1{2 "document_id": "lb_2wikimqa_a3c88e70534d79b432d32c0b53d0d181c957b353f658dc95",3 "family": "public_2wikimqa",4 "split": "test",5 "text": "Passage 1:\nDáithí Sproule\nDáithí Sproule (born 23 May 1950) is a guitarist and singer of traditional Irish music. He is the grandson of Frank Carney and uncle of singer Claire Sproule.\n\nBiography\nBorn and raised in Derry, Northern Ireland, at the age of 18 he moved to Dublin in Ireland, where he attended university. Growing up, he listened to Bob Dylan, Bert Jansch, the Beatles, British folk songs and traditional Irish music. It was in Dublin that he entered the music scene which was prominent in Ireland at the time. As a teenager he had met the Ó Domhnaill family during trips to the Gaeltacht area of Rann na Feirste in Co. Donegal, and while in Dublin they formed a band, Skara Brae who would go on to have a great effect on Irish traditional music.\nDáithí is well known as a guitarist and was one of the first guitarists to use the DADGAD guitar tuning for Irish music after the originator Davy Graham. In 1992 he joined Irish supergroup Altan with whom he sings and plays guitar. Of his use of DADGAD tuning, Sproule says, it \"just seemed to instantly gel with Irish music. The nature of the tuning meant that you didn't really produce anything that was terribly, drastically, offensively wrong to people. I was always a singer, but when I started playing with instrumentalists in sessions and pubs, I was able to develop a style by just playing along with them quietly and tactfully.\" He was deemed \"a seminal figure in Irish music\" by The Rough Guide to Irish Music.\nSproule is also a member of various other bands and has recorded further solo albums; he also teaches DADGAD guitar and traditional songs at the Center for Irish Music in St. Paul, Minnesota.\n\nDiscography\nSolo albums\nThe Crow in the Sun (2007)\nLost River, Vol. 1 (New Folk, 2011)\nA Heart Made of Glass (1995)\n\nwith Altan\nOther bands\nBright and Early (with Paddy O'Brien and Nathan Gourley - 2015 - New Folk Records)\nFrom Uig to Duluth (with Laura MacKenzie and Andrea Stern - 2014)\nThe Pinery (with Laura MacKenzie – 2009 – New Folk Records)\nSeanchairde (with Tara Bingham and Dermy Diamond – 2008 – New Folk Records)\nFingal (with Randal Bays and James Keane – 2008 – New Folk Records)\nSnug in the Blanket (with Jamie Gans and Paddy O'Brien – 2004)\nOverland (with Randal Bays – 2004)\nTrian II (with Liz Carroll and Billy McComiskey – 1995)\nA Thousand Farewells (with Martin and Christine Dowling – 1995)\nTrian (with Liz Carroll and Billy McComiskey – 1992)\nStranger at the Gate (with Paddy O'Brien – 1988)\nThe Iron Man (with Tommy Peoples – 1984)\nCarousel (with Seamus and Manus McGuire – 1984)\nSpring in the Air (with James Kelly and Paddy O'Brien – 1981)\nIs it Yourself? (with James Kelly and Paddy O'Brien – 1979)\nSkara Brae (Skara Brae – 1971)\n\nGuest appearances\nFour & Eight String Favorites (Bone Tone Records) 2021 - Eric Mohring & Friends\nMerrijig Creek - Fintan Vallely\nSpinning Yarns (Two Tap Records) 2015 - Norah Rendell\nHeigh Ho, The Green Holly (New Folk Records) 2015 - Laura MacKenzie\nMinnesota Lumberjack Songs (Two Tap Records) 2011 - Brian Miller\nSide by Side (Dawros Music) 2010 - Liz and Yvonne Kane\n40 Acre Notch (New Folk Records) 2008 – the HiBs\nThe Essential Chieftains (RCA) 2006 – The Chieftains\nBlue Waltz 2004 – Julee Glaub\nEvidence (New Folk Records) 2003 – Laura MacKenzie\nOver the Water (Heart Productions) 2002 – Ross Sutter\nLittle Sparrow (Sugarhill) 2001 – Dolly Parton\nLost in the Loop (Green Linnet) 2001 – Liz Carroll\nShine (Swallowtail) 2001 – Katie McMahon\nPersevere 2000 – The Proclaimers\nWater from the Well (RCA) 2000 – The Chieftains\nTis the Season (Compass) 1997 – Laura MacKenzie\nIrish Women Musicians of America (Shanachie) 1995 – Cherish the Ladies\nHeartsongs (Sony) 1994 – Dolly Parton\nMamma, Will you Buy Me a Banana? (Heart Productions) 1991 – Ross Sutter\nBlue Mesa (Red House) 1989 – Peter Ostroushko\nLiz Carroll (Green Linnet) 1988 – with Liz Carroll\nSean O'Driscoll (Shanachie/Meadowlark) 1987 – Sean O'Driscoll\nCapel Street (Capelhouse) 1986 – James Kelly\nThe Streets of My Old Neighborhood (Rounder) 1983 – Peter Ostroushko\nSluz Duz Music (Rounder) 1982 – Peter Ostroushko\n\nCompilations\nA Harvest Home: Center for Irish Music Live Recordings, Vol. 5 2013\nStrings Across the North Shore 2009\nYoung Irish Musicians Weekend Live! 2008 – with James Kelly and Paddy O'Brien\nNew Folk Records Sampler 2007 (New Folk Records) 2007\nMasters of the Irish Guitar (Shanachie) 2006\nThe Independence Suite (Celtic Crossings) 2005 – with Randal Bays\nSimply Folk Sampler 3 (Wisconsin Public Radio) 2005\nFestival International des Arts Traditionnels de Québec (Folklore) 2004 – with Trian\nThe Ice Palace – Irish Originals from Minnesota (IMDA) 2001\nThe Last Bar – Irish Music from Minnesota (IMDA) 2000\nAlternate Tunings Guitar Collection (String Letter) 2000 – with Trian\nAs They Pass Through (Kieran's) 2000\nBest of Thistle and Shamrock, Vol. 1 (Hearts of Space) 1999 – with Altan\nCeltic Colours International Festival – the Second Wave (Stephen McDonald) 1999 – with Altan\nA Winter's Tale (Universal) 1998 – with Altan\nGaelic Roots (Kells) 1997 – with James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien and Gerry O'Connor\nCeltic Music from Mountain Stage (Blue Plate) 1997 – with Altan\nHunger No More (Éire Arts) 1997\nPassage 2:\nCaspar Babypants\nCaspar Babypants is the stage name of children's music artist Chris Ballew, who is also the vocalist and bassist of The Presidents of the United States of America.\n\nHistory\nBallew's first brush with children's music came in 2002, when he recorded and donated an album of traditional children's songs to the nonprofit Program for Early Parent Support titled \"PEPS Sing A Long!\" Although that was a positive experience for him, he did not consider making music for families until he met his wife, collage artist Kate Endle. Her art inspired Ballew to consider making music that \"sounded like her art looked\" as he has said. Ballew began writing original songs and digging up nursery rhymes and folk songs in the public domain to interpret and make his own. The first album, Here I Am!, was recorded during the summer of 2008 and released in February 2009.\nBallew began to perform solo as Caspar Babypants in the Seattle area in January 2009. Fred Northup, a Seattle-based comedy improvisor, heard the album and offered to play as his live percussionist. Northrup also suggested his frequent collaborator Ron Hippe as a keyboard player. \"Frederick Babyshirt\" and \"Ronald Babyshoes\" were the Caspar Babypants live band from May 2009 to April 2012. Both Northup and Hippe appear on some of his recordings but since April 2012 Caspar Babypants has exclusively performed solo. The reasons for the change were to include more improvisation in the show and to reduce the sound levels so that very young children and newborns could continue to attend without being overstimulated. \nBallew has made two albums of Beatles covers as Caspar Babypants. Baby Beatles! came out in September 2013 and Beatles Baby! came out in September 2015.\nBallew runs the Aurora Elephant Music record label, books shows, produces, records, and masters the albums himself. Distribution for the albums is handled by Burnside Distribution in Portland, Oregon.\nCaspar Babypants has released a total of 17 albums. The 17th album, BUG OUT!, was released on May 1, 2020. His album FLYING HIGH! was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Children's Album. All 17 of the albums feature cover art by Ballew's wife, Kate Endle.\n\"FUN FAVORITES!\" and \"HAPPY HITS!\" are two vinyl-only collections of hit songs that Caspar Babypants has released in the last couple of years.