Instead may refer to:

''Instead'' (album), a 2007 album by Onetwo

"Instead", a 2003 song by Stacie Orrico off her self-titled album

"Instead" (Madeleine Peyroux song), a 2009 song

name	Madeleine Peyroux
background	solo_singer
alias	Madi
born	1974 Athens, Georgia, United States
instrument	Voice, guitar, ukulele
genre	Jazz, blues
occupation	Singer-songwriter, guitarist
label	Rounder, Atlantic, Decca
associated acts	The Lost Wandering Blues and Jazz Band
website	http://www.madeleinepeyroux.com/
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Madeleine Peyroux (born 1974, Athens, Georgia, USA) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Peyroux () is noted for her vocal style, which has been compared to that of Billie Holiday.

Peyroux has cited Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Patsy Cline, Édith Piaf, Leonard Cohen, Johnny Mercer, Charlie Chaplin, Serge Gainsbourg and Bob Dylan as influences on her music.

Early life

Peyroux's family was in academia. When Peyroux was six, her father moved the family to Brooklyn so he could pursue a career in acting. She grew up in New York City and southern California; when her parents divorced, she moved with her mother to Paris at age 13. In several interviews, Peyroux described her parents as "hippies" and classifies them as "eccentric educators", which helped her to pursue a career in music. She has stated that her father would "listen to old records all the time" and her mother had a ukulele that she learned how to play while she was still a child.

Career

Early career and ''Dreamland''

Peyroux started singing at the age of fifteen, when she discovered street musicians in the Latin Quarter in Paris. She joined a group called the Riverboat Shufflers, first by passing around the hat, and then by singing. At sixteen she joined The Lost Wandering Blues and Jazz Band and spent a number of years touring Europe performing jazz standards.

Her experiences provided the basis for her first album, ''Dreamland''. The album was released in 1996 by Atlantic Records, and gained widespread attention. It featured a cover of Patsy Cline's "Walkin' After Midnight", Édith Piaf's signature-song "La Vie en rose" and two Bessie Smith covers, among others. This first record resulted in her being referred to as ''the 21st century'' Billie Holiday, particularly owing to a "Getting Some Fun Out of Life" cover and to "Hey Sweet Man", an original song with a style highly reminiscent of Holiday. ''Time'' called it "the most exciting, involving vocal performance by a new singer this year". Peyroux began opening for artists such as Sarah McLachlan and Cesária Évora, and made appearances at jazz festivals and on the Lilith Fair tour. In 1997, she made an appearance at the Montreal Jazz Festival, where she performed with some guest artists, including James Carter. In this concert, Madeleine performed some standards like "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate", a cover included on ''Montreal's 30-years Best Of''.

When Peyroux was scheduled to start recording again, she was diagnosed with a health problem on her vocal cords. By this time, she also had some disagreement with her record company, which led to a significant amount of time out of the spotlight and without recording.

1997–2003: pairing with William Galison

Peyroux spent much of the next six years busking in Paris, performing occasionally in clubs in the U.S., and generally living a low-key existence. She continued to contribute to works by other artists, but rarely appeared in clubs under her own name. In 1997, she covered the song "Life is Fine" as a Rainer Ptácek tribute.

In May 2002, she joined multi-instrumentalist William Galison, and together they appeared at such venues as the Bottom Line, Joe's Pub, and the Tin Angel. In 2003 the duo released a seven-song EP entitled ''Got You on My Mind'', which they sold at shows and online. However, in 2003, their relationship ended. At the time, Peyroux was in negotiations with Rounder Records and showed the EP as demo. Although Peyroux claims she told the record company it was co-written with Galison, this has resulted in an ongoing lawsuit.

''Got You on My Mind'' was re-released by Galison in August 2004; the original EP was expanded by the addition of four tracks by Galison.

