Idha Anna Maria Övelius (born 22 May 1972,
Södertälje
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,
Sweden),
[Larkin, Colin (1998) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Indie & New Wave'', Virgin Books, , p.218] known professionally as Idha, is a Swedish singer/songwriter. She released two albums in the 1990s on
Creation Records
Creation Records Ltd. was a British independent record label founded in 1983 by Alan McGee, Dick Green, and Joe Foster. Its name came from the 1960s band The Creation, whom McGee greatly admired. The label ceased operations in 1999, although ...
: ''Melody Inn'' and ''Troublemaker''.
[Strong, Martin C. (2003) "Idha", in ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, ]
Idha was married to guitarist
Andy Bell, co-founder of
Ride
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and former bassist of
Oasis,
with whom she had two children, a daughter named Leia and a son named Leon. Bell co-wrote some of the songs on her debut album, ''Melody Inn'', while former
Small Faces
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member
Ian McLagan
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contributed keyboards to the album.
Her 1994
EP ''A Woman in a Man's World'' featured guest appearances from both
Evan Dando
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and
Stephen Duffy
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.
After a quiet couple of years, Idha returned in 1997 with her second album ''Troublemaker'', again featuring Bell, alongside Tony Barber (of
Buzzcocks) and
Alan White.
While her first album largely consisted of country-tinged, acoustic folk-rock, the second had a much fuller sound with the addition of horns and strings.
[Larry, Chris " Idha - ''Troublemaker'' Review, '']Allmusic
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'', Macrovision Corporation
Idha lives in Stockholm, Sweden with her two children. She retired from the music industry in 2000. Since 2009 she has been working as a structural engineer at Stockholm based firm Hidemark & Stintzing Architects.
Discography
Albums
*''Melody Inn'' (1994) Creation
*''Troublemaker'' (1997) Creation
Singles
*"Get Undressed" (1994) Creation
*''A Woman in a Man's World'' EP (1994) Creation
*"Sorry Sorry" (1997) Creation
*"Going Down South" (1997) Creation
*"Sweet September Rain" (1997) Creation
References
External links
*
Idha at the AllMusic guide*Robbins, Ira
Idha - ''Melody Inn'' review, ''
Trouser Press
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1972 births
Living people
People from Södertälje
21st-century Swedish singers
21st-century Swedish women singers
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