\n\nDiscography\nAlbumsPEPS (2002)\nHere I Am! (Released 03/17/09) Special guests: Jen Wood, Fysah Thomas\nMore Please! (Released 12/15/09) Special guests: Fred Northup, Ron Hippe\nThis Is Fun! (Released 11/02/10) Special guests: Fred Northup, Ron Hippe, Krist Novoselic, Charlie Hope\nSing Along! (Released 08/16/11) Special guests: Fred Northup, Ron Hippe, \"Weird Al\" Yankovic, Stone Gossard, Frances England, Rachel Loshak\nHot Dog! (Released 04/17/12) Special guests: Fred Northup, Ron Hippe, Rachel Flotard (Visqueen)\nI Found You! (Released 12/18/12) Special guests: Steve Turner (Mudhoney), Rachel Flotard (Visqueen), John Richards\nBaby Beatles! (Released 09/15/13)\nRise And Shine! (Released 09/16/14)\nNight Night! (Released 03/17/15)\nBeatles Baby! (Released 09/18/2015)\nAway We Go! (Released 08/12/2016)\nWinter Party! (Released 11/18/16)\nJump For Joy! (Released 08/18/17)\nSleep Tight! (Released 01/19/18)\nKeep It Real! (Released 08/17/18)\nBest Beatles! (Released 03/29/19)\nFlying High! (Released 08/16/19)\nBug Out! (released 05/1/20)\nHappy Heart! (Released 11/13/20)\nEasy Breezy! (Released 11/05/21)AppearancesMany Hands: Family Music for Haiti CD (released 2010) – Compilation of various artists\nSongs Stories And Friends: Let's Go Play – Charlie Hope (released 2011) – vocals on Alouette\nShake It Up, Shake It Off (released 2012) – Compilation of various artists\nKeep Hoping Machine Running – Songs Of Woody Guthrie (released 2012) – Compilation of various artists\nApple Apple – The Harmonica Pocket (released 2013) – vocals on Monkey Love\nSimpatico – Rennee and Friends (released 2015) – writer and vocals on I Am Not Afraid\nSundrops – The Harmonica Pocket (released 2015) – vocals on Digga Dog Kid\nPassage 3:\nPanda (Astro song)\nAstro is the first album of long duration (after the EP Le disc of Astrou) of Chilean indie band Astro, released in 2011. The first single from the album was \"Ciervos\" and followed \"Colombo\", \"Panda\" and \"Manglares\".\nThis album was chosen by National Public Radio among the 50 discs of 2012.\n\nTrack listing\nAll tracks written by Andrés Nusser, except where noted.\n\nCiervos (Deer)\nCoco (Coconut)\nColombo\nDruida de las nubes (Druid of the clouds)\nPanda\nMiu-Miu\nManglares (Mangroves)\nMira, está nevando en las pirámides (Look, it's snowing in the pyramids)\nVolteretas (Tumbles)\nPepa\nNueces de Bangladesh (Nuts of Bangladesh)\nMiu-Miu reaparece (Miu-Miu reappears)\n\nPersonnel\nAstro\n\nAndrés Nusser – vocals, guitar\nOctavio Caviares – drums\nLego Moustache – keyboards, percussion\nZeta Moustache – keyboards, bassProduction\n\nAndrés Nusser – producer, recording and mixing\nChalo González – mixing and mastering\nCristóbal Carvajal – recording\nIgnacio Soto – recording\nPassage 4:\nMadleen Kane\nMadleen Kane (born Madeleine Flerkell 4 March 1958 in Malmö, Sweden), is a Swedish model and singer. A former Elite fashion model (height 180 cm / 5'11\" - weight 47 kg / 103 lbs), she worked since age 17 for the German fashion magazine Burda Moden. She was published seminaked in two issues of Playboy magazine (in April 1978 for French edition and in April 1979 for Spanish edition). In addition, she had five Top 10 hits on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the late 1970s and early 1980s.\n\nBiography and career\nAt the age of 20, Madleen was discovered by J.C. Friederich, owner of Boona Music productions. She became a popular singer working in 1978 with her album Rough Diamond, which became popular not only in the U.S., but across the globe. After she released Cheri in 1979, her singing career took off. Madleen's debut album Rough Diamond (1978) was originally released in France by CBS and soon after by Warner Bros. in North America. It became a hit on the Billboard Dance Chart. For this album, she recorded a disco version of C'est si bon. Paris-based production team Michaele, Lana & Paul Sébastian produced the album. They have also worked with Theo Vaness and on \"Argentina Forever\" by Pacific Blue.\nCheri (1979), was Kane's 2nd CBS Disques S.A. / Warner Bros. release, which featured \"Forbidden Love\", a dramatic \"pop-opus\" arranged by Thor Baldursson. The A-side suite of \"Forbidden Love\", the title track, its breakdown \"Fire In My Heart\" and \"Secret Love Affair\" gave her another club hit, which ran for over 15 minutes. Jim Burgess remixed it for a single, which was edited to just over eight minutes. The ballad \"You and I\", has become a wedding day favourite in Canada.Unlike the North American albums, the French releases of Rough Diamond and Cheri had gatefold sleeves. In addition, the American mix of \"Forbidden Love\" is different from that released in other countries. The track \"I Want You, Need You, Love You\" was omitted from the North American release.