Belinda O'Hooley
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Belinda O'Hooley
Belinda O'Hooley is a British singer-songwriter and pianist with Irish roots, who was born in Leeds[1] and went to university in Huddersfield,[2] where she is now based. Formerly a member of Rachel Unthank and the Winterset (now The Unthanks), she now records and performs with fellow Yorkshire singer-songwriter Heidi Tidow (pronounced Tee-doe), who is also her civil partner,[3] as O'Hooley & Tidow.
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History
O'Hooley comes from a long line of County Sligo musicians[4] and performed alongside her cousin Tommy Fleming, a singer who was formerly with De Danann.[5]
From 2004 until 2008 she was a member of Rachel Unthank and the Winterset (now The Unthanks).[2] Nic Oliver, reviewing their 2007 album The Bairns for musicOMH, described O'Hooley as "the ace in the pack throughout The Bairns. Her background in cabaret (intriguingly, she had once appeared on Stars In Their Eyes impersonating Annie Lennox) adds a left-field edge to the music, with her jazzy piano chords lending a sing-along feel to the live favourite Blue's Gaen Oot O'The Fashion. O'Hooley also contributes the two original tracks to the album, although the casual listener could quite easily mistake both Blackbird and Whitehorn[6] for traditional songs".[7]
In 2005 O'Hooley released a solo album, Music is My Silence, described by reviewer David Kidman of Netrhythms.com as "a commanding and defiant set of thoroughly contemporary-sounding songs".[4]
Other musical contributions
O'Hooley plays piano on Jackie Oates' albums Jackie Oates (2006), The Violet Hour (2008), Hyperboreans (2009) and Saturnine (2011). With Heidi Tidow, she also features on Chumbawamba's album ABCDEFG (2010) and Lucy Ward's debut album Adelphi Has to Fly (2011).
O'Hooley also accompanied Nic Jones at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall on his 2011 come-back tour[8] and has been chosen to accompany him on a further tour in 2012.[9]
Discography
with Rachel Unthank and the Winterset
| Title | Format | Release date | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cruel Sister | album | 11 May 2005 | Rabble Rouser |
| The Bairns | album | 28 August 2007 | Rabble Rouser |
Belinda O'Hooley
| Title | Format | Release date | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music is My Silence | album | 13 June 2005 | Rabble Rouser, distributed by Cadiz Music |
O'Hooley & Tidow
| Title | Format | Release date | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silent June | album | 22 February 2010 | No Masters,[10] distributed by Proper Records |
| "The Last Polar Bear" | single (download) | 21 November 2011[11] | No Masters |
| The Fragile | album | 9 February 2012 | No Masters |
References and footnotes
- ^ "'Pandemonium' feat O'Hooley & Tidow". remotegoat.co.uk website. http://www.remotegoat.co.uk/event_view.php?uid=125598&dd=26&mm=02&yyyy=2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
- ^ a b Sam Wonfor (6 May 2010). "New band and album for The Unthanks' Belinda O'Hooley". www.journallive.co.uk. http://www.journallive.co.uk/culture-newcastle/music-in-newcastle/2010/05/06/difficult-break-to-make-but-one-i-won-t-regret-61634-26377531/. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ Emma Hartley (9 February 2012). "O'Hooley & Tidow on Fay Hield, homophobia and the fragility of life". Emma Hartley's Glamour Cave. http://www.theglamourcave.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/ohooley-tidow-on-fay-hieldhomophobia.html/. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ a b David Kidman. "Belinda O'Hooley - Music Is My Silence (RabbleRouser)". Netrhythms.com website. http://www.netrhythms.com/reviewso.html#ohooley. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ "Belinda O'Hooley: Music Is My Silence". L.A.S.Y.S. Inc. 2009. http://www.lasysinc.com/Folk_Music/like_Joni_Music/BELINDA_OHOOLEY_Music_Is_My_Silence.html. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ The song is actually called "Whitethorn", as O'Hooley explains in an interview with David Peschek: "It's about my great-grandmother, struggling to survive in a tiny village in Ireland...She was pregnant 15 or 16 times and only two babies survived. Because they hadn't lived long enough to be christened, they weren't buried in the local churchyard, but under a whitethorn bush, actually near where my dad lives now. It really brought home to me the history of women's struggles, and made me want to write." David Peschek (14 September 2007). "'In our family, singing is the law'". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/sep/14/folk. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ^ Nic Oliver (August 2007). "Rachel Unthank & The Winterset – The Bairns (EMI)". musicOMH. http://www.musicomh.com/albums/rachel-unthank_0807.htm. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
- ^ Alex (22 February 2012). "First Names Announced for Cambridge Folk Festival: including Nic Jones!". Folk Radio UK. http://www.folkradio.co.uk/2012/02/first-names-announced-for-cambridge-folk-festival/. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ Susan Darlington (4 April 2012). "O'Hooley And Tidow All Hallows Church, Leeds". Morning Star. http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/news/content/view/full/117442. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ "No master’s voice – Belinda O’Hooley, former pianist with Mercury nominees The Unthanks, talks to Rachael Clegg about her latest duo outing". Sheffield Telegraph. 9 November 2010. http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/no_master_s_voice_belinda_o_hooley_former_pianist_with_mercury_nominees_the_unthanks_talks_to_rachael_clegg_about_her_latest_duo_outing_1_2746139. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
- ^ "O’Hooley & Tidow - The Last Polar Bear". Missing Lesbians. 21 November 2011. http://www.missinglesbians.co.uk/2011/11/ohooley-tidow-last-polar-bear.html. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
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