(Vocal/instrumental group, 2002–present) Birmingham’s Editors have become one of the most critically successful bands to come out of Britain in the twenty-first century. Tom Smith (vocals, guitar, piano), Chris Urbanowicz (guitar, synthesizer), Russell Leetch (bass, backing vocals) and Ed Lay (drums) purvey synth-infused indie rock, debut album The Back Room reaching No. 2 in 2005. ...
, the album made an immediate impact on emerging bands like Echo & The Bunnymen, the Cure and U2. More recently, Joy Division’s influence can be heard on Editors and Interpol. Closer (1980) refined Joy Division’s sound into a more stately affair, with Sumner’s synthesizer lending extra gravitas. Shortly before its release, Curtis committed suicide. The others ...
she appealed to Americans too. A similar success in 2010 would potentially confirm her as more than a one-album wonder. Styles & Forms | Twenty-First Century | Rock Personalities | Editors | Twenty-First Century | Rock ...
(Vocal/instrumental group, 1991–2009) Mancunian brothers Liam (vocals) and Noel (guitar) Gallagher, Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs (guitar), Paul ‘Guigsy’ McGuigan (bass) and Tony McCarroll (drums) signed to Creation Records in 1993. Debut single ‘Supersonic’ (1994) was a melodic, guitar-driven tune over which Liam snarled out lyrics. By the end of the year another four singles – all instant classics – ...
Following the release of ‘Hometown Glory’, anticipation for Adele’s first album began to mount seriously. A big moment for Adele was when the producers of BBC2’s Later… With Jools Holland got in touch after viewing her material on YouTube. They invited her to appear on the show, which she did in August 2007 – alongside former Beatle Paul McCartney and ...
‘The Knight of the Rose’ For the follow-up to Elektra, Strauss declared he wanted to write a Mozart opera. Despite Hofmannsthal’s protests about a light, Renaissance subject set in the past, the librettist soon came up with a scenario that delighted Strauss. The correspondence between librettist and composer was good-natured and respectful. Each made suggestions to the other ...
1745–1814 English composer Dibdin began his career as a chorus singer at the Covent Garden Theatre, London. He composed many English operas and other dramatic pieces, spending most of his life around the London theatres and pleasure gardens (with journeys to France to elude his creditors and other enemies). His chief success came with his one-man ‘Table Entertainments’, songs ...
1749–1838, Italian Young Lorenzo Da Ponte’s career as a priest came to an abrupt end when he was thrown out of his seminary for adultery. After settling in Vienna, he became poet to the imperial theatres without having written a single libretto. Nevertheless, Da Ponte produced an impressive adaptation of Iphigénie en Tauride (1783) by Nicolas-François Guillard (1752–1814). ...
(Rich’-ärd Varg’-na) 1813–83 German composer Wagner is one of the most influential and controversial composers in the history of classical music. He was born in Leipzig and educated there and in Dresden. His later years were spent in Bayreuth, the home of the festival theatre and the yearly summer festival he founded, which still flourish today. The idea of Bayreuth ...
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