Maia ( /ˈmaɪ.ə/) is a female given name of Greek origin. Together with other similar words, it may refer to:

Mythology[link]

• Maia (mythology), the eldest of the Pleiades in Greek mythology, also identified with an Ancient Italic goddess of spring and the most beautiful.

Literature, fiction and entertainment[link]

• Maia (novel), a fantasy novel by Richard Adams
• Os Maias or "The Maias", a realist novel by Eça de Queirós, named after the protagonist family
• Maia (Middle-earth), one of a race of beings in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings
• Maia Skouris (née Rutledge), a character on the USA Network science fiction TV show The 4400
• Maia Jeffries, a character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
• Maïa, a 1910 opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo
• Maia Sterling, a character from the Robotech anime series
• Maia, the name given to Thumbelina by her newlywed husband, the King of the Spirit of the Flowers, in Hans Christian Andersen's original fairy tale "Thumbelina"
• Maia, Queen of Hallasar and reincarnation of the goddess Laharah in the video game Summoner 2
• Maia Mizuki, the protagonist of the anime Daphne in the Brilliant Blue
• Maia, a werewolf character in The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare

Place names[link]

New Zealand[link]

• Maia, New Zealand, a suburb of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand

Portugal[link]

• Maia Municipality
• Maia, Porto, Portugal, a city in the municipality above
• Maia (Ribeira Grande), a parish in Ribeira Grande Municipality in the Azores, Portugal

Romania[link]

• Maia, Ialomiţa, a commune in Ialomiţa County
• Maia, a village in Bobâlna Commune, Cluj County
• Maia, a village in Bereni Commune, Mureş County

United Kingdom[link]

• Maia, a Roman fort located in Bowness-on-Solway, England

People[link]

Look up Maia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Maía, Colombian singer
• Maia Brewton (born 1977), American actress
• Maia Campbell (born 1976), American film and television actress
• Maia Chiburdanidze (born 1961), Georgian chess grandmaster
• Maia Lewis, New Zealand women's cricketer
• Maia Morgenstern (born 1962), Romanian film and stage actress
• César Maia (born 1945), mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Demian Maia (born 1977), Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and mixed martial arts fighter
• Luizão Maia (1949–2005), Brazilian musician
• Miguel Maia (born 1971), Portuguese beach volleyball player
• Salgueiro Maia (1944–1992), Portuguese captain during the Carnation Revolution
• Tim Maia (1942–1998), Brazilian musician
• Deidson Araújo Maia, aka Veloso, (born 1983), Brazilian footballer

Other[link]

• Maia (star), the third brightest star in the Pleiades open star cluster
• F.C. Maia, a Portuguese football club
• Short S.21 Maia, a piggyback long-range flying boat combination

See also[link]

• Majo or Maja, terms for people from the lower classes of Spanish society
• Maja (disambiguation)
• Mya (disambiguation)
• Maya (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Maia"
• All pages with titles containing "Maia"

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Maia Hirasawa
Live in November 2007.
Background information
Born	(1980-05-05) May 5, 1980 (age 32) Sollentuna, Sweden
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Years active	2005 - present
Labels	Razzia Records Thrive Records Victor Entertainment
Associated acts	Nicolai Dunger, Hello Saferide, Toe

Maia Hirasawa (born May 5, 1980) is a Swedish singer-songwriter.

She was born and raised in Sollentuna^{[citation needed]}, but has lived for many years in Gothenburg. Maia became known through Annika Norlin's band Hello Saferide, where she is a back-up singer. Her solo career began in early 2007 when the song "And I Found This Boy" started being played heavily on Swedish radio. The single was followed up by the album "Though, I'm Just Me" and the single "Gothenburg". During the summer of 2007 she toured around Sweden, playing at such shows as Allsång på Skansen, Hultsfredsfestivalen, Peace & Love and Arvika Festival. In 2010 she for the first time released material in Swedish with the EP "Dröm bort mig igen".^[1]

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Extended plays[link]

• 2006 - The My New Friend EP
• 2010 - Dröm bort mig igen
• 2011 - Boom!

Singles[link]

Songs as featured artist[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

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Don Was (born Don Fagenson; September 13, 1952) is an American musician, bassist and record producer.