''Careless Love'' (2004) and ''Half the Perfect World'' (2006)

After signing up for Rounder, Peyroux was teamed with well-known record producer Larry Klein. In September 2004, she released her second solo album, ''Careless Love'', to generally positive reviews. It went on to sell over a million copies worldwide and took her out of anonymity. The album opens with one of her best-known songs, a cover of Leonard Cohen's, "Dance Me to the End of Love", also featuring covers of Bob Dylan ("You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go"), Elliott Smith ("Between The Bars"), and Hank Williams ("Weary Blues"), among others. As usual, the album also contained a French track, "''J'ai Deux Amours''", and the only original track on the album was "Don't Wait Too Long" (in collaboration with Jesse Harris and Larry Klein). The songs she covered were mostly from the first half of the 20th century but her choices showed, according to several reviews, "impeccable taste".

Her third solo album, ''Half the Perfect World'', was released on September 12, 2006. She collaborated with several artists, including Jesse Harris, Walter Becker, Larry Klein (who also produced the album), and k.d. lang, with whom Peyroux performed a cover of the Joni Mitchell song "River". Once again, the songs were carefully chosen, and she sang covers of more contemporary artists. Notable covers include "Blue Alert" and "Half the Perfect World" by Leonard Cohen/Anjani Thomas; "Smile" by Charlie Chaplin, John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons; a rendition of Serge Gainsbourg's "''La Javanaise''" and Tom Waits' "(Looking for) the Heart of Saturday Night". Unlike her previous album, ''Half the Perfect World'' had four original tracks.

On September 3, 2006, Peyroux performed a live session for ''Live from Abbey Road'' at Abbey Road Studios. She shared her episode with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Snow Patrol; it was aired in the UK on Channel 4 and in the USA on the Sundance Channel. On July 12, 2007, she was awarded Best International Jazz Artist at the BBC Jazz Awards.

''Bare Bones'' (2009)

Her fourth solo album, ''Bare Bones'', released on March 10, 2009, was a turning point in Peyroux's career with all original tracks. The album was produced by Larry Klein and she collaborated with songwriters Walter Becker, Joe Henry, David Batteau, and Julian Coryell. The album featured a sole Peyroux-penned composition, "I Must Be Saved", and its first single was "You Can't Do Me", a song with a soul-rock beat, a whole new style for the vocalist. The album received mostly favorable reviews and the lyrics were praised. After its release the singer toured in the US, Canada, South America, Europe, and Asia.

On November 23, 2009, ''Somethin' Grand'', Peyroux's first live concert album, was released. The DVD was filmed and recorded in Los Angeles in January 2009. Her set included nine out of the eleven songs of ''Bare Bones'', as well some others from the previous albums. The DVD also contained a documentary, ''Somethin' Grand - A Portrait of Madeleine Peyroux'', which offered a glimpse of her background and history.

''Standing on the Rooftop'' (2011)

On January 4, 2011, Peyroux announced through her official website that she would release a new album this spring. On March 15, she announced the actual release date to be June 14, 2011, under Decca Records which is to consist mainly of her newly written songs. The album was produced by Craig Street (Norah Jones, k.d. Lang, Cassandra Wilson) and "signals a new approach for the musician as she carries her jazz sensibilities into rootsier territory".

She also offered a two-song preview of the new album: a cover of Beatles' song "Martha, My Dear" and a new original song "The Things I've Seen Today" which she co-wrote with vocalist/violinist Jenny Scheinman. The two-track EP was released on March 29. The album itself features contributions from Marc Ribot on guitar/banjo, Me'shell Ndegeocello on bass, drummer Charley Drayton (Neil Young, Johnny Cash) and guitarist Chris Bruce (Seal, John Legend). High-profile tour dates are to follow the release of the album.

Collaborations

In 2008, Peyroux collaborated with Phil Roy on his third album, ''The Great Longing'', as a duo on the track "Exceptionally Ordinary". Madeleine Peyroux also covered "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" from the ''Still Breathing'' soundtrack and "Life Is Fine" for a Rainer Ptácek tribute.

Peyroux is represented by American International Artists, a management group whose other artists include James Carter and Sarah Pedinotti.

Image and publicity

Peyroux eschews publicity and keeps a low profile. She has dropped "out of sight" for extended periods of time, as when she spent several years busking after the release of her first record.

