley Field.

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Name	Nipsey Hussle
Background	solo_singer
Alias	Nipsey Hussle
Birth name	Ermias Asghedom
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Birth date	August 15, 1983
Genre	Gangsta rap, West Coast hip hop, G-funk
Occupation	Artist
Years active	2003–present
Label	All Money In/Cinematic
Associated acts	Snoop Dogg, Jay Rock, Game, YG, Tyga, Chamillionaire, Lloyd Banks, Drake, Kokane, The Kid Gashi
Website	www.IHUSSLE.com }}

Ermias Asghedome, better known by his stage name Nipsey Hussle, is a Hip hop artist. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, to a father originally from Eritrea and an Afican American mother.

Music career

Nipsey's first recorded mixtape, was Slauson Boy Volume 1, and soon became the name of his own record label. In 2008 Nipsey released two mixtapes, ''Bullets Ain't Got No Name, Vol. 1'' and ''Vol. 2'', before signing with Epic Records. In 2009, his debut single, "Hussle In The House", was released.

In 2009 he released a third mixtape, ''Bullets Ain't Got No Name, Vol. 3''. He appeared with Drake on the song "Killer" and on the song "Upside Down" on Snoop Dogg's album ''Malice n Wonderland''. A first studio album, ''South Central State of Mind'', was expected in the summer of 2009 but was never released; it has been postponed indefinitely. ''The Marathon'' will be released instead on December 21, 2010.

In 2010 he appeared on the song "We Are the World 25 for Haiti". He was chosen as one of ''XXL Magazine'''s "Annual Freshman Top Ten", a selection of ten up-and-coming artists as "Most Determined" And continues to have success with the release of his new single "Feelin Myself" featuring Lloyd. The first single off The Marathon mixtape is "Keys to the City" (Produced By E.N.G. & Djay Cas).

Other ventures

Acting career

In 2007 Nipsey had a small part in Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's semi-biographical film "I Tried" directed by Rich Newey. In 2010 he starred in the film ''Wrath of Cain'', starring Ving Rhames. 2010 Nipsey played in Love Chronicles Secret Revealed.

Discography

Studio albums

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''South Central State Of Mind''		* Release date: TBA, 2012	* Label: All Money In/Cinematic	* Format:
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''Slauson Boy Vol. 1''		* Released: December 13, 2005	* Format: [[Compact disc	* Label: Slauson Boy Records
''Bullets Ain't Got No Name Vol. 1'' (Hosted by DJ Skee, [[DJ Felli Fel">Compact disc	TBR	TBR	TBR

Mixtapes

+ List of Mixtapes, with selected details	Title	Mixtape details
''Slauson Boy Vol. 1''		* Released: December 13, 2005	* Format: [[Compact disc	* Label: Slauson Boy Records
''Bullets Ain't Got No Name Vol. 1'' (Hosted by DJ Skee, [[DJ Felli Fel & The Empire)		* Released: September 25, 2008	* Format: ''Bullets Ain't Got No Name, Vol. 2'' (Hosted by DJ Skee, DJ Reflex & Jonny Shipes)		* Released: December 4, 2008	* Format: [[Compact disc	* Label: Direct Connect
''Bullets Ain't Got No Name Vol. 3'' (Hosted by DJ Whoo Kid & The Empire)		* Released: August 4, 2009	* Format: [[Compact disc	* Label: Direct Connect
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''Bullets Ain't Got No Name, Vol. 2'' (Hosted by DJ Skee, DJ Reflex & Jonny Shipes)		* Released: December 4, 2008	* Format: [[Compact disc	* Label: Direct Connect
''Bullets Ain't Got No Name Vol. 3'' (Hosted by DJ Whoo Kid & The Empire)		* Released: August 4, 2009	* Format: [[Compact disc	* Label: Direct Connect
! scope="row"		* Released: December 21, 2010	digital download, Free download	* Label: All Money In/Cinematic

! scope="row" | ''The Marathon Continues'' |

Release Date: September 2011

Format: digital download, Free download

Label: All Money In/Cinematic

Singles

Solo Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions	Album
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Promotional singles

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As featured performer

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Filmography

Films

''Three Thug Mice'' ''Malice N Wonderland'' ''The Wrath of Cain''

Year
rowspan="1">2007	''I Tried ''	Little Ricky
rowspan="1"	2008	|	Unknown	Main Role
rowspan="1"	2009	|	Nipsey	Support Role
rowspan="2"	2010	|	Ricky	Main Role
''Love Chronicles: Secrets Revealed''	Janky

