Eddi Reader 瑷迪芮德
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- #凯尔特民谣 #当代唱作人
- 地区
- United Kingdom 英国
艺人介绍
苏格兰重量级女伶－瑷迪芮德 (Eddi Reader)，许多人对她的印象便是1984年成军的Acoustic-Pop乐团Fairground Attraction。 身为当年这个名动一时的当红乐团女主唱， Eddi Reader的音乐事业可说是从此开始。 1988年乐团首支单曲，即是家喻户晓的成名经典的〈Perfect〉拿下「全英排行榜冠军」与1989「年度最佳单曲」。 首张专辑《The First of a Million Kisses》更获得「年度最佳专辑」之殊荣。 好景不常，乐团却于同年11月解散。 1992年Eddi Reader在RCA厂牌下发表个人单飞后的首张专辑《Mirmama》，1994年的同名专辑《Eddi Reader》即为她自己拿下「全英年度最佳女伶」的天后头衔。 2003年她以吟唱Robert Burns(象征苏格兰文化的传奇诗人)的文字作品的「主题专辑」－《Eddi Reader Sings The Songs of Robert Burns》获得全球乐坛极大的好评回响。 在2006年获颁「大英帝国勋位」(1965年英国女皇颁布予披头四成员)以表扬她对音乐的贡献。
Eddi Reader的唱腔带有真挚、宁静的情感，与当今乐坛另一爱尔兰天后Mary Black，空灵女神Beth Nielsen Chapman齐名。 乐风揉合The Sundays、Natalie Merchant、Sarah McLachlan的动人魅力。 自加盟英国独立音乐顶尖品牌Rough Trade后全新大碟〈Peacetime〉，由苏格兰民谣音乐家John McCusker担纲制作，是一张演译多首苏格兰传统歌谣与Robert Burns的作品为主的专辑。 我们得以听到－芮德仍然以如似山林小溪般清澈的声音，不费吹灰之力以专辑之名唱出沁凉沉淀的「平和时光」。 而在那极好的嗓音吟唱之中，听见那充满怀念的旋律铺陈于想象的灿烂里。 英国权威媒体The Guardian4颗星高评价赞扬「芮德以宁静的自信与严谨的态度将歌曲完美的呈现出来。」BBC誉为「相当温暖的制作，歌曲似乎是会呼吸一般。聆听《平和时光》这张专辑是一种非常宁静的经验，就是这么的令人感到美好！
Eddi Reader MBE (born Sadenia Reader, 29 August 1959) is a Scottish singer, known both for her work with Fairground Attraction and for an enduring solo career, which in 2003 saw her showcase the works of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns.
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Early career
Reader was born in Glasgow, the daughter of a welder, and the eldest of seven children (her brother, Francis, is vocalist with the band Trashcan Sinatras). Living at first in a two-bedroomed flat, the family was re-housed in Irvine, Ayrshire; however, Reader returned to Glasgow (where she lived with her grandmother) in order to finish her schooling. She began playing the guitar at the age of ten, and started her musical career busking, first in Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street, then in the early 1980s around Europe (where she also worked with circus and performance artists).
Back in Scotland, she joined the punk band Gang of Four as a backing singer which led to her first U.S. tour. Back in the UK, after leaving the band she started working as a session vocalist in London, singing with such acts as Eurythmics and Alison Moyet.
Fairground Attraction
Main article: Fairground Attraction
In 1984, Reader sang for a brief time with disco group Outbar Squeek. Around the same time she teamed up with Mark E. Nevin, a guitarist and songwriter, to record a few of his songs. They subsequently formed Fairground Attraction, together with Simon Edwards (guitarrón — a Mexican acoustic bass guitar) and Roy Dodds (drums & percussion). In 1988 the band released their first single, "Perfect", which became a UK number one, winning best single at the 1989 BRIT Awards. Their first album, The First of a Million Kisses, was also a success, reaching number two in the UK Albums Chart, and winning best album at the 1989 Brits.
This success was short-lived, however. In November, 1989, after a break, during which Reader had her first child, Charlie with her French-Algerian partner Milou, Mark Nevin abandoned a recording session for the second album, which would eventually lead to the splitting of the band. A makeshift second album, a collection of B-sides and live tracks, Ay Fond Kiss was rushed out the following year.
Solo career
Reader returned to Scotland, but before she embarked on her solo career she took a temporary detour into acting. She played Jolene Jowett, a singer and accordionist, in John Byrne's Your Cheatin' Heart, a comedy-drama series for BBC Television, set in the country music scene in Scotland.
Returning to London, Reader worked on new material with a backing band calling itself "The Patron Saints of Imperfection" (made up of Roy Dodds, Neill and Calum MacColl, and Phil Steriopoulos). This became her first solo album, recorded for RCA Records: 1992's Mirmama. It was followed by Eddi Reader (1994), which won her the "Best female singer" BRIT Award that year, Candyfloss & Medicine (1996), Angels & Electricity (1998), Simple Soul (2001) and Driftwood (2002) - a "homegrown" release of songs recorded during the Simple Soul sessions.
Reader continued to tour (England, Scotland, Japan, Australia, Spain, the United States, and Ireland). In 2003, she recorded her album of material by Robert Burns, with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, leading to good reviews and an international resurgence in interest in Scotland's "bard".
She spent April 2006 touring Australia with Boo Hewerdine and Alan Kelly, following the release of St Clare's Night Out: Live at The Basement, with Australian acts such as David Hosking invited to open the concerts.
Her eighth studio album Peacetime was released in the UK on 29 January 2007 on the Rough Trade record label. Produced by fellow Scottish folk musician, John McCusker, the album features a few Burns composed songs, alongside brand new material with longtime collaborator Boo Hewerdine and Trashcan Sinatras' John Douglas. Reader promoted the album with a fifteen date UK tour.
In spring 2008, Reader was a special guest at the the Hotel Cafe Tour hosted by Tom McRae.
Awards
The Robert Burns project saw Reader awarded an MBE for outstanding contributions to the arts in the New Year's honours list of 2006.
In May 2007 she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Strathclyde.
Later that year she was recognised for her contributions to music and to the education and encouragement of young musicians with an honorary doctorate and a Doctor of Letters from Glasgow Caledonian University.
In June 2008 she will receive another doctorate for her musical work, this time from the University of Stirling.
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