Peyroux is an American of French descent; she occasionally sings in French but the majority of her songs are in English.

The ballad "Don't Wait Too Long" was featured in an American national television ad campaign for Dockers San Francisco brand apparel and the entire song played over the closing credits of the movie ''The Answer Man'', released in 2008. The song was also played in ''Last Holiday'' with Queen Latifah. A clip of her recording of "Blue Alert" was used in an Old Navy jeans advertisement in 2007. The song "A Prayer" from the album ''Dreamland'' was featured in the closing credits in the HBO television series ''Deadwood'' in the episode "E.B. Was Left Out".

Discography

''Spreading Rhythm Around'' and ''Best Of'', with The Lost Wandering Blues and Jazz Band

1996: ''Dreamland'' (Atlantic)

2004: ''Got You on My Mind'', with William Galison (Waking Up)

2004: ''Careless Love'' (Rounder)

2006: ''Half the Perfect World'' (Rounder)

2009: ''Bare Bones'' (Rounder)

2011: ''Standing on the Rooftop'' (Emarcy/Decca)

References

External links

; Information

Madeleine Peyroux — official site.

Madeleine Peyroux discography at Discogs.

Madeleine Peyroux biography on All About Jazz.

; Articles & Media

Via Paris, with Snaps article at Time Magazine.

Madeleine Peyroux singing "I'm All Right" on YouTube.

Live From Abbey Road — film clip, slideshow and brief bio.

Madeleine Peyroux - Interview and Biography on Female First.

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name	Tina Dico
landscape	yes
background	solo_singer
birth name	Tina Dickow
birth date	October 14, 1977
origin	Aarhus, Denmark
instrument	Guitar, Singing
years active	1997-
label	Finest Gramophone
website	tinadico.com }}

Tina Dico (born Tina Dickow on October 14, 1977) is a singer and songwriter inspired by artists such as Tracy Chapman, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen.

In Denmark she performs under her real name, Tina Dickow.

Beginnings

Tina Dico was born in Aabyhøj in Aarhus. At a very young age, her father who owned a big Hi-Fi stereo system in their basement introduced her to music. Tina's interest in playing music started in 8th grade on Åby skole,(or in English, Åby school) where she played in the cover-band 'Mel' who among other songs did a lot of Jimi Hendrix. This passion for music made her attend a boarding school called Sejergaardens Musikefterskole in 10th grade. When she started in high school she helped form the cover-band Fester Kester, who played at high school parties. At the age of 20 she got a part in the slightly erotic TV-show Karrusel, where she played opposite the 41-year old Peter Steen and Michael Falch. The show was on Danish TV in 1998. After playing the part, she had a lot of offers for other roles, but since she did not like being typecast as a naïve girl from Jutland, she rejected them all. After high school in 1997 she began at Aarhus University, where she studied comparative religion. But music was her passion, and she soon quit the university to study at The Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus. Which she eventually also quit to pursue her dream as a professional singer/songwriter.

In 1998, Tina introduced the other members of the band 'Fester Kester' to a song of her own, and their enthusiasm led them to enter, and win, two talent contests the same year: "Talentspot" on Danish TV2, and "Vi har scenen, har I musikken?" (We've got the stage, do you have the music?) in Aarhus. The band 'Tina Dickow and Sheriff' was formed in 1998, and later that year the single "Your Waste of Time" was released. It was picked as "Song of the Week" on Danish National Radio, DR P3, and led to some degree of fame.

After all this success, quite a lot of correspondences with different big record-companies began, and the rest of 1999 went with endless negotiations without results. The band had an acoustic tour around Denmark and a few concerts with full band in Copenhagen and Aarhus. A single with ”26 Friends” and ”Different” was recorded as a prelude to the Venue-tour. In 2000 the band was a part of the Venue-tour. They were paired with American singer Sandy Dillon and played concerts in Vega, Copenhagen, and Norway and Sweden.

