Richard Hawley
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Richard Hawley is a guitarist
, singer-songwriter
and producer
. After his first band Treebound Story (formed while he was still at school) broke up, Hawley found success as a member of Britpop
band Longpigs in the 1990s. He later joined the band Pulp
, led by his friend Jarvis Cocker
. As a solo musician, Hawley has released six studio albums.
of his songs, both Pulp's Jarvis Cocker and Steve Mackey
(a former classmate from Hucklow Middle School) urged Hawley to record his first eponymous mini-album, released in 2000. 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
, named after a suburb of the city that the young Hawley had seen on the destination board of a bus. The NME
called Lowedges the "first great album of 2003" and it topped an end-of-the-year poll
held by Virgin Radio
. Critical praise was widespread, leading many big names such as Coldplay
, Radiohead
and R.E.M.
to enthuse about Hawley's work.
After the demise of Setanta Records
in 2004, Hawley eventually signed to Mute Records
, a division of EMI
. Legal wrangling delayed Coles Corner
, Hawley's fourth release, until September 2005. Again, Hawley mined the theme of his beloved home city, this time referencing the location where courting lovers meet. Coles Corner eventually gained a nomination for the Mercury Prize
in 2006. Alex Turner
of the Arctic Monkeys
, whose debut album won the prize, famously exclaimed "Someone call 999, Richard Hawley's been robbed!"
Hawley's 2007 album Lady's Bridge
(again named with a Sheffield reference - Lady's Bridge is in the centre of Sheffield) was released in the United Kingdom on 20 August 2007. He performed a 16-date tour during September 2007 to promote the album. Merchandising on the tour included the usual t-shirts and posters, but also special edition bottles of Sheffield-made Henderson's Relish
. The bottles featured the album's artwork, and a note that it gave extra flavour to meat, fish, soups, pies, casseroles and vegetables. Hawley previously used the relish to promote Coles Corner.
On 14 January 2008, Hawley was nominated for his first solo Brit Award
for Best British Male Performer. Hawley was a headlining act at the 2008 Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
in Spain. Hawley claimed that it was the best festival audience he had ever played to. Hawley recently produced, with Colin Elliot, and contributed two songs to the album Made in Sheffield
, a compilation of songs by Sheffield-based songwriters for Tony Christie
.
Truelove's Gutter
, Richard's sixth studio album, was released on Mute Records on 21 September 2009. The album was nominated for, and won the Mojo record of the year.
His song "Don't Get Hung Up In Your Soul" was chosen as the Starbucks
iTunes
Pick of the Week for 17 November 2009. and "Open Up Your Door" currently features as the soundtrack song to the Haagen-Dazs
ice cream TV commercial in the UK.
Hawley's track "Tonight The Streets Are Ours" was chosen as the title track for the Oscar
nominated 2010 Banksy
film "Exit Through The Gift Shop
" which premièred at the Sundance Film Festival
on 24 January 2010.
, A Girl Called Eddy
, and Jarvis Cocker
(and his Relaxed Muscle
project). He played the guitar
solo on All Saints
' cover version of "Under the Bridge
," and co-wrote Robbie Williams
' song "Clean" from his debut album Life Thru a Lens
.
Praise from R.E.M.
's Mike Mills
led to him being approached to support the group on several concert dates in 2005. After contributing to Nancy Sinatra
's 2004 self-titled album
, Hawley supported her on a European tour in 2005.
In 1991, Hawley auditioned to be a guitarist in Morrissey
's live band, but was rejected after he started singing "One Night
" by Elvis Presley
during his audition.
Hawley provided vocals for "Bad Woman," a B-side
to Arctic Monkeys' single "Teddy Picker
," released on 3 December 2007. He also co-wrote and provided vocals and guitar to the song "The Fix" on Elbow
's Mercury Prize-winning 2008 album The Seldom Seen Kid
. Hawley also performed the song with the band at the Glastonbury Festival
in June 2008, on The Culture Show
in June 2008, at Elbow's homecoming gigs in Manchester
in 2008, Wembley Arena
in March 2009, Blackpool
's Empress Ballroom in March 2009 and at the MEN Arena in September 2009. He reprised his collaboration with Elbow on 17 January 2009 for a special recording of The Seldom Seen Kid with the BBC Concert Orchestra
at Abbey Road Studios
, which was subsequently released as a special edition CD and DVD set titled The Seldom Seen Kid Live at Abbey Road in March 2009. He Recently appeared With Elbow on 19th March 2011 while the band were in Sheffield to perform "The Fix" as a bonus song on their UK Arena Tour.
