Perry Rose is a Belgian

Belgians

Belgians are people originating from the Kingdom of Belgium, a federal state in Western Europe.-Etymology:Belgians are a relatively "new" people...

-Irish

Irish people

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 singer who has been active in Belgium

Belgium

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, France

France

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, Switzerland

Switzerland

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 and Ireland

Ireland

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 since the release of Because of You in 1991. Rose, who comes from circus

Circus

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 families on both his mother and father's side, has since recorded six albums and toured extensively.

At the end of 2001 Perry recorded Hocus Pocus in Belgium, Brittany

Brittany

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 and Ireland with Irish producers Graham Murphy

Graham Murphy

Graham Murphy is a record producer, musician and songwriter. He was born in Dublin, Ireland.- Biography :Graham started out as a session musician/programmer working with leading Irish acts including Aslan and Whipping Boy. Around the same time he began writing with artist Perry Blake...

 and Chris O'Brien

Chris O'Brien

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 from The Production Suite

The Production Suite

The Production Suite is a recording studio located in Dublin, Ireland run by record producers / songwriters Chris O'Brien and Graham Murphy. The team have worked with artists as diverse as The Human League, Clannad, The Waterboys, Lucie Silvas, Perry Blake, The Blue Nile, Luan Parle, Aslan, Gemma...

 in Dublin (whose credits include Dove, Clannad, Donna Lewis, The Human League

The Human League

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, Trevor Horn, Aslan, Perry Blake, Máire Brennan, Picturehouse, Ronan Hardiman and Lord Of The Dance). It came out mid April 2002 in France, Switzerland and Belgium, on France's L’Oz Production label.

Guests on the album include French pianist Didier Squiban

Didier Squiban

Didier Squiban is a French pianist and composer.His musical work is a combination of traditional Breton music, jazz improvisation and classical romanticism and has added the piano to the repertoire of modern Breton music.He has been influenced by Duke Ellington, Keith Jarrett, Charlie Parker and...

 and Uileann piper Ronan le Bars (known for his work with l’Héritage des Celtes and Dan Ar Braz

Dan Ar Braz

Dan Ar Braz, born Daniel Le Bras , is a French guitarist and the founder of Héritage des Celtes.- The apprenticeship years :...

). It was followed by the live album Happy live recorded at the venerable Brussels

Brussels

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 venue l’Ancienne Belgique

Ancienne Belgique

The Ancienne Belgique is a concert hall for contemporary music in Brussels, Belgium. Located in the historic heart of Brussels, it is one the leading concert venues in Belgium, hosting a wide variety of international and local acts.-The venue:...

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Rose has also recorded ‘Fly’ for Didier Laloy / S-TRES, Stop the pain for Amnesty International, several traditional Irish tunes in the company of Trio Trad for their compilation ‘Le Monde est un village’ and a reworked version of "Glasgow" for the CD "Eveil aux langues" (2005).

Discography

• 1991 : Because of You
• 1992 : All Seasons
• 1996 : The Bright Ring of the Day
• 1996 : Green Bus
• 1998 : The Triumphant March
• 1999 : Celtic Circus
• 2002 : Hocus Pocus
• 2004 : Happy Live (recorded live at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels)

External links

• Official Perry Rose site in English and French