Finest Gramophone and ''Fuel''

Several conversations with established record labels followed after the success with ”Your Waste of Time”, but Tina Dico was unhappy with the way they intended to market her. Instead she got a loan from a bank, and started her own record label, Finest gramophone in 2000. The company’s first release was Tina Dico's Fuel in 2001. The response from the critics was modest, but they all saw her big potential as an artist. In 2001, Tina Dico also teamed up with her current manager, Jonathan Morley, at the Spot (music festival) in Aarhus. She signed a four-year contract with Jonathan, and during the 2002 MIDEM-festival in Cannes, France she signed with British KobAlt Music Publishing. In 2001 Tina also met Steffen Brandt, who had heard the cover Tina did of his song ”Alt Hvad Hun Ville Var At Danse” at a concert in Kerteminde. He got fascinated and was invited to one of her next concerts in Aarhus.

Finest Gramphone went on to sign another Danish act, Love Julie, which released two albums. Tina Dico says that she has no intention of signing future acts, due mostly to time constraints.

England and ''Notes''

In the beginning of 2002, Tina Dico moved to England in an attempt to escape the cosy atmosphere in Denmark.

In 2002 Tina played her first duo-concerts with Steffen Brandt on Bornholm. Thanks to her contract with Jonathan Morley, she had the opportunity to step into the English music community, which led to a collaboration with Australian singer Holly Valance on the song "Send My Best." In 2005.

Tina wrote the album Notes during her stay in England, capturing the loneliness and fear of being alone in London. Notes was written while Tina lived in Richmond and later on Tenter Ground near Brick Lane in London. Notes was recorded in cooperation with her friend Dennis Ahlgren over two days in June 2003. The critics were very positive this time. It was meant to be an interlude between Fuel and In The Red, but since it got all this success Notes was released later that year. Notes won a “Steppeulv” (the Danish music critics award) in the category "Composer of the Year" and a Danish Music Award for "Songwriter of the Year”

She also got a contract with the British producer-duo Zero 7. Tina and Zero 7 wrote and recorded “Home” and “The Space Between”, which can be found on the Zero 7 album “When It Falls”. A tour consisting of more than 100 dates in Europe, US and Asia followed and included performances at Glastonbury Festival and Roskilde Festival. In 2004 Tina released an EP named ”Far” and later that year she did a Danish version of the Leonard Cohen song ”Hallelujah” with Steffen Brandt. The song can be found on the album ”På Danske Læber” which is an album with Danish versions of Cohen-songs. In the summer of 2004 she joined the Danish ”Grøn Koncert”-tour.

In The Red

In 2004 Tina Dico signed an international record deal with Sony England. The recordings to her international debut album, In the Red, began at the end of 2004, with producer Chris Potter. This was the first and last time Tina ever worked with someone else than Dennis Ahlgren. He has helped produce all her other albums. In early 2005, Sony and BMG merged, and the record deal was cancelled. The legal rights to the songs were handed over to Tina, and the album was released in cooperation with the Danish company, A:Larm in June 2005. The album got very mixed reviews, but was a commercial success. “Nobody’s Man” and “Warm Sand” got a lot of plays on the radio. In The Red went straight to No. 1 on the Danish album chart in front of prominent names such as U2 and Coldplay. In January 2006, Tina won the P3 Award and DKK 100.000 which is granted by Danish National Radio P3. The jury said this of Tina’s effort: “Courage, self-esteem and talent is required if you want to be yourself and perform your own songs – without over-styled fuss. The winner of the P3 Award certainly possesses these qualities.” In March 2006 Tina won the Danish Music Award for “Singer of the Year”. Meanwhile, she released her first Live-DVD: “Live in the red”, which was played and recorded in Store Vega in Copenhagen

Count To Ten

In February 2007 Tina recorded the John Lennon song “Working Class Hero”, as part of Amnesty International's Global campaign “Make Some Noise”. She later performed at an Amnesty event with Yoko Ono on first row. As part of the P3-award she won in 2006, two weeks recording time in Denmark’s Radio’s studios followed. The two weeks were spent on recording parts of Tina’s album Count to Ten. The rest of Count to Ten was later finished in the Feedback- and Aabyroad studios. The album was ready in July and was released on September 3. The album got really great reviews from several Danish media. Tina won the Gaffa (magazine)-award in 2007 for “Album of the Year” and “Singer of the Year”

In February 2008, after the success of Count to Ten, Tina played a rather large Danish tour.