\nAt the beginning of the 1980s, Madleen moved to Chalet Records, part of Prelude Records, and released her third album, Sounds Of Love (1980). It featured \"Cherchez Pas\", which was more \"electronic\" as opposed to her usual symphonic disco songs, and peak #18 in Sweden. Madleen later worked with producers Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte. Nevertheless, Giorgio Moroder appeared with his mixes in 1981 with \"Don't wanna Lose You\" and helped her album sales in Clubs but no longer in radios. \"You Can\" (1981), the Flashdance-esque lead single from those sessions spent three weeks on top of the Billboard Dance charts. It also got to number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1982 and was Kane's only entry on that chart. The album Don't Wanna Lose You followed. This was again released on Chalet Records, which was owned by her then-husband Jean-Claude Friederich and distributed by dance promoter Tom Hayden and his TSR Record Company, which was to be Madleen's next record label. Other big hits: \"Playing For Time,\" \"You Can,\" \"I'm No Angel,\" \"Fire in My Heart\".\nLondon's Ian Anthony Stephens and Megatone recording artist Paul Parker teamed up to provide Madleen with \"I'm No Angel\", a Billboard Dance Hit from her 1985 album, Cover Girl. Madleen stopped her career as family life became her priority and she raised three children.\nA collection of her hits, 12 Inches And More (1994) was her final release. 12 Inches And More does not feature any of the extended mixes from her early career. Album versions are used in place of the remixes, possibly due to licensing issues. In January 2010, Madleen's first two albums were reissued on the MP3 via Amazon.com.\nIn 2011, Gold Legion reissued her album \"Rough Diamond\" on cd.\nIn June 2016, Madleen performed in Miami at the Cafe Iguana in Miami, Florida. In 2018 she published her memoir \"Rough Diamond\" through Mindstir Media.\n\nDiscography\nAlbums\nRough Diamond (1978) Warner Bros.\nCheri (1979) Warner Bros.\nSounds of Love (1980) Chalet\nDon't Wanna Lose You (1981) Chalet\nCover Girl (1985) TSR\n12 Inches and More (1994) TSR\n\nSingles\n\"Rough Diamond\" (1978)\n\"Fever\" (1978)\n\"Touch My Heart\" (1979)\n\"Forbidden Love\" (1979)\n\"You and I\" (1979)\n\"Secret Love Affair\" (1979)\n\"Cheri\" (1979)\n\"Cherchez Pas\" (1980)\n\"Boogie Talk\" (1980)\n\"You Can\" (1981)\n\"Fire In My Heart\" (1981)\n\"Playing For Time\" (1982)\n\"On Fire\" (1985)\n\"Ecstasy\" (1985)\n\"I'm No Angel\" (1985)\n\nCharts\nSee also\nList of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart\nPassage 5:\nKristian Leontiou\nKristian Leontiou (born February 1982) is an English singer. Formerly a solo artist, he is the lead singer of indie rock band One eskimO.\n\nEarly life\nKristian Leontiou was born in London, England and is of Greek Cypriot descent. He went to Hatch End High School in Harrow and worked several jobs in and around London whilst concentrating on music when he had any free time. In 2003 he signed a major record deal with Polydor. At the time, Leontiou was dubbed \"the new Dido\" by some media outlets. His debut single \"Story of My Life\" was released in June 2004 and reached #9 in the UK Singles Chart. His second single \"Shining\" peaked at #13 whilst the album Some Day Soon was certified gold selling in excess of 150,000 copies.\nLeontiou toured the album in November 2004 taking him to the US to work with L.A Reid, Chairman of the Island Def Jam music group. Unhappy with the direction his career was going, on a flight back from the US in 2004 he decided to take his music in a new direction. Splitting from his label in late 2005, he went on to collaborate with Faithless on the song \"Hope & Glory\" for their album ‘'To All New Arrivals'’. It was this release that saw him unleash the One eskimO moniker. It was through working with Rollo Armstrong on the Faithless album, that Rollo got to hear an early demo of \"Astronauts\" from the One eskimO project. Being more than impressed by what he heard, Rollo opened both his arms and studio doors to Leontiou and they began to co-produce the ‘'All Balloons’' album.