References

External links

Official Website

Official Tumblr

Nipsey Hussle Interview with HipHopAtLunch

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Name	Yann Tiersen
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Yann Pierre Tiersen
Born	June 23, 1970
Origin	Brest, Brittany, France
Instrument	Piano, Violin, Accordion, Guitar, Toy piano, Voice and various others.
Genre	Minimalist, Avant-Garde,
Occupation	Musician, Songwriter
Years active	1995–present
Label	VirginANTI-Mute Records
Website	Official website }}

Yann Tiersen (born 23 June 1970) is a musician from France. His musical career is split between studio albums, collaborations and film soundtracks with a distinctive sound that is ever evolving. It can be recognized by its use of a large variety of instruments; primarily the guitar, synthesizer or violin together with instruments like the melodica, xylophone, toy piano, harpsichord, accordion and typewriter. Tiersen is often mistaken as a composer of soundtracks, himself saying "I'm not a composer and I really don't have a classical background," but his real focus is on touring and studio albums which just happen to often be suitable for film; his most famous soundtrack for the film Amélie was primarily made up of tracks taken from his first studio albums.

Biography

Tiersen was born in Brittany, France, in 1970 and received classical training at several musical academies, including those in Rennes, Nantes, and Boulogne. In the early 1980s as a teenager he was influenced by the post-punk culture of bands like The Stooges and Joy Division. He has Belgian and Norwegian origins.

Before releasing scores under his own name, Tiersen recorded background music for a number of plays and short films, such as ''La Vie Rêvée des Anges'' (1998, Erick Zonca), ''Alice et Martin'' (1998, André Téchiné), ''Qui Plume la Lune?'' (Christine Carrière, 1999).

He rose to domestic fame upon the release of his third album, ''Le Phare'', but remained relatively unknown outside France until the release of his score for the film ''Amélie'' in 2001, which was a mixture of both new and previously released material.

Tiersen favors the piano, accordion, and violin, but is also known for his experimentation and use of obscure and found instruments like the ondes martenot and the typewriter.

Yann Tiersen's list of collaborators continues to grow album after album (see discography below for details). While composing his fifth album, ''L'absente'', Tiersen lent his musical talent to Françoiz Breut and Les Têtes Raides for their own albums. His 2005 album, ''Les Retrouvailles'', featured vocals from Stuart Staples of Tindersticks, Jane Birkin, and Elizabeth Fraser, formerly of Cocteau Twins. Tiersen also played piano on Staples' solo album, ''Lucky Dog Recordings 03-04''. In 2004 he also released a collaborative CD with American singer-songwriter Shannon Wright.

His live performances vary greatly. Sometimes he is accompanied by an orchestra and many guest collaborators, like Dominique A. Other times, he offers the more frequent minimalistic sessions, usually accompanied only by a drummer/bassist and a guitarist, with Tiersen switching seamlessly between piano, accordion, and violin for his lighter songs, and electric guitar for his louder pieces (where his Avant-Garde Music meet some rock sonorities). Lately, however, he has almost banished piano, accordion and violin and focused more on his electric guitar instead, as visible in his 2009-2010 Live Tours.

Yann Tiersen was married to Belgian actress Natacha Régnier, but they have since been divorced. They have a daughter, Lise born in 2002.

''Dust Lane'' 2010

October 2010 saw the release of Tiersen’s sixth studio album titled ''Dust Lane''. The album was two years in the making and was largely recorded in Ushant, France. Further parts were recorded in the Philippines. The album is preoccupied with mortality; during the recording sessions Tiersen lost his mother and a close friend. The recordings started out as simple song based tracks with Tiersen playing acoustic guitar, mandolin and bouzouki. New layers were added to the recordings creating a more complex sound. Then an array of vintage synthesisers and electric guitars were added to create further textures. The album was released by Mute Records in Europe and Anti- Records in the US. The record was promoted in a tour beginning in October 2010, starting in New York. Tiersen has been chosen by Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel to perform at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival that he will curate in December 2011 in Minehead, England.

Discography

Studio albums

''La Valse des Monstres'' (1995)

''Rue des Cascades'' (1996)

*featured performer: Claire Pichet.

''Le Phare'' (1998)

*featured performers: Claire Pichet, Dominique A.

''L'Absente'' (2001)

*featured performers: orchestral group Synaxis, Lisa Germano, Sacha Toorop, Dominique A, Neil Hannon, Natacha Régnier, Têtes Raides

''Les Retrouvailles'' (2005)

*featured performers: Stuart Staples of Tindersticks, Jane Birkin, Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins, Christophe Miossec, Dominique A.