The Trilogy

While Count to Ten was recorded, Tina also recorded the EP, A Beginning, which later became part of the Trilogy. In January 2008 Tina and Dennis Ahlgren recorded the second EP: A Detour. Tina met the Icelandic singer Helgi Jonsson on a tour with Teitur Lassen in May 2008. Helgi and Tina collaborated on the song “Walls” to the third EP, An Open Ending, which was recorded in summer 2008 by Tina and Dennis, in-between festivals. In summer 2008 Tina and her band played on the Orange Stage at Roskilde Festival, which is the largest concert and stage, she's ever played. In September 2008, Dico won The Crown Prince And Princess’s Award and DKK 500.000. She received it for “having the courage to look the contradictory and difficult parts of existence in the eyes, and for the ability to express it in a very special, life-affirming fashion that many can identify themselves with” A week after she won the cultural award, the EP collection “A Beginning, A Detour, An Open Ending” (also known as “The Trilogy”) was released. After the release, a large tour around the world_ with Dennis Ahlgren and Helgi Jonsson followed. In 2008 Tina won the Gaffa-award for “Singer of the Year” second year in a row.

The Road To Gävle

Tina Dico composed the soundtrack for the Danish film Oldboys. The soundtrack quickly evolved into Tina’s sixth album, because she continued writing after the initial work on the soundtrack was done. The result was “The Road to Gävle”, which was recorded in Electric Lady Studios in New York, Jimi Hendrix's old studio. Tina made the release of The Road to Gävle quite special for her fans. Through the website www.pledgemusic.com, a site that raises money for charity, she made it possible to get the album before others. Some of the more personal items, such as handwritten lyrics, were also auctioned off. Tina managed to reach the goal of 3000 pledges within thirty days. Large parts of the music were written in early 2009 on her three-month stay in Los Angeles and New York. In 2009 Tina also appeared in the SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System) commercial “As good as home”. The commercial featured the Count to Ten-song Open Wide. After it had aired, Tina got all five albums on the Top 100 chart, which is a first in Danish music history.

At the end of 2009 Tina moved back to Denmark, more specifically Copenhagen. Tina won the Gaffa-award for “Singer of the Year” third time in a row in 2009. In February 2010 Tina won two Robert Awards. She won the award for “Best Score” and “Best Song” with the song 'Rebel Song'.

Welcome Back Colour

In the beginning of 2010 she performed with Danish pop-queen Medina at the TV2 Zulu Awards. Later she was in Bristol to record the song ''The Storm That Brought You To Me'' for the soundtrack to the blockbuster ''Clash Of The Titans'' with ''Massive Attack''-producer, Neil Davidge. Same month she was on Iceland to record the song 'Welcome Back Colour' with Icelandic Helgi Jónsson. It was the first single to the album Welcome Back Colour, and received heavy rotation on Danish radio. In the beginning of June Tina Dico played four sold-out concerts in Danish Radio’s concert hall with Danish National Chamber Orchestra. One of the concerts was aired live. This summer she played on ”Grøn Koncert” once again with a full band. And in August she played her biggest solo-gig at the opening of “Aarhus Festuge” (Aarhus Festival Week).

Welcome Back Colour, Tina's 7th album, came out in Germany on September 24 and in Denmark on the 27th. UK and US will have to wait until the beginning of 2011. The album is a mix of her biggest radio-hits, 5 new songs and an album with brand new acoustic recordings of new and old. The album contains 27 songs. This autumn Tina is touring Denmark and Germany, her biggest tour so far. She will also be playing in a few other European cities, and in February 2011 there will be tours in the UK and US.