\nIt was at this time that he paired up with good friend Adam Falkner, a drummer/musician, to introduce a live acoustic sound to the album. They recorded the album with engineer Phill Brown (engineer for Bob Marley and Robert Plant) at Ark studios in St John's Wood where they recorded live then headed back to Rollo's studio to add the cinematic electro touches that are prominent on the album.\nShortly after its completion, One eskimO's \"Hometime\" was used on a Toyota Prius advert in the USA. The funds from the advert were then used to develop the visual aspect of One eskimO. He teamed up with friend Nathan Erasmus (Gravy Media Productions) along with animation team Smuggling Peanuts (Matt Latchford and Lucy Sullivan) who together began to develop the One eskimO world, the first animation produced was for the track ‘Hometime’ which went on to win a British animation award in 2008.\nIn 2008 Leontiou started a new management venture with ATC Music. By mid-2008 Time Warner came on board to develop all 10 One eskimO animations which were produced the highly regarded Passion Pictures in London. Now with all animation complete and a debut album, One eskimO prepare to unveil themselves fully to the world in summer 2009.\nLeontiou released a cover version of Tracy Chapman's \"Fast Car\", which was originally released as a single in 2005. Leontiou's version was unable to chart, however, due to there being no simultaneous physical release alongside the download single, a UK chart rule that was in place at the time. On 24 April 2011, the song entered the singles chart at number 88 due to Britain's Got Talent contestant Michael Collings covering the track on the show on 16 April 2011.\n\nDiscography\nAlbums\nSingles\nNotes\nA - Originally released as a single in April 2005, Leontiou's version of \"Fast Car\" did not chart until 2011 in the UK.\n\nAlso featured on\nNow That's What I Call Music! 58 (Story of My Life)\nWin a Date with Tad Hamilton! OST, Love Love Songs - The Ultimate Love Collection (Shining)\nSummerland OST (The Crying)\nPassage 6:\nBilly Milano\nBilly Milano (born June 3, 1964) is an American heavy metal and hardcore punk musician. He is the singer and occasionally guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and was the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death. Prior to these bands, Milano played in early New York hardcore band the Psychos, which also launched the career of future Agnostic Front vocalist Roger Miret. Milano was also the singer of United Forces, which included his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker. Milano managed a number of bands, including Agnostic Front, for whom he also co-produced the 1997 Epitaph Records release Something's Gotta Give and roadie for Anthrax.\n\nDiscography\nStormtroopers of Death albums\nStormtroopers of Death videos\nMethod of Destruction (M.O.D.)\nMastery\nPassage 7:\nO Valencia!\n\"O Valencia!\" is the fifth single by the indie rock band The Decemberists, and the first released from their fourth studio album, The Crane Wife.\nThe music was written by The Decemberists and the lyrics by Colin Meloy. It tells a story of two star-crossed lovers. The singer falls in love with a person who belongs to an opposing gang. At the end of the song, the singer's lover jumps in to defend the singer, who is confronting his lover's brother (the singer's \"sworn enemy\") and is killed by the bullet intended for the singer.\n\nTrack listing\nThe 7\" single sold in the UK was mispressed, with \"Culling of the Fold\" as the B-side despite the artwork and record label listing \"After the Bombs\" as the B-side.\n\nMusic videos\nFor the \"O Valencia!\" music video, The Decemberists filmed themselves in front of a green screen and asked fans to complete it by digitally adding in background images or footage. Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report, having recently asked fans to do the same with a video of him with a light saber in front of a green screen, brought up The Decemberists on his segment \"Look Who's Riding on My Coattails Now\" and accused the band of stealing the idea. The Decemberists' response was to challenge Stephen Colbert to a guitar solo showdown on December 20, 2006, on The Colbert Report.On January 19, 2007, The Decemberists premiered an alternate music video of \"O Valencia!