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'''O'Hooley & Tidow''' are a [[British people|British]] [[folk music]] duo from [[Yorkshire]]. [[Singer-songwriter]] Heidi Tidow (pronounced ''Tee-doe'') performs and records with singer-songwriter and [[pianist]] [[Belinda O'Hooley]], who was formerly a member of Rachel Unthank and the Winterset (now [[The Unthanks]]).
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==Recordings==
Between August and November 2009 at their home in [[Golcar]], Huddersfield,<ref name=Wonfor>{{cite web |url=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/|title=New band and album for The Unthanks' Belinda O'Hooley|author= Sam Wonfor|publisher= www.journallive.co.uk |date=6 May 2010 |accessdate=16 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spiralearth.co.uk/attitude/OTguestEdit1.aspwas|title=
Day 1: The Story So Far – By Belinda & Heidi| author= Belinda O'Hooley and Heidi Tidow |publisher=Spiral Earth|date= October 2010 |accessdate= 20 May 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.folkradio.co.uk/2010/03/ohooley-tidow-silent-june-free-tracks/|title=
O'Hooley & Tidow – Silent June|publisher=Folk Radio UK|date= 10 March 2010 |accessdate= 11 July 2011}}</ref> Belinda O'Hooley and Heidi Tidow recorded an album, ''[[Silent June]]'', which was released on 22 February 2010 to critical acclaim.<ref name=Irwin>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/qb6m|title=The former-Unthank’s gift for a charged lyric and a compelling tune is undiminished|author=[[Colin Irwin (journalist)|Colin Irwin]]|publisher=[[BBC Online]]|date=16 February 2010 |accessdate=11 March 2011}}"Too Old to Dream is a sentimental, yet still intensely moving picture of faded memories, melded into the old Sigmund Romberg/Oscar Hammerstein II standard and a recording of a Dewsbury care home resident....One More Xmas might also one day be recognised as a classic. Thoughtful, provocative, yearning and deeply poignant, it’ll resonate with anyone who’s lost a loved one or wilts under grown-up responsibilities, and may just be the best seasonal song written since Fairytale of New York."</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/feb/14/ohooley-tidow-silent-june-review?INTCMP=SRCH|title= O'Hooley & Tidow: Silent June|author=Neil Spencer|publisher=''[[The Observer]]''|date=14 February 2010 |accessdate=20 March 2011}}"The spare, dramatic piano parts that Belinda O'Hooley formerly brought to the Unthanks have grown into rippling, neo-classical arrangements on this first album with fellow singer and songwriter Heidi Tidow... A bold, unsettling debut."</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2104a590-210c-11df-a6b2-00144feab49a.html#axzz1MsYwGCtT|title= O'Hooley & Tidow: Silent June|author=David Honigmann|publisher=''[[Financial Times]]''|date=27 February 2010 |accessdate=20 May 2011}}"Four stars...the deceptively light 'Shelter Me' is a memorably off-beat love song...O’Hooley unfolds a gorgeous piano melody."</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theartsdesk.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=879:new-music-cd-round-up-5&Itemid=107 |title= New Music CDs Round-Up 5: O’Hooley and Tidow, Silent June (No Masters)|author= Peter Culshaw|publisher=The Arts Desk|date=30 January 2010|accessdate=18 June 2011}}
"[A] low-key but intensely beautiful and poetic album...the piano, adventurous bracing strings and vocals give it a semi-classical feel."</ref> It was one of ''[[Mojo (magazine)|MOJO]]'' magazine’s Top 10 [[folk music|Folk]] Albums of 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2011/02/28/award-winning-huddersfield-folk-duo-o-hooley-and-tidow-set-for-lbt-concert-86081-28247038/|title= Award winning Huddersfield folk duo O’Hooley and Tidow set for LBT concert |publisher= ''[[Huddersfield Daily Examiner]]''|date=28 February 2011 |accessdate=6 April 2011}}</ref> and won 'Best Debut' in the Spiral Awards, organised by Spiral Earth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spiralearth.co.uk/spiralawards2011|title= The Spiral Awards Winners 2011|publisher=Spiral Earth website|accessdate = 14 May 2011}}</ref> O'Hooley & Tidow also won the FATEA Innovation Award 2010, an award for music which broadens the appeal of roots-based music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/awards2010.html|title= Fatea Awards 2010|publisher= FATEA Magazine |year=2010 |accessdate= 6 June 2011}}</ref>

