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Heidi Berry (born 1958) is an American singer-songwriter who recorded for Creation Records and 4AD in the late 1980s and 1990s. ==Biography== Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1958,〔Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 221〕 Berry's mother was a jazz singer with Québécois roots, and her father was an actor. Her mother remarried and the family moved to London in 1973.〔〔Ankeny, Jason "(Heidi Berry Biography )", Allmusic, retrieved 2010-10-16〕 While studying print-making at college, she recorded a demo tape in 1985, which eventually found its way to Creation Records boss Alan McGee via her then boyfriend Pete Astor.〔 She signed to Creation in 1987, releasing ''Firefly'', a six-song mini-album, recorded with Martin Duffy of Felt on keyboards and members of Astor's band The Weather Prophets.〔〔Larkin, Colin (1998) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Indie & New Wave'', Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0231-3, p. 41〕〔Anderson, Lydia "(Heidi Berry )", ''Trouser Press'', retrieved 2010-10-16〕 A full-length album, ''Below the Waves'', followed in 1989, featuring her brother Christopher on acoustic guitar (who also played on her later albums).〔〔Raggett, Ned "(''Below the Waves'' Review )", Allmusic, retrieved 2010-10-16〕 Her relationship with Creation broke down, and she left, stating "I simply felt that they didn't understand me".〔Sexton, Paul (1996) "(4AD's Heidi Berry Spawns a Miracle )", ''Billboard'', 21 September 1996, p. 9, 79, retrieved 2010-10-16〕 In 1991, Ivo Watts-Russell asked Berry to sing "'Til I Gain Control Again" on the third album by This Mortal Coil (''Blood''), and over the next five years she recorded three albums for 4AD,〔 ''Love'', ''Heidi Berry'' and ''Miracle''. ''Love'' featured Martin McCarrick (of Siouxsie & the Banshees), Terry Bickers and Laurence O'Keefe (of Levitation), Ian Kearey (Oysterband) and Lol Coxhill.〔 The self-titled ''Heidi Berry'' album focused on "being unlucky in love and in life." In 1999 she collaborated with Patrick Fitzgerald of Kitchens of Distinction as Lost Girls, releasing the single "Needle's Eye".〔 Lost Girls' long-awaited album was released in October 2014 by 3 Loop Music on vinyl, download and as a 2CD expanded edition (featuring demos and extra tracks).〔http://3loopmusic.tmstor.es/cart/product.php?id=18618〕 Berry now teaches at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heidi Berry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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