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Name | Songs for Tibet |
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Type | compilation |
Artist | Various artists |
Cover | Songs for Tibet.jpg |
Cover size | 190 |
Released | August 5, 2008 iTunes Store (digital)August 12, 2008 CD |
Genre | Acoustic, rock |
Producer | The Art of Peace Foundation |
Category:Politics of Tibet Category:Charity albums Category:Political songs Category:2008 compilation albums Category:Double compilation albums Category:2008 Summer Olympics Category:Pop compilation albums
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Name | Damien Rice |
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Background | solo_singer |
Birth name | Damien Rice |
Born | December 07, 1973 |
Origin | Dublin, Ireland |
Instrument | Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Clarinet, Percussion |
Genre | Folk, indie rock, folk rock |
Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
Years active | 1991–present |
Label | Vector RecordingsRepublic RecordsHeffa RecordsWarner Bros. RecordsDRM/14th Floor Records |
Associated acts | Juniper, Bell X1, Lisa Hannigan |
Url | www.damienrice.com |
Rice began his musical career as a member of the 1990s rock group Juniper, releasing two singles with the band. However, because of increasing interference from their record label, Polygram, he decided to leave the band and pursue a solo career. Striking out on his own Rice spent time living as a farmer in Tuscany and later busked his way around Europe before returning to Ireland.
After getting into contact with his second cousin, music producer David Arnold, Rice sent him a demo of his work, which impressed Arnold enough that he bought him a mobile recording studio so he could record his debut. After collaborating with several artists throughout Ireland and England, Rice released his debut O on the 1st of February 2002, which peaked at #8 on the UK albums chart and went on to win the Shortlist music prize. O also produced three top 30 singles in the UK, "Cannonball", "The Blower's Daughter" and "Volcano".
Rice released his second album 9 in 2006. The Irish Times placed Rice at number thirty four in a list of "The Best 50 Irish Acts Right Now" in April 2009, referring to him as "the quiet one, the intense one, the singer-songwriter most revered by the other quiet and intense ones" and as "a most excruciatingly honest songwriter."
After allowing the label to change parts of their second single "The World is Dead" to be more radio friendly, Rice became disheartened and made the decision to leave Juniper before the recording of their debut album. With Rice’s departure in pursuit of a solo career Juniper disbanded, with the remaining members becoming Bell X1. His first single "The Blower's Daughter" became an immediate top 20 hit when it was released in the Autumn of 2001. Over the next year following his own creative process Rice travelled to several places in Ireland and England to work on the album, including County Kerry to work with New York drummer Tom Osander aka Tomo, to Paris with pianist Jean Meunier, to London with David Arnold, and to Dublin with vocalist Lisa Hannigan and cellist Vyvienne Long. The album went on to peak at #8 on the UK albums chart and stayed in the charts for a total of 97 weeks; The album also spawned three top 30 hits in the UK, "Cannonball", "The Blower's Daughter" and "Volcano".
Critical response to O was generally favourable, garnering a score of 80 on the review aggregator Metacritic. Charles Spano in a review for Allmusic gave the album 9 out of 10 claiming “the entire record makes the empty highway less lonely, the sunshine a little warmer, and life a little more poetic”, describing it as a “hopelessly beautiful record”. Alexis Petridis in his review for The Guardian described the album “gorgeous and understated” awarding it 4 stars out of 5. Rolling Stone were also impressed stating that the album has “songs that, for all their quietness, leave a dark, lasting impression.” However some critics, such as Stylus were less impressed, claiming “you can actually hear the moment when the album turns sour.”
Rice releases albums under his record label Heffa (originally named DRM) in Ireland. North American releases are published by Vector Records. Records released in the UK, Europe and other countries are published by 14th Floor Records (through Warner Music).
Rice also headlined his first outdoor show in Ireland in Marlay Park on 25 August 2007, backed by Fionn Regan, Willy Mason, Guillemots, and KT Tunstall.
He made a number of appearances in North America through autumn, called An Evening with Damien Rice. These shows included a second guitarist, bassist, cellist, and a drummer to support Damien. There were no supporting acts on this tour.
On July 1, 2010, Damien played at the Iceland Inspires concert (a free, open-air concert held in Hljómskálagarðurinn near Reykjavík centrum), which was also streamed live online. He played "The Professor" and "The Blower's Daughter" before coming back onstage to play a song with Glen Hansard.
His music is mentioned frequently in the novel The Suicide Club by Rhys Thomas (published Feb 2009), and the lead characters establish a group called The Eskimo Friends, after Rice's song. "Delicate" was featured on the ABC dramas Alias, Lost (in Season One episode "In Translation"), the Showtime series Huff, "The L Word" Season 1, E4's Misfits (season 1 episode 5) ,the Fox drama House, and the 2004 British film Dear Frankie. "Older Chests" was featured on the NBC drama Crossing Jordan and in CBS science-fiction drama Jericho. His song "9 Crimes" appeared featured during the episode "From a Whisper to a Scream" on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy, on Spin 1038, Channel 6, and on CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and also episode 9 of The Inbetweeners. "Grey Room" appeared featured on One Tree Hill,
Segments of the single "9 Crimes" featured in an episode of the CBS post-apocalyptic drama Jericho, in the computer-generated film Shrek the Third, though it was not included in the accompanying soundtrack. It was also used at the end of the second episode of season two of "The Cleaner", an A&E; tv show. Selections from "Eskimo" appeared featured in the 2005 Warren Miller ski movie, Higher Ground. "The Blower's Daughter" could be heard in the Fox criminal drama Bones and also appeared in an episode of the short-lived series Hidden Palms. "Grey Room" featured in the film trailer for 2007's Reservation Road but was not featured in the movie. Rice recorded a live session at Abbey Road Studios in October 2006 for Live from Abbey Road. His performance was screened in an episode alongside those of Jamiroquai and the Goo Goo Dolls.
The demo version of 9 Crimes features at the close of True Blood episode 4 of the third serie, first broadcast 11 July 2010; the episode shared the name 9 Crimes with the song.
In 2009 Damien was named the Artist of the Decade by HotPress. To commemorate this he gave a lengthy and unusually open interview
"The Blower's Daughter" has been used for figure skating, in particular pair skating. Jessica Dubé and Bryce Davison have used it for two seasons and Jamie Salé and David Pelletier have used it in professional competitions.
In 2008 he participated in a music album called Songs for Tibet, which is an initiative to support Tibet, Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso and to underline the human rights situation in Tibet. The album was issued on 5 August via iTunes and on 19 August in music stores around the world.
In 2010, he contributed the song "Lonely Soldier" to the Enough Project and Downtown Records' Raise Hope for Congo compilation. Proceeds from the compilation fund efforts to make the protection and empowerment of Congo’s women a priority, as well as inspire individuals around the world to raise their voice for peace in Congo.
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