Martha and Eve
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Martha Lewis and Eve Polycarpou, also known as Donna & Kebab are a British
-born Greek-Cypriot
music and comedy duo.
and voice at the age of 8. In her early musical career she fronted her first semi-pro R'n'B covers band at 14 and went on to complete a performing arts
degree
BA (Hons) where she majored in music. Over the next five years, Martha developed a career both as a recording and live session musician and vocalist in London.
Lewis's route then changed in 1987 through the creation with Eve Polycarpou of the comedy
and music duo Donna & Kebab. The duo rapidly went on to accumulate TV, radio
and theatre
credits and in 1993, renamed donna & kbb, focused their attention on their song-writing partnership.
Lewis has been a featured vocalist on soundtrack albums and club singles. She has also written and performed on radio adverts and has written music for TV documentaries and short films.
. She is an actress, singer, songwriter, composer, guitarist, voice over artist, script writer, presenter and teacher. She met Lewis in 1997 and together began their comedy and music duo.
The duo, have since recorded two albums, a club single, and toured Europe and the Middle East, with recordings which chart their acoustic
'Mediterranean-soul' style.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
-born Greek-Cypriot
Greek Cypriots
Greek Cypriots are the ethnic Greek population of Cyprus, forming the island's largest ethnolinguistic community at 77% of the population. Greek Cypriots are mostly members of the Church of Cyprus, an autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church within the wider communion of Orthodox Christianity...
music and comedy duo.
Martha Lewis
Lewis was born in Archway, London. Her composing career began on guitarGuitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
and voice at the age of 8. In her early musical career she fronted her first semi-pro R'n'B covers band at 14 and went on to complete a performing arts
Performing arts
The performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
degree
Academic degree
An academic degree is a position and title within a college or university that is usually awarded in recognition of the recipient having either satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study or having conducted a scholarly endeavour deemed worthy of his or her admission to the degree...
BA (Hons) where she majored in music. Over the next five years, Martha developed a career both as a recording and live session musician and vocalist in London.
Lewis's route then changed in 1987 through the creation with Eve Polycarpou of the comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
and music duo Donna & Kebab. The duo rapidly went on to accumulate TV, radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
and theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
credits and in 1993, renamed donna & kbb, focused their attention on their song-writing partnership.
Lewis has been a featured vocalist on soundtrack albums and club singles. She has also written and performed on radio adverts and has written music for TV documentaries and short films.
Eve Polycarpou
Polycarpou was born in BrightonBrighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
. She is an actress, singer, songwriter, composer, guitarist, voice over artist, script writer, presenter and teacher. She met Lewis in 1997 and together began their comedy and music duo.
The duo, have since recorded two albums, a club single, and toured Europe and the Middle East, with recordings which chart their acoustic
Acoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...
'Mediterranean-soul' style.
Change of direction
The change of name from to donna & kbb marked the change of direction in their partnership; eventually changing their name to Martha and Eve. The change of direction was to focus attention on their songwriting partnership. They have made many recordings including their debut album, and donna & kbb are martha and eve (1996). They have also written music for TV & film.Discography
| Album | Year |
|---|---|
| absolutely live | 2003 |
| Stay | 2001 |
| 5 Track Sampler | 1999 |
| donna & kbb are martha and eve | 1996 |