Life and career[link]

Was was born in Detroit, Michigan. He graduated from Oak Park High School (Michigan) in the Detroit suburb of Oak Park, then attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor but dropped out after the first year. A journeyman musician, he grew up listening to the Detroit blues sound and the jazz music of John Coltrane and Miles Davis.

Using the stage name "Don Was", he formed the group Was (Not Was) with school friend David Weiss (David Was). The group found commercial success in the 1980s - releasing four albums and logging several hit records. A jazz/R&B album of Hank Williams covers, "Forever's A Long, Long Time" was released in 1996, under the name Orquestra Was. In 2008, Was (Not Was) reunited for an acclaimed new album and tour.

Don Was has earned his recognition as a record producer and has recorded with an array of artists from The Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan, John Mayer, Ziggy Marley, Bob Seger, Al Green, Lucinda Williams, Garth Brooks, Ringo Starr, Iggy Pop, Lyle Lovett, Kris Kristofferson, Joe Cocker, Hootie and The Blowfish, Amos Lee and Willie Nelson to Elton John, Stevie Nicks, George Clinton, Randy Newman, The Black Crowes, Carly Simon, Travis Tritt, Brian Wilson, Jackson Browne, The Barenaked Ladies, Old Crow Medicine Show, Roy Orbison, Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, Richie Sambora, The Presidents of the United States of America, B.B. King, Paul Westerberg, Kurt Elling, Poison, Cheb Khaled, The B-52's, Zucchero, Todd Snider, Elizabeth Cook, Jill Sobule and Solomon Burke. He has received multiple Grammy Awards including Producer of the Year in 1995. He produced several albums for Bonnie Raitt including her Nick of Time album that won the 1990 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

He served as music director and/or consultant for several motion pictures such as Thelma and Louise, The Rainmaker, Hope Floats, Phenomenon, Tin Cup, Honeymoon in Vegas, 8 Seconds, Switch, The Freshman, Days of Thunder, Michael, Prêt-à-Porter, Boys on the Side, Toy Story and The Paper.

In 1995, Don Was earned a Grammy Award for Producer of the Year.^[1] In 1997, he directed and produced a documentary, I Just Wasn't Made for These Times, about former-Beach Boy Brian Wilson. The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and won the San Francisco Film Festival's Golden Gate Award. He also received the British Academy Award (BAFTA) for Best Original Score in recognition of his compositions for the film Backbeat.

Was, who is a fan of the Rolling Stones and saw them in concert when he was age 12 in 1964, produced their albums Voodoo Lounge, Stripped, Bridges to Babylon, Forty Licks, Live Licks and A Bigger Bang. He also worked on the Rolling Stones's reissues Exile on Main Street, released in May 2010 and "Some Girls" released in October 2011. Was scoured old master recordings of the albums for lost gems, remixing some songs while producing entirely new vocals and tracks on others.^[2]

In 2009, he began hosting a weekly radio show on Sirius XM satellite radio's Outlaw Country channel called The Motor City Hayride. During the 2011 season of American Idol, Was appeared in several episodes producing contestants Haley Reinhart, Scotty McCreery, Paul McDonald, Lauren Alaina and Casey Abrams.

In January, 2012, he was appointed President of the legendary jazz record label, Blue Note Records.^[3]

Personal life[link]

Don is the father of Eve 6 drummer Tony Fagenson and also Henry and Solomon Fagenson. He is married to former Virgin Records A&R executive and video director, Gemma Corfield. He is the brother of public official Dr. Nancy Fagenson Potok, former Principal Associate Director and Chief Financial Officer of the US Census Bureau and currently Deputy Undersecretary for Economic Affairs at the US Department of Commerce.

Selected discography[link]