\", directed by Aaron Stewart-Ahn, on MTV2. The video follows a character named Patrick, played by Meloy, as he and his love Francesca (Lisa Molinaro), daughter of \"the Boss\", plan an escape to an unknown location. At a cafe, a man in a suit, portrayed by the band member Chris Funk, tells him to hide in the \"Valencia\" hotel (the Super Value Inn on North Interstate Avenue in Portland, Oregon) while he gets them the necessary documentation to escape. Above the name of the hotel, there is a neon sign that reads \"Office\". The letters have all burnt out except for the \"O\", creating the title of the song. The video then introduces other characters - various assassination teams - who sit in different rooms of the hotel waiting for the chance to catch the two lovers. Most are portrayed by other members of the band (along with Meloy's wife, Carson Ellis). They kill off any potential witnesses to their plan. Patrick manages to take down one member from each team, before they gang up on him. The Boss arrives, along with the man from the cafe, who reveals that he snitched on Patrick and Francesca. They execute Francesca, while forcing Patrick to watch. After they leave, Patrick finds a note by Francesca, which reveals that she never fell in love with him, and only wanted protection. 2 months later, Patrick and the man, who has lost an eye from a previous assassination attempt, have a sit-down at the same cafe. The man reveals that he snitched on Patrick just to take over the town. Patrick reveals that he poisoned a drink the man was having, but before he could get away, the man stabs Patrick in the neck with a fork before dying, followed by Patrick.\nThe video is somewhat influenced by the distinct style and themes of director Wes Anderson, with bold fonts being used to introduce characters and groups on the bottom of the screen (much like in the film The Royal Tenenbaums). The band had previously (and more explicitly) drawn influence from Anderson's Rushmore in their video for \"Sixteen Military Wives\". The layout of the hotel is also similar to the one used in Bottle Rocket.\nKurt Nishimura was chosen as the winner by mtvU for his video that depicted a love affair between a woman and her television, with the TV containing the green-screened Decemberists video footage.\nPassage 8:\nYou Can\n\"You Can\" is a 1981 single by Madleen Kane and produced by Giorgio Moroder. The song was written by Yolanda Yvette Adams, Donald Ray Atkins and Marcus Ecby. Along with the track, \"Fire in My Heart\", \"You Can\" was Kane's most successful single on the dance charts, spending three weeks at number one. The single was her only Hot 100 chart entry, peaking at #77.\n\nCharts\nWeekly charts\nPassage 9:\nBernie Bonvoisin\nBernard Bonvoisin (French pronunciation: [bɛʁnaʁ bɔ̃vwazɛ̃]), known as Bernie Bonvoisin (French pronunciation: [bɛʁni bɔ̃vwazɛ̃], born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director. He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.\nHe was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/DC and together they recorded the song \"Ride On\" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott.\n\nExternal links\nBernie Bonvoisin at IMDb\nPassage 10:\nAstrid North\nAstrid North (Astrid Karina North Radmann; 24 August 1973, West Berlin – 25 June 2019, Berlin) was a German soul singer and songwriter. She was the singer of the German band Cultured Pearls, with whom she released five Albums. As guest singer of the band Soulounge she published three albums.\n\nCareer\nNorth had her first experiences as a singer with her student band Colorful Dimension in Berlin. In March 1992 she met B. La (Bela Braukmann) and Tex Super (Peter Hinderthür) who then studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg and who were looking for a singer for their band Cultured Pearls. The trio entered the German charts with four singles and four albums.