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Nick Laird-Clowes (born 5 February 1957, in London, England) [citation needed] is an English musician and composer, best known as the singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter for The Dream Academy. Life and career. Laird-Clowes was a member of Alfalpha and The Act before forming The Dream Academy.
Interview: Nick Laird-Clowes of The Dream Academy By Will Harris. In America, The Dream Academy tends to be best known for one song: “Life in a Northern Town.”
Feb 21, 2024 · By Sean Hannam. P astoral art-pop band The Dream Academy – singer / guitarist and songwriter, Nick Laird-Clowes, multi-instrumentalist Kate St. John, and keyboardist / songwriter, Gilbert Gabriel – had a hit on both sides of the Atlantic with their haunting and ethereal 1985 debut single, ‘Life In A Northern Town.’.
Mar 15, 2024 · Andy Page spent an hour in the company of instantly likeable, hugely positive Dream Academy singer / guitarist Nick Laird-Clowes, (who was joined in the band by Gilbert Gabriel on keyboards / vocals and Kate St. John on cor anglais / oboe / vocals and more!), to talk about putting together the box set and looking back on all things Dream Academy.
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The song to which she’s referring is Life In A Northern Town, while ‘Nick’ is Nick Laird-Clowes, who formed Dream Academy with multi-instrumentalist St John and keyboardist Gilbert Gabriel. Laird-Clowes, who wrote Northern Town, confirms that the song was not about Nick Drake, as some suppose but merely dedicated to his memory.
Dec 8, 2001 · Nick Laird-Clowes Interview. Trashmonk — Alan McGee’s new cult indie label, Poptones released the excellent “Mona Lisa Overdrive ” on September 10th 2001. Trashmonk aka Nick laird Clowes of the Dream Academy talks to James Berry. October 2001 – You probably think you’ve lived. Done this and that, met a few people, travelled, worked ...
Dec 12, 2019 · Nick Laird-Clowes is best known for fronting eighties pop band The Dream Academy. In the nineties he co-wrote two songs on Pink Floyd‘s The Division Bell and in recent years has been writing and recording music for films, notably enjoying a fruitful partnership with documentary maker Nick Broomfield.
