Dido - Singer and Musician
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- Rock Picks: Jon Brion, Andrew Bird, Tortoise, Vice Squad
- The composer's production work with Aimee Mann, Fiona Apple, Kanye West (he co-produced Late Registration), Brad Mehldau (the amazing Largo album) and Dido ...
- Annie Lennox: 'vile record industry exploits troubled women'
- She persuaded 23 top female acts and artists, including Dido, Celine Dion, Anastacia, Joss Stone, Sugababes and KT Tunstall, to record the single Sing. ...
- All the president's emails: Sasha Obama, Vladimir Putin, Rahm ...
- Nothing against Natasha personally - I prefer Dido, but whatever. BHO Man, this is pretty embarrassing. As you know, at sufficiently high levels, ...
- Midsummer MAGIC
- There also will be two nights of opera in the garden with a production of Henry Purcell's short two-act mini-opera, Dido and Aeneas, presented by ...
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Safe Trip Home
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White Flag
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Dido and Aeneas: Full score
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Dido Live (DVD/CD Set)
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No Angel
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Dido in 30 Seconds
- Born in 1971
- Her mother was a French poet and her father a publisher
- Named after the mythical Carthaginian queen
- Her parents enrolled her at the Guildhall School of Music in London, England. By the time she reached her teens Dido had learned to play the piano, recorder and the violin.
- Dido studied law at Birkbeck, University of London, however, she dropped out deciding instead to take up music full-time
- First main album released in the US in 1999 "No Angel" through Arista, although "Odds and Ends" was distributed before that without the help of a major record company
- No Angel went to No1 in the UK in 2001
- "Life for Rent" was her next album, rleasing in Sep 2003, and was one of the fastest selling records in UK history
- Third album, "Safe Trip Home", released November 2008
- Dido has worked with a number of other artists including Carlos Santana, Shaman, and a duet with Rufus Wainwright entitled "I Eat Dinner (When the Hunger's Gone)".
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No Angel
Dido's debut is molded from Sarah McLachlan's intimate soul, Sinéad O'Connor's Celtic yelp, and Beth Orton's morose resolve--with all the sharp edges rounded out. Sculpted by producers Rollo (her brother) and techno-scientist Youth, <i>No Angel</i> is dream-pop mixed with Portishead-esque trip-hop; the results are midtempo ballads that would feel at home in Seal's neighborhood. The melancholy opener, "Here with Me," incorporates acoustic rhythm guitar, fluid strings, and a....0 points
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Dido Live (DVD/CD Set)
Recorded at London's Brixton Academy in 2004, <i>Dido Live</i> draws on material from 1999 debut <i>No Angel</i> and 2003 follow-up <i>Life for Rent</i>. As she notes early in the show, "It's very nice to be in a place where I've seen hundreds and thousands of gigs." Dido and five-piece band--including two percussionists--proceed to execute a tight 14-song set, touching on favorites like "Thank You" (famously sampled by Eminem for "Sta...0 points
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Life for Rent
Despite its somewhat polite, trip-hoppy surface, Dido Armstrong's music frequently rests on a melancholy that can only be called courageous in the current pop world. Few singer-songwriters with 12 million record sales behind them would offer a single such as <i>Life for Rent</i>'s "White Flag," which is in part an apology for the "mess and destruction" the narrator has left with her lover. Emotions are even stickier on other tracks, with Dido's Dust...0 points
Blog Posts
- Elemental Dido
- Singer Dido was born Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong. A discrepancy on the inclusion of the Dido as a childhood nickname/ or christianed name Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong. Her brother is a record producer ...
- Lyric Opera of Melbourne: Arts Hub review of Dido & Aeneas by ...
- The wonderful thing about Dido, is that there while there are many small roles for the other singers, these roles are quite meaty and give a chance for a singer to really strut their stuff, such as Paul Bentley, Anna Lucy Whitehead, ...
- Singer Dido Wants To Become A Drummer
- Singer Dido Wants To Become A Drummer. November 20, 2008 07:28 am CST. Dido wants to put her singing career on hold to become a drummer. The "White Flag" singer hopes to swap her microphone for drumsticks after playing the percussion ...
- Dido : It Comes and It Goes ( lyrics and music video )
- ?It Comes and It Goes? is a pop song performed by English singer Dido. It has been announced as the second single to be released in European markets from Dido's third studio album, Safe Trip Home. Her official Italian website states ...
Dido at a Glance
'Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle OMalley Armstrong when asked to say her real name. (born 25 December 1971 in London, England) professionally known as Dido''' ( ) is an English singer-songwriter.
Dido Twits
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- I have now officially exceeded the average hold time of 10 minutes by more than 50%. 16:31; "I will go down with this ship," sings Dido.
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- Dido - Zimbio
- Dido is a marvelous singer and musician. Believe it or not she is due to release only her third CD later in 2008.
- Dido - AskMen.com
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- Five Things About: Dido
- Five things you probably didn't know about Dido.
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Dido: White Flag Lyrics
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