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Two Wings (band)
Two Wings is a Scottish rock band formed in 2009 in Glasgow, Scotland. The band was created when founder member of Nalle, Hanna Tuulikki, and former Trembling Bells guitarist, Ben Reynolds, began a songwriting collaboration. Their debut album, ''Love's Spring'', was released in 2012 on Tin Angel Records. The band played a short UK tour with labelmate Doug Tielli, followed by a longer run of dates with Canadian guitarist Eric Chenaux. They released their latest album ''A Wake'' in 2014. Current members *Hanna Tuulikki Hanna Tuulikki is a Finland, Finnish-England, English vocalist, musician and artist, born in Sussex, who is involved in the Nalle (band), Nalle (Finnish language, Finnish for "teddy bear") and Scatter (band), Scatter musical projects, and has also ... *Ben Reynolds *Lucy Duncombe *Kenny Wilson *Owen Curtis Williams Releases *''Love's Spring'' (2012) *''A Wake'' (2014) References {{Reflist Scottish rock music groups ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow
Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom and the 27th-most-populous city in Europe, and comprises Wards of Glasgow, 23 wards which represent the areas of the city within Glasgow City Council. Glasgow is a leading city in Scotland for finance, shopping, industry, culture and fashion, and was commonly referred to as the "second city of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian era, Victorian and Edwardian eras. In , it had an estimated population as a defined locality of . More than 1,000,000 people live in the Greater Glasgow contiguous urban area, while the wider Glasgow City Region is home to more than 1,800,000 people (its defined functional urban area total was almost the same in 2020), around a third of Scotland's population. The city has a population density of 3,562 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nalle (band)
:Nalle ''is also a Finnish nickname for persons named Björn; notables include Björn Wahlroos and Björn Westerlund.'' Nalle ( Finnish for a small bear, generally a teddy bear, and named after a childhood toy of vocalist Hanna Tuulikki) are a psychedelic folk trio, based in Glasgow, who were formed in the summer of 2004. They comprise Finnish-English vocalist Hanna Tuulikki (vocals, kantele, flute), Aby Vulliamy (viola) and Chris Hladowski (bouzouki, clarinet) from Bradford. Nalle combine improvisational song structures with unusual instrumentation, sometimes with a decidedly Celtic influence. Tuulikki's vocals have been compared to those of Joanna Newsom and Björk. Nalle have released music on Pickled Egg Records, Locust Music and have also released a track on Singing Knives Records. Their debut album, ''By Chance Upon Waking'' has received favourable reviews thus far from publications such as Trouser Press and PopMatters. Discography *'' By Chance Upon Waking'' (Pickled E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna Tuulikki
Hanna Tuulikki is a Finland, Finnish-England, English vocalist, musician and artist, born in Sussex, who is involved in the Nalle (band), Nalle (Finnish language, Finnish for "teddy bear") and Scatter (band), Scatter musical projects, and has also contributed to the One Ensemble of Daniel Padden.Cooper, NeilEmerging: Hanna Tuulikki", ''MAP'' magazine Her vocals have been compared to those of Joanna Newsom and Björk on occasion,Elliott, Joel (2008)Nalle The Siren's Wave", ''Crawdaddy!'', 19 June 2008 also attracting comparisons to Yoko Ono and Lau Nau.Masters, Marc (2008)Nalle The Siren's Wave, Pitchfork Media, 17 June 2008 As well as singing, she plays the kantele, a traditional Finnish stringed instrument, and the flute. As an artist Tuulikki has created the artwork for both the James Blackshaw curated compilation record ''The Garden of Forking Paths'', and the Arborea (band), Arborea curated compilation record ''Leaves of Life''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trembling Bells
Trembling Bells were a Scottish folk rock group formed in 2008 by drummer Alex Neilson, a musician with a history of free and improvised playing with several artists. Based in Glasgow, the group released three albums through Honest Jon's Records. A fourth, ''The Sovereign Self'', was released on 29 June 2015, followed by an EP in 2016, both on Tin Angel Records. Their last album, ''Dungeness'', was released in March 2018. In September 2018, frontwoman Lavinia Blackwall announced she was leaving the band after 10 years. Following a further run of gigs, the band announced they were to split, with members focussing on their individual projects. Career Neilson had previously collaborated with early music vocalist and musician Lavinia Blackwall, in the free improvisation folk music project, Directing Hand. Neilson gathered a group from members of his previous musical projects, consisting of bassist Simon Shaw (formerly of Lucky Luke) and guitarist Ben Reynolds along with occasional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tin Angel Records
Tin Angel Records is a British independent record label. History Tin Angel Records has founded in 2007 with Devon Sproule's '' Keep Your Silver Shined''. The album received critical acclaim and led to Sproule appearing live on Later... with Jools Holland. Other notable records for the label in 2007 were by Paul Curreri and Adrian Crowley, with Crowley's album '' Long Distance Swimmer'' receiving a nomination for the 2007 Choice Music Prize. In 2008, Tin Angel released the self-titled album by Polar Bear, the follow-up to their Mercury Music Prize-nominated ''Held on the Tips of Fingers''. The label has since released records by the likes of Baby Dee, Charlie Parr and Evening Hymns (whose album '' Spectral Dusk'' was longlisted for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize) and branched into book publishing in 2012 with the release of Little Annie's autobiography ''You Can't Sing The Blues While Drinking Milk''. Tin Angel hosted a showcase at North by Northeast 2013 in Toronto. Current ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