\n\nIn 1994 North sang for the dance-pop band Big Light on their hit single Trouble Is. In 1996 she was a guest on the side project Little Red Riding Hood by Fury in the Slaughterhouse brothers Kai and Thorsten Wingenfelder which resulted in the release of the single Life's Too Short from the eponymous album.The song Sleepy Eyes, texted and sung by North, appears in the soundtrack of the movie Tor zum Himmel (2003) by director Veit Helmer. In 2003 she appeared at the festival Das Fest in Karlsruhe and sang alongside her own songs a cover version of the Aerosmith hit Walk This Way together with the German singer Sasha. North also toured with the American singer Gabriel Gordon.After the end of her band Cultured Pearls in 2003 North moved 2004 to New York City to write new songs, work with a number of different musicians and to experiment with her music.In 2005 she joined the charity project Home, which produced an album for the benefit of the orphans from the Beluga School for Life in Thailand which have been affected by the Indian Ocean earthquake in 2004 and the subsequent tsunami. Beside the orphans themselves also the following artists have been involved, guitarist Henning Rümenapp (Guano Apes), Kai Wingenfelder (Fury in the Slaughterhouse), Maya Saban and others. With Bobby Hebb Astrid North recorded a new version of his classic hit Sunny. It was the first time Hebb sung this song as duett and it appeared on his last album That's All I Wanna Know.\nNorth sang in 2006 My Ride, Spring Is Near and No One Can Tell on the album The Ride by Basic Jazz Lounge, a project by jazz trumpeter Joo Kraus. In addition, she worked as a workshop lecturer of the Popkurs at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.\nIn spring 2010 North performed as the opening act of the Fakebling-Tour of Miss Platnum. The magazine Der Spiegel described her as one of the \"leading ladies of the local soul scene\". On 20 July 2012 her solo debut album North was released.\nOn 16 September 2016 Astrid North released her second solo album, Precious Ruby, dedicated to her grandmother Precious Ruby North. North used crowdfunding to finance the album. The first single published from this album was the song Miss Lucy. In 2016 she also started her concert series North-Lichter in Berlin's Bar jeder Vernunft to which she invited singers such as Katharina Franck, Elke Brauweiler, Lizzy Scharnofske, Mia Diekow, Lisa Bassenge or Iris Romen.\n\nLife\nAstrid North was born in West Berlin, West Germany to Sondria North and Wolf-Dieter Radmann. She commuted between her birth city and her family in Houston, Texas until she was nine years old. In the USA she lived mainly with her grandparents and her time there significantly shaped her musical development.Besides her music career Astrid North worked also as lecturer in Hamburg at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater and as yoga teacher. North was the mother of two children, her daughter was born in 2001 and her son in 2006. Her sister Ondria North works as make-up artist and hair stylist in the German film industry.\nShe died in June 2019 at the age of 45 years from pancreatic cancer.\n\nDiscography\nwith Cultured PearlsAlbums\n\n1996: Sing Dela Sing (German chart position 92, 3 weeks)\n1997: Space Age Honeymoon (German chart position 54, 6 weeks)\n1999: Liquefied Days (German chart position 19, 9 weeks)\n2002: Life on a Tuesday (German chart position 74, 1 week)Singles\n\n1996: Tic Toc (1996) (German chart position 65, 10 weeks)\n1997: Sugar Sugar Honey (German chart position 72, 9 weeks)\n1998: Silverball (German chart position 99, 2 weeks)\n1999: Kissing the Sheets (German chart position 87, 9 weeks)with Soulounge\n\n2003: The Essence of the Live Event – Volume One\n2004: Home\n2006: Say It AllSolo\n\n2005: Sunny (Single, Bobby Hebb feat. Astrid North)\n2012: North (Album, 20. Juli 2012)\n2013: North Live (Album, live recordings from different venues in Germany)\n2016: Sunny (Compilation, Bobby Hebb feat. Astrid North)\n2016: Precious Ruby (Album, 16. September 2016)as guest singer\n\n1994: Trouble Is – Big Light (Single)\n1996: Life's Too Short – Little Red Riding Hood (Single)\n2006: Basic Jazz Lounge: The Ride – Joo Kraus (Album)",6 "char_len": 28666,7 "document_hash": "3910dfe0abd6128908eba09df3cea66f0399a010ad8e81dd8803c1b3969eb129",8 "questions": [9 {10 "question_id": "q00",11 "qtype": "2wikimqa",12 "question": "What nationality is the performer of song You Can?"13 }14 ]15}