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World Party
World Party was a musical group, predominantly the solo project of its sole consistent member, the songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Karl Wallinger.Karl Wallinger obituary by Robin Denselow in ''The Guardian'', 13 March 2024"World Party’s Karl Wallinger was a pick’n’mix songwriter with a total, titanic love of music" – article by Graeme Thomson in ''The Guardian'', 12 March 2024 Wallinger started the band in 1986 in |
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of Government of the United Kingdom, the national government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. London grew rapidly 19th-century London, in the 19th century, becoming the world's List of largest cities throughout history, largest city at the time. Since the 19th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Catlin-Birch
David Catlin-Birch is a British musician. He was a guitarist for pop music, pop/alternative rock band World Party, and was the original "Paul" for the March 1980 launch of The Beatles Tribute act, tribute band, The Bootleg Beatles. In the 1990s he collaborated with Karl Wallinger touring and recording the ''Bang! (World Party album), Bang!'' album. In th same period he formed the group The Lemon Trees with Guy Chambers. With Rowland Rivron and Richard Vranch, he made up the core team for BBC Radio 2's musical comedy show ''Jammin' (radio programme), Jammin'' which won a Silver Sony Comedy Award in 2004. He played bass guitar with The Flight of the Conchords on their 2005 Radio 2 series. In 2006, he joined Neil Innes and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band for their UK tour as lead guitarist, taking lead vocals for a handful of songs and recording as a member of the band on its first album in 36 years, ''Pour l'Amour des Chiens''. As a session guitarist, bass guitarist, vocalist, drumm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Is The Sea
''This Is the Sea'' is the third studio album by the Waterboys, released on 16 September 1985 by Ensign Records. The last of their "Big Music" albums, it is considered by critics to be the finest album of the Waterboys' early rock and roll, rock-oriented sound, described as "epic" and "a defining moment". It peaked at number 37 in the UK Albums Chart. Steve Wickham makes his Waterboys recording debut playing violin on "The Pan Within" and subsequently joined the band. ''This Is the Sea'' is the last Waterboys album with contributions from Karl Wallinger, who left the group to form his own band, World Party. The album was recorded between March and July 1985, and released that October. Mike Scott (Scottish musician), Mike Scott, the album's principal songwriter and leader of the Waterboys, describes ''This Is the Sea'' as "the record on which I achieved all my youthful musical ambitions", "the final, fully realised expression of the early Waterboys sound", influenced by The Velvet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