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album
		*Released: 2001	*Label: Finest Gramophone
		*Released: 2003	*Label: Finest Gramophone
		*Released: 2005	*Label: Finest Gramophone
		*Released: 2007	*Label: Finest Gramophone
	''A Beginning, A Detour, An Open Ending''	*Released: 2008	*Label: Finest Gramophone
	''The Road To Gävle''	*Released: 2009	*Label: Finest Gramophone
	''Welcome Back Colour''	*Released: 2010	*Label: Finest Gramophone

EPs

Year	Album
	align="left"	*Released: 2004	*Label: Defend Music
	align="left"	*Released: 2007	*Label: Finest Gramophone
		*Released: 2008	*Label: Finest Gramophone
		*Released: 2008	*Label: Finest Gramophone
		*Released: 2011	*Label: Finest Gramophone

Other appearances

''Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur" (2007) Tina Dico (listed as Tina Dickow) cover of Working Class Hero (John Lennon)

''Side By Side - duets Vol. 1" Award-winning American artist AM (musician) and Tina Dico perform the duet "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (2008) a cover of a George Harrison song.

Notes

Sources

ROSA-article about the release of ''Fuel''

ROSA-article about moving to England

ROSA-article about the release of ''Notes''

Interview with Tina Dico about ''The Road to Gävle''

Biography from Tina Dico's own page

GAFFA-price 2007

External links

Official videos

Official international page on Facebook

Tina Dico at Twitter

Category:1977 births Category:Danish female singers Category:Danish singer-songwriters Category:Living people Category:Female guitarists Category:People from Aarhus

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name	Randy Rogers Band
background	group_or_band
origin	Cleburne, Texas, USA
genre	Texas Country, Red Dirt, Country
years active	2000-present
label	Mercury NashvilleMCA Nashville
associated acts	Cross Canadian RagweedRadney FosterWade Bowen
website	http://randyrogersband.com
current members	Brady BlackGeoffrey HillLes LawlessJon RichardsonRandy Rogers }}

The Randy Rogers Band is an American Texas Country group from the state of Texas. The band is composed of Randy Rogers (lead vocals), Geoffrey Hill (guitar), Jon Richardson (bass guitar), Brady Black (fiddle), and Les Lawless (drums). They have recorded four studio albums and two live albums, and have charted six singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts. Their highest-charting single, "Tonight's Not the Night (For Goodbye)", reached #43 in 2005.

Biography

Randy Rogers was born in Cleburne, Texas. When he was six years old, he learned to play the piano from his grandmother and later learned to play the guitar.

The Randy Rogers Band recorded its debut album, ''Live at Cheatham Street Warehouse'', at a music hall of the same name in San Marcos, Texas. By 2002, the band was signed to the independent Downtime record label, on which they released the album ''Like It Used to Be''. It was around this time that the band began performing outside of San Marcos, primarily at Nutty Brown Cafe and Amphitheatre in nearby Dripping Springs, Texas. Two years later, the album ''Rollercoaster'' was released, producing two minor entries on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts in early 2005. Rogers also co-wrote "Somebody Take Me Home", a song recorded by Kenny Chesney, on his 2005 album, ''The Road and the Radio''. Several of the songs on ''Rollercoaster'' were co-written by Radney Foster, who also co-produced the album. ''Just a Matter of Time'', the band's first major-label album, was released on Mercury Nashville Records in 2006. The band also released their self-titled album on September 23, 2008, also on Mercury Nashville Records. The first single "In My Arms Instead", was released in August.

The band's current album, ''Burning the Day,'' was released on August 24, 2010 on MCA Nashville. The album's first single was "Too Late for Goodbye." It debuted at #55 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart and after four weeks on the chart, it peaked at #47, becoming their highest charting single since 2006 when "Kiss Me in the Dark" peaked at #45.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chartpositions
		! width="40"	! width="40"
''Like It Used to Be''		* Release date: June 25, 2002	* Label: Downtime Records	Compact disc>CD	—	—
! scope="row"		* Release date: August 24, 2004	* Label: Smith Music Group	* Formats: CD, music download	—	—
! scope="row"		* Release date: September 12, 2006	Universal Music Group Nashville>Mercury Nashville	* Formats: CD, music download	8	61
! scope="row"		* Release date: September 23, 2008	* Label: Mercury Nashville	* Formats: CD, music download	3	29
''Burning the Day''		* Release date: August 24, 2010	* Label: MCA Nashville	* Formats: CD, music download	2	8