''Dust Lane'' (2010)

''Skyline (album)'' (TBA)

Soundtracks

''Amélie Original Soundtrack'' (2001)

''Good Bye Lenin! Original Soundtrack'' (2003)

*featured performer: Claire Pichet.

''Tabarly'' (2008)

Live albums

''Black Session: Yann Tiersen'' (1999)

*Black Session radio performance

*featured performers: Neil Hannon (of The Divine Comedy), Bertrand Cantat (of Noir Désir), Françoiz Breut, The Married Monk, Têtes Raides and a string quartet.

''C’était ici'' (2002)

*live compilation album

*featured performers: 35-member orchestral group Synaxis, conducted by Guillaume Bourgogne. Claire Pichet, Christine Ott, Christian Quermalet, Marc Sens, Nicholas Stevens, Jean-François Assy, Renaud Lhoest, Oliver Tilkin, Ronan le bars, Têtes Raides, Dominique A, Lisa Germano.

''On Tour'' (2006)

*featured performers: Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins , Diam's , Katel, DD la Fleur

Singles and EPs

''Tout est Calme'' (1999)

*collaboration with The Married Monk

*other featured performers: the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Lisa Germano, Neil Hannon (of The Divine Comedy), Dominique A, Françoiz Breut, Têtes Raides, Sacha Toorop (of Zop Hopop), the actress Natacha Regnier, Christian Quermalet (of The Married Monk), Marc Sens (a Serge Tessot-Gay collaborator), Christine Ott and a string quartet.

''3 titres inédits au profit de la FIDH'' (part of the ''On Aime, On Aide'' collection, composed to raise funds for the FIDH, sold exclusively at Fnac) (2003)

''PALESTINE'' (vinyl EP) (2010)

Collaborations

''Bästard'' (EP) (1999)

*collaboration with Bästard

''Yann Tiersen & Shannon Wright'' (2004)

*collaboration with Shannon Wright.

''This Immortal Coil'' (2010)

Contributions

''One Trip, One Noise'' (by Noir Désir) (1997)

*"A ton étoile" (arrangements, strings, vibraphone, bell, mandolin, electric guitar and bass)

''Vingt à Trente Mille Jours'' (by Françoiz Breut) (2000)

*"Porsmouth" (vibraphone), "Vingt à trente mille jours" (vibraphone), "L'heure bleue" (violin), "Le verre pilé" (vibraphone); arrangements

''Gratte-poil'' (by Têtes Raides) (2001)

*"Cabaret des nues" (violin)

''The Married Monk'' (by The Married Monk) (2001)

*"Roma Amor" (strings, vibraphone), "Holidays" (strings) and "Cyro's Request" (vibraphone)

''Les oiseaux de passage (tribute to Georges Brassens)

*cover of "Le parapluie" with Natacha Régnier

''Absent Friends'' (by The Divine Comedy) (2004)

*"Sticks & Stones" (accordion); "Anthem for Bored Youth" (accordion), a track appearing only on the French limited edition

''The Endless Rise of the Sun'' (by Smooth) (2006)

*"The Endless Rise of the Sun" (keyboards)

''Raides à la ville'' (by Katel) (2006)

*"La Vielle" (violin)

''13m²'' (by David Delabrosse) (2006)

*production and arrangements

''Solitude Nomade'' (by Christine Ott) (2009)

*"Pensées sauvages" (violin)

''Finistérien'' (by Miossec) (2009)

*music and arrangements

''Li(f)e'' (by Sage Francis) (2010)

*production and arrangements on "The Best Of Times"

DVDs

''La Traversée'' (2005) (by Aurélie du Boys, about the recording and composition of ''Les Retrouvailles'' in Ouessant)

''On Tour'' (2006) (by Aurélie du Boys, about the tour)

References

External links

Yann Tiersen's official homepage

Yann Tiersen Sheet Music Archive compiled by Vladimir Yatsina

Concert photos by Laurent Orseau (Black Session)

Concert photos by Laurent Orseau (La Route du Rock 1998)

Music Video for La Noyée from the ''Amelie'' soundtrack

Music Video for Comptine d'un autre été: l'après midi from the ''Amelie'' soundtrack

Article on Yann Tiersen at Everything2.com

Article on Yann Tiersen and piano at Scribd

Yann Tiersen in Lebanon Event Review

Red Alert - Live Review

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