''Silent June'' was mixed and mastered by Neil Ferguson of [[Chumbawamba]] and also featured Anna Esslemont and Cormac Byrne (both from [[Uiscedwr]]), [[Jackie Oates]] and the Solo Players [[string quartet]]. Its title refers to the words of one of the songs on the album, "Que Sera", about the [[execution by firing squad|execution]] during [[World War I]] of the British nurse [[Edith Cavell]].<ref>O'Hooley says that “Que Sera” seeks to portray "the horrors of war from a woman's perspective" and "explores the feelings, sounds and senses that Edith Cavell may have felt as she stood before a firing squad".{{cite web|url=http://www.gayleeds.com/interviews/article/_o'hooley-tidow/|title= O'Hooley & Tidow|publisher= Gayleeds.com |year=2010 |accessdate= 11 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1qvu4/MusosMagazineIssue2F/resources/11.htm|title= O'Hooley & Tidow: unconventional and experimental folk|publisher= Muso's magazine |issue= 2|date=February 2011 |accessdate= 11 June 2011}}</ref> The album also includes a version of the song "[[Spancil Hill]]" and a new song "Too Old To Dream" incorporating a segment of "[[When I Grow Too Old to Dream]]", a popular song with music by [[Sigmund Romberg]] and lyrics by [[Oscar Hammerstein II]],<ref name=Irwin/> published in 1934 and recorded by many artists, most notably [[Gracie Fields]].

O'Hooley & Tidow released a single, "The Last Polar Bear", in November 2011. The song was taken from their second album, ''The Fragile'',<ref name=Missing>{{cite web|url=
http://www.missinglesbians.co.uk/2011/11/ohooley-tidow-last-polar-bear.html|title= O’Hooley & Tidow - The Last Polar Bear|publisher= Missing Lesbians|date= 21 November 2011|accessdate=21 November 2011}}</ref> featuring [[Andy Cutting]], Jackie Oates, Anna Esslemont and Cormac Byrne, which was released in February 2012. ''Northern Sky'' music magazine's reviewer described the song as "utterly beautiful", saying "This is how love songs should be written."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allanwilkinson.co.uk/node/2073|title= Single Review: O'Hooley & Tidow - The Last Polar Bear (Download)|author= Allan Wilkinson|publisher= ''Northern Sky''|date= 22 November 2011|accessdate=27 November 2011}}</ref>[[Robin Denselow]] of ''The Guardian'' described the album as an "intriguing, ambitious set".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/feb/02/o-hooley-and-tido-the-fragile-review)|title=O'Hooley & Tidow: The Fragile – review|author= [[Robin Denselow]]|publisher= ''The Guardian''|date= 2 February 2012|accessdate=22 March 2012}}</ref>

==Other musical contributions ==

O'Hooley & Tidow also feature on Chumbawamba's album ''[[ABCDEFG (album)|ABCDEFG]]'' (2010) and [[Lucy Ward (musician)|Lucy Ward]]'s debut album ''Adelphi Has to Fly'' (2011).

== Discography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title
! Format
! Release date
! Label
|-
| ''[[Silent June]]''
| album
| 22 February 2010
| [[No Masters]],<ref>{{cite web|url=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 |title= No master’s voice – Belinda O’Hooley, former pianist with Mercury nominees The Unthanks, talks to Rachael Clegg about her latest duo outing|publisher=''[[Sheffield Telegraph]]''|date= 9 November 2010 |accessdate= 6 April 2011}}</ref> distributed by [[Proper Records]]
|-
|"The Last Polar Bear"
| single (download)
| 21 November 2011<ref name=Missing/>
| No Masters
|-
| ''The Fragile''
| album
| 9 February 2012
| No Masters
|}

==References and footnotes==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.ohooleyandtidow.com/ Official website: O'Hooley & Tidow]

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[[Category:People from Huddersfield]]
[[Category:Lesbian musicians]]
[[Category:LGBT musicians from the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:British singer-songwriters]]
[[Category:English folk musicians]]
[[Category:English female singers]]
[[Category: British musical duos]]

Revision as of 16:15, 13 May 2012

O'Hooley & Tidow are a British folk music duo from Yorkshire. Singer-songwriter Heidi Tidow (pronounced Tee-doe) performs and records with singer-songwriter and pianist Belinda O'Hooley, who was formerly a member of Rachel Unthank and the Winterset (now The Unthanks).