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak positions
		! width="40"
''Live at Cheatham Street Warehouse''		* Release date: 2000	* Label: Smith Music Group	Compact cassette>cassette	—
! scope="row"		* Release date: August 16, 2005	* Label: Smith Music Group	* Formats: CD, music download	62

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
		! width="40"
	"Tonight's Not the Night (For Goodbye)"	43
"Down and Out"	48
	"Somebody Take Me Home"	—
"Kiss Me in the Dark"	43
2007	"One More Goodbye"	53
2008	"In My Arms Instead"	52
2009	"Buy Myself a Chance"	—
	"Too Late for Goodbye"	47
"Steal You Away"	—

Music videos

! Year	Video	! Director
2006	"Kiss Me in the Dark"	Shaun Silva
2007	"One More Goodbye"	The Brads
2008	"In My Arms Instead"	Andy Wherspann
2010	"Interstate"	Stephen Shepherd

References

External links

Official website

Randy Rogers Band on MySpace

Official UMG Nashville Artist Page

Category:American country music groups Category:Mercury Records artists Category:Musical groups established in 2000 Category:Musical groups from Texas Category:Texas country music groups Category:MCA Records artists

name	Alannah Myles
background	solo_singer
birth date	December 25, 1958
origin	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
genre	Rock, pop
occupation	Singer, songwriter
years active	1988–present
label	Atlantic
website	}}

Alannah Myles (born December 25, 1958, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, the daughter of Canadian broadcast pioneer William Douglas Byles. In 1989, she released her eponymous debut album. In 1990, "Black Velvet", a single from that album, was a worldwide hit and won a Grammy Award for ''Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female''.

Biography

Alannah began writing songs at the age of 9. She performed in a songwriting group for the Kiwanis Music Festival in Toronto at 12 years of age and by the time she was a teenager, began performing solo gigs in Southern Ontario. She eventually met Christopher Ward, a WMG recording artist and songwriter who helped her to form her own band, and performed cover versions of T. Rex, AC/DC, Bob Seger, Ann Peebles, the Rolling Stones, and the Pretenders. By the time she was in her early mid-twenties, she and Christopher began collaborating with David Tyson to produce her self-titled debut album, ''Alannah Myles''. She appeared in a 1984 installment of the television series program ''The Kids Of Degrassi Street'', in which she played the role of an aspiring singer and single mother. She was featured in several other TV and film productions as a guest prior to her success as a recording artist.

In May 1989, Warner Music in Canada released ''Alannah Myles''. It produced four Top 40 selections, including "Love Is", "Lover Of Mine", and "Still Got This Thing", and the number-one hit "Black Velvet". In early 1990 Atlantic Records released Black Velvet in the U.S. making her first album ineligible for possible Grammy nominations. For Myles, "Black Velvet" became a number one hit worldwide and was named the most played song on radio for 1989 & 1990. By 2000 it had received the ASCAP Millionaire Award for having received over 5 million airplays at radio. "Black Velvet" won Myles a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Performance in 1991, and three Juno Awards.

The year 1992 brought the follow-up album, ''Rockinghorse'', which included the hit singles "Song Instead Of A Kiss" written by Alannah Myles, Nancy Simmonds and Canadian poet Robert Priest, "Our World, Our Times", and "Sonny, Say You Will". She received a Grammy nomination for "Rockinghorse" and several global awards, including a Juno and Much Music's people's choice award for Our World/Our Times.

The year 1995 produced Alannah's final album on Atlantic Records before being released from the label, granting Warner/Atlantic a Best Of CD after only 3 records. The ''A-lan-nah'' album, which contained no Top 40 singles, included two tracks which made it into the Top 100: "Family Secret" and "Blow Wind, Blow".

In 1997 she managed to terminate her eight-record contract with Atlantic Records with the help of her then-manager, Miles Copeland, who immediately signed her to his Ark 21 Records. There she released ''A Rival'', which had the Top 40 hit "Bad 4 You", written and recorded by Myles, Desmond Child and Eric Bazilian at Copeland's castle songwriting retreat at Grand Brassac, France.

