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Richard Hawley
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singer-songwriter, indie, indie pop, crooner, britpop… see all
United Kingdom
Richard Hawley, (born Sheffield, United Kingdom) is a critically acclaimed guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer. Hawley initially found success as a member of Britpop band Longpigs in the 1990s. When a drug-filled torpor after an extensive tour of America brought the band to the brink of extinction in 1997, Hawley was asked to play with Pulp by his close friend and Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker. “They saved my life,” Hawley later recalled, “I was going mental with drink and drugs.” The subsequent world tour in support of Pulp’s album This Is Hardcore left Hawley emotionally and physically drained on his return to his home city. During this time, he even considered leaving the music industry altogether.
It was an encounter at Hawley’s Sheffield home that led the longtime collaborator out of the shadows. Impressed by a home demo of his songs, both Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker and Steve Mackey urged Hawley to head into the studio and begin work on his first solo release. 2000s eponymous mini album encouraged Hawley to return to the studio once more. In 2001 Late Night Final, named after the cry of vendors selling the Sheffield Star evening newspaper on the streets of the city, was released to positive reviews from the press, if unspectacular sales. Two years later Hawley released Lowedges, another Sheffield reference, this time to the curiously named suburb of the city that had so entranced the young Hawley when he had seen it on the destination board of a bus. NME called Lowedges the “first great album of 2003” and it topped an end of year poll held by Virgin Radio.
It was an encounter at Hawley’s Sheffield home that led the longtime collaborator out of the shadows. Impressed by a home demo of his songs, both Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker and Steve Mackey urged Hawley to head into the studio and begin work on his first solo release. 2000s eponymous mini album encouraged Hawley to return to the studio once more. In 2001 Late Night Final, named after the cry of vendors selling the Sheffield Star evening newspaper on the streets of the city, was released to positive reviews from the press, if unspectacular sales. Two years later Hawley released Lowedges, another Sheffield reference, this time to the curiously named suburb of the city that had so entranced the young Hawley when he had seen it on the destination board of a bus. NME called Lowedges the “first great album of 2003” and it topped an end of year poll held by Virgin Radio.
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Richard Hawley - The Ocean
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Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
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Richard Hawley - Sunlight
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Richard Hawley - Tonight The Streets Are Ours (Video)
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Baby You're My Light
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Tonight The Streets Are Ours
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Coles Corner
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Baby, You're My Light
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Just Like the Rain
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Valentine
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The Ocean
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Born Under a Bad Sign
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Serious
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Hotel Room
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I Sleep Alone
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Last Orders
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Roll River Roll
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Tonight
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Lady's Bridge
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gileadroad wrote:
hey have you checked out Figg yet? great sublime sounds from Robin and Gilden
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sweetchild1984 wrote:
"i feel so strange, i feel so weak... i've walked a world of empty streets, in search alone... i'vve search alone... but you're still in my mind, you're still in my mind. and here's where the sound of my tears hits the ground, just like the rain..." richard, your lyrics perfectly encapsulate the ups and downs of my relationship, which i would happily leave if you expressed any interest in me PLEASE PLEASE PLAY SOME GIGS IN ENGLAND BETWEEN NYD AND THE 14th JAN WHEN I VISIT LONDON! i know that you won't read this anyway but i <3 you
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urbanrockergirl wrote:
wow he's great! love his music and style :)
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Scouse Mouse wrote:
Richard Hawley is great, but his music, lyrical themes and singing style are so close to James Grant that I'm amazed that no-one has ever mentioned the similarity before. The only difference is that James sings about Glasgow and Richard about Sheffield... oh, and that James was doing it first...
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DvoretskySergey wrote:
He is like deep sky
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Yan_Antidote wrote:
I have Lady's Bridge on my blog - http://disorderyan.blogspot.com/
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ikabupini wrote:
Yes, we're grateful he had that courage. Eternally grateful... =D
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BernaO wrote:
Yeah, but for someone who hated his voice for so many years, it's fantastic that he had forgot all the selfcriticism and simply, he took the courage for sing. Great for him (and better for us) ;) PS: And what a songwriter¡¡¡ Our darkness or Lady's Bridge are perfects...
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ikabupini wrote:
He's got a lovely voice... take note, he's not, first and foremost, a singer at that. He's more of a guitarist. =)
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ArturasJanusas wrote:
I sleep alone is the best song he's done. fact.
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ikabupini wrote:
I wanna marry you, Richard!!!! =D =D Your songs are just lovely, lovely, lovely.. =)
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s66blade wrote:
Check out the Richard Hawley produced album by "A Girl Called Eddy" - you can hear Richard's influence through it. It's an awesome track. Also "The Fix" on Elbow's "Seldom Seen Kid" - Richard does vocals on that!!
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BernaO wrote:
I love his voice¡¡¡
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naopako wrote:
don't leave me down, by the ocean......................
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strajnic wrote:
Frank Sinatra would make hits out of these songs!
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annex-a wrote:
Long Black Train is one of the greatest songs ever written, without question.
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Rupashri wrote:
MWAH!
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pinkamh2002 wrote:
Richard was simply brilliant at The Astoria, London on Tues night. Coles Corner gives me goose bumps
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choonmonger wrote:
Richard closed off his set at MIDEM, the music industry bumming circle fest in January with a live extended version of The Ocean. Perfectly sublime. Wasted on all but a few of the audience.
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stytzer wrote:
Any Danish Richard Hawley fans?
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