Recordings

Between August and November 2009 at their home in Golcar, Huddersfield,[1][2][3] Belinda O'Hooley and Heidi Tidow recorded an album, Silent June, which was released on 22 February 2010 to critical acclaim.[4][5][6][7] It was one of MOJO magazine’s Top 10 Folk Albums of 2010[8] and won 'Best Debut' in the Spiral Awards, organised by Spiral Earth.[9] O'Hooley & Tidow also won the FATEA Innovation Award 2010, an award for music which broadens the appeal of roots-based music.[10]

Silent June was mixed and mastered by Neil Ferguson of Chumbawamba and also featured Anna Esslemont and Cormac Byrne (both from Uiscedwr), Jackie Oates and the Solo Players string quartet. Its title refers to the words of one of the songs on the album, "Que Sera", about the execution during World War I of the British nurse Edith Cavell.[11][12] The album also includes a version of the song "Spancil Hill" and a new song "Too Old To Dream" incorporating a segment of "When I Grow Too Old to Dream", a popular song with music by Sigmund Romberg and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II,[4] published in 1934 and recorded by many artists, most notably Gracie Fields.

O'Hooley & Tidow released a single, "The Last Polar Bear", in November 2011. The song was taken from their second album, The Fragile,[13] featuring Andy Cutting, Jackie Oates, Anna Esslemont and Cormac Byrne, which was released in February 2012. Northern Sky music magazine's reviewer described the song as "utterly beautiful", saying "This is how love songs should be written."[14]Robin Denselow of The Guardian described the album as an "intriguing, ambitious set".[15]

Other musical contributions

O'Hooley & Tidow also feature on Chumbawamba's album ABCDEFG (2010) and Lucy Ward's debut album Adelphi Has to Fly (2011).

Discography

Title Format Release date Label
Silent June album 22 February 2010 No Masters,[16] distributed by Proper Records
"The Last Polar Bear" single (download) 21 November 2011[13] No Masters
The Fragile album 9 February 2012 No Masters

References and footnotes

  1. ^ Sam Wonfor (6 May 2010). "New band and album for The Unthanks' Belinda O'Hooley". www.journallive.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
  2. ^ Belinda O'Hooley and Heidi Tidow (October 2010). "Day 1: The Story So Far – By Belinda & Heidi". Spiral Earth. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  3. ^ "O'Hooley & Tidow – Silent June". Folk Radio UK. 10 March 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  4. ^ a b Colin Irwin (16 February 2010). "The former-Unthank's gift for a charged lyric and a compelling tune is undiminished". BBC Online. Retrieved 11 March 2011."Too Old to Dream is a sentimental, yet still intensely moving picture of faded memories, melded into the old Sigmund Romberg/Oscar Hammerstein II standard and a recording of a Dewsbury care home resident....One More Xmas might also one day be recognised as a classic. Thoughtful, provocative, yearning and deeply poignant, it’ll resonate with anyone who’s lost a loved one or wilts under grown-up responsibilities, and may just be the best seasonal song written since Fairytale of New York."
  5. ^ Neil Spencer (14 February 2010). "O'Hooley & Tidow: Silent June". The Observer. Retrieved 20 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)"The spare, dramatic piano parts that Belinda O'Hooley formerly brought to the Unthanks have grown into rippling, neo-classical arrangements on this first album with fellow singer and songwriter Heidi Tidow... A bold, unsettling debut."
  6. ^ David Honigmann (27 February 2010). "O'Hooley & Tidow: Silent June". Financial Times. Retrieved 20 May 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)"Four stars...the deceptively light 'Shelter Me' is a memorably off-beat love song...O’Hooley unfolds a gorgeous piano melody."
  7. ^ Peter Culshaw (30 January 2010). "New Music CDs Round-Up 5: O'Hooley and Tidow, Silent June (No Masters)". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 18 June 2011. "[A] low-key but intensely beautiful and poetic album...the piano, adventurous bracing strings and vocals give it a semi-classical feel."
  8. ^ "Award winning Huddersfield folk duo O'Hooley and Tidow set for LBT concert". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. 28 February 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ "The Spiral Awards Winners 2011". Spiral Earth website. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  10. ^ "Fatea Awards 2010". FATEA Magazine. 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  11. ^ O'Hooley says that “Que Sera” seeks to portray "the horrors of war from a woman's perspective" and "explores the feelings, sounds and senses that Edith Cavell may have felt as she stood before a firing squad"."O'Hooley & Tidow". Gayleeds.com. 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  12. ^ "O'Hooley & Tidow: unconventional and experimental folk". Muso's magazine. February 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  13. ^ a b "O'Hooley & Tidow - The Last Polar Bear". Missing Lesbians. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  14. ^ Allan Wilkinson (22 November 2011). "Single Review: O'Hooley & Tidow - The Last Polar Bear (Download)". Northern Sky. Retrieved 27 November 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ Robin Denselow (2 February 2012). "O'Hooley & Tidow: The Fragile – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 March 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  16. ^ "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. Retrieved 6 April 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

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