In February 2005, together with the Swedish band Kee Marcello's K2, she participated in the third semi-final of Melodifestivalen, the Swedish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. Their song "We Got It All" scored very few points and finished seventh out of eight songs yet managed to dominate the leading newspaper and media headlines in Sweden.

In April 2008, she went public about her then upcoming album ''Black Velvet'', which featured a new recording of her song of the same name in addition to ten new studio recordings. She discussed the subject in May 2008 in an interview with Evan Solomon on the TV program CBC News: Sunday Night.

In the fall of 2009, Myles released the CD ''Black Velvet'' on Linus Entertainment, which merged with Canada's legendary True North Records and released the album in America in the spring of 2010. This was followed by a video for the song "Trouble" that features a jug band performance. "Trouble" was awarded an 'Honourable Mention' as a finalist in the blues category at the 2009 International Songwriting Contest. Myles won the 15th annual USA Songwriting Competition for both best rock/alternative song as well as grand prize finalist for a song written with Nancy Simmonds for her "Black Velvet" CD entitled "Give Me Love".

Alannah Myles toured in support of her ''Black Velvet'' CD beginning with a string of European dates in March 2011. Her song ''Black Velvet'' was one of four selected to be covered on the CBC reality television show ''Cover Me Canada''.

At an event at Woodbine Park in Toronto on Canada Day in 2011, Myles had to be carried on stage and was seated at the piano with the help of two canes. She was able to perform, but seemed unable to move her head and neck; Myles explained that she had suffered severe spinal injury which she attributed to having received more than 500 chiropractic treatments in three years.

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions										! width="30"	! width="30"	! width="30"	! width="30"	! width="30"	! width="30"	! width="30"	! width="30"
		1989	align="left"	* Release date: March 28, 1989	* Label: [[Atlantic Records">Music recording sales certification
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1989	align="left"	* Release date: March 28, 1989	* Label: [[Atlantic Records	1	5	3	2	5	1	2	2	1		Canadian Recording Industry Association>CAN: Diamond	Recording Industry Association of America>US: Platinum	British Phonographic Industry>UK: Gold
1992		* Release date: December 19, 1992	* Label: Atlantic Records	9	—	—	—	—	—	23	40	16		* CAN: 2× Platinum
1995		* Release date: August 15, 1995	* Label: Warner Bros. Records	47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40
1998		* Release date: April 21, 1998	* Label: Ark 21 Records/Universal Music	40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008		* Release date: November 18, 2008	* Label: Linus Entertainment/True North Records	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Compilation albums

! Year	! Album details
1999		* Release date: April 6, 1999	* Label: Ark 21 Records/WMG Canada/Universal Music

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions								Album
		! width="30"	CAN AC	! width="30"	! width="30"	! width="30"	! width="30"	! width="30"	! width="30"
		16	—	36	19	—	61	32	12
align="left"	2	—	1	1	7	2	3	3		US">Music recording sales certification	Album
! width="30"	CAN AC	! width="30"	! width="30"	! width="30"	! width="30"	! width="30"	! width="30"
		16	—	36	19	—	61	32	12
align="left"	2	—	1	1	7	2	3	3		US: Gold	British Phonographic Industry>UK: Silver
		28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	2	1	—	—	—	78	—	47
		1	1	60	—	—	—	32	—
	51	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
		27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	23	15	—	—	—	—	—	—
1995		10	8	—	—	—	—	—	—
		64	11	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
		45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

See also

Canadian rock

List of diamond-certified albums in Canada

References

External links

Alannah Myles biography in ''Rolling Stone'' online

Alannah Myles talks to the Canadian Press about the new version of Black Velvet

Review of 'Black Velvet' (2007)

Videos and Concerts

USA Songwriting Competition

Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian contraltos Category:Canadian female singers Category:Juno Award winners Category:Grammy Award winners Category:Melodifestivalen contestants Category:Musicians from Toronto Category:Canadian rock singers Category:Female rock singers

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