• 1981: "Was (Not Was)" - Was (Not Was) (Bass, Synthesizer, Vocals, Producer)
• 1983: "Born to Laugh at Tornadoes" - Was (Not Was) (Producer, Bass. Keyboards, Engineer)
• 1984: Into the Hot, Floy Joy (producer)
• 1985: Spoiled Girl - Carly Simon (producer)
• 1986 Weak in the Presence of Beauty, Floy Joy (producer)
• 1988: "What up, Dog?" - Was (Not Was) (Producer, Engineer, Bass, Guitar, Keyboards)
• 1989: Nick of Time - Bonnie Raitt (keyboards, producer)
• 1989: Cosmic Thing - The B-52s (producer)
• 1990: Take it to Heart - Michael McDonald (programming, producer, synthesizer, sequencing, synthesizer programming)
• 1990: Brick by Brick - Iggy Pop (producer)
• 1990: Under the Red Sky - Bob Dylan (bass, producer)
• 1990: "To Be Continued... - Elton John (Producer)
• 1991: "Didi" - Khaled (Producer, Bass, Keyboards)
• 1991: "Are You Okay? - Was (Not Was) (Producer, Bass, Engineer, Guitar, Vocals)
• 1991: Luck of the Draw - Bonnie Raitt (producer)
• 1991: The Fire Inside - Bob Seger (bass, producer)
• 1992: Arkansas Traveler - Michelle Shocked (producer)
• 1992: Time Takes Time - Ringo Starr (producer)
• 1992: Good Stuff - The B-52s (producer)
• 1992: Strange Weather - Glenn Frey (producer)
• 1992: King of Hearts - Roy Orbison (producer, Hammond organ, background vocals)
• 1992: "Never Been Rocked Enough" - Delbert McClinton (Producer)
• 1993: Across the Borderline - Willie Nelson (producer)
• 1993: Thousand Roads - David Crosby (producer)
• 1993: I'm Alive - Jackson Browne (producer)
• 1994: Longing in Their Hearts - Bonnie Raitt (bass, producer)
• 1994: Voodoo Lounge - The Rolling Stones (producer)
• 1994: "Waymore's Blues" - Waylon Jennings (Producer and Bass)
• 1995: The Road Goes on Forever - The Highwaymen (producer)
• 1995: MTV Unplugged - Bob Dylan (mixing)
• 1995: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times - Brian Wilson (producer)
• 1995: Road Tested - Bonnie Raitt (producer)
• 1995: Stripped - The Rolling Stones (producer)
• 1996: The Restless Kind - Travis Tritt (producer)
• 1996: "Organic" - Joe Cocker (Producer)
• 1996: "Equilibrio de Los Jaguares" - Jaguares (Producer)
• 1997: Bridges to Babylon - The Rolling Stones (bass, keyboards, executive producer, producer, Wurlitzer)
• 1997: Undiscovered Soul - Richie Sambora (producer)
• 1999: Suicaine Gratifaction - Paul Westerberg (producer)
• 1999: Spirit of Music - Ziggy Marley (producer)
• 1999: Avenue B - Iggy Pop (producer)
• 1999: In the Life of Chris Gaines - Garth Brooks (producer)
• 2000: Maroon - Barenaked Ladies (producer)
• 2001: Lions - The Black Crowes (bass, producer, mixing)
• 2002: "Wide World Over" - The Chieftains (Producer, Bass)
• 2003: Hootie & the Blowfish - Hootie & the Blowfish (producer)
• 2004: Live Licks - The Rolling Stones (producer)
• 2005: Countryman - Willie Nelson (producer)
• 2005: "Make Do With What You've Got" - Solomon Burke (Producer)
• 2005: A Bigger Bang - The Rolling Stones (producer, piano)
• 2006: This Old Road - Kris Kristofferson (producer, piano, acoustic and upright bass)
• 2006: "Out of the Ashes" - Jessi Colter (Producer, Bass)
• 2008: Last Days at the Lodge - Amos Lee (producer)
• 2008: Tennessee Pusher - Old Crow Medicine Show (producer)
• 2008: "Boo!" - Was (Not Was) (Producer, Engineer, Bass, Keyboards, Drums, Vocals)
• 2009: The Excitement Plan - Todd Snider (producer)
• 2009: "Shimmer" - Pieta Brown (Producer, Bass)
• 2009: "Acquired Taste" - Delbert McClinton (Producer)
• 2009: Closer to the Bone - Kris Kristofferson (producer)
• 2009: "The California Years - Jill Sobule (Producer, Bass)
• 2010: Y Not - Ringo Starr (bass)
• 2010: Stone Temple Pilots - Stone Temple Pilots (producer)
• 2010: "Welder" - Elizabeth Cook (Producer)
• 2010: The Union - Elton John/Leon Russell (bass)
• 2011: "Wild and Free" - Ziggy Marley (producer)
• 2011: "The Gate - Kurt Elling (producer)
• 2011: Blessed - Lucinda Williams (producer)
• 2012: Born and Raised - John Mayer (producer)

References[link]