Hawley's song "Baby, You're My Light" was included on the CD soundtrack for the 2008 film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
. Hawley himself made an appearance in the 2007 film Flick
.
The song "Roll River Roll" from the Lady's Bridge album was used as the Theme tune to the TV show "Getting On"
Hawley occasionally gigs with The Feral Cats, a side project that enables him to explore his interest in rockabilly
music.
October 2009, Hawley was joined on stage by Lisa Marie Presley
in London
for an encore, she sang vocals on a song the pair have been working on called 'Weary'. Hawley wants to help Presley relaunch her music career, and the two have embarked on a songwriting partnership in which Lisa Marie writes the lyrics and Hawley the music. In a new interview Presley said that she is currently recording a new album in London
.
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
, singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
and producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
. After his first band Treebound Story (formed while he was still at school) broke up, Hawley found success as a member of Britpop
Britpop
Britpop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Britpop emerged from the British independent music scene of the early 1990s and was characterised by bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s...
band Longpigs in the 1990s. He later joined the band Pulp
Pulp (band)
Pulp are an English alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. Their lineup consists of Jarvis Cocker , Russell Senior , Candida Doyle , Mark Webber , Steve Mackey and Nick Banks ....
, led by his friend Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Branson Cocker is an English musician and frontman for the band Pulp. Through his work with the band, Cocker became a figurehead of the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s. Following Pulp's hiatus Cocker has led a successful solo career...
. As a solo musician, Hawley has released six studio albums.
Solo career
Impressed by a home demoDemo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
of his songs, both Pulp's Jarvis Cocker and Steve Mackey
Steve Mackey
Steve Mackey is a British musician and record producer best known for playing bass guitar in the band Pulp. He also played bass for Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker in the latter's solo career, and worked as a songwriter and producer with artists such as M.I.A...
(a former classmate from Hucklow Middle School) urged Hawley to record his first eponymous mini-album, released in 2000. In 2001, Late Night Final, named after the cry of vendors selling the Sheffield Star
Sheffield Star
The Star, often known as the Sheffield Star is a daily newspaper published in Sheffield, England, from Monday to Saturday each week. Originally a broadsheet, the newspaper became a tabloid in 1989...
evening newspaper on the streets of the city, was released to positive reviews from the press
Music journalism
Music journalism is criticism and reportage about music. It began in the eighteenth century as comment on what is now thought of as 'classical music'. This aspect of music journalism, today often referred to as music criticism , comprises the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of...
, if unspectacular sales. Two years later Hawley released Lowedges
Lowedges
Lowedges is the third studio album from musician Richard Hawley. It was released in 2003 by Setanta Records. It is named after a district in Hawley's hometown Sheffield.-Track listing:# "Run for Me"# "Darlin'"# "Oh My Love"# "Only Road"...
, named after a suburb of the city that the young Hawley had seen on the destination board of a bus. The NME
NME
The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
called Lowedges the "first great album of 2003" and it topped an end-of-the-year poll
Opinion poll
An opinion poll, sometimes simply referred to as a poll is a survey of public opinion from a particular sample. Opinion polls are usually designed to represent the opinions of a population by conducting a series of questions and then extrapolating generalities in ratio or within confidence...
held by Virgin Radio
Virgin Radio
Absolute Radio is one of the UK's three Independent National Radio stations. The station rebranded to its current name at 7.45am on 29 September 2008.The station is based in London and plays popular rock music...
. Critical praise was widespread, leading many big names such as Coldplay
Coldplay
Coldplay are a British alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. After they formed Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish. Will Champion joined as a...
, Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
and R.E.M.
R.E.M.
R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's...
to enthuse about Hawley's work.
After the demise of Setanta Records
Setanta Records
Setanta Records is a UK Independent record label. The label was at the forefront of the indie Irish music scene in the late eighties and nineties as itchampioned young Irish groups.-History:...
in 2004, Hawley eventually signed to Mute Records
Mute Records
Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...
, a division of EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
. Legal wrangling delayed Coles Corner
Coles Corner (album)
Coles Corner is the fourth studio album from musician Richard Hawley, released in September 2005 in the UK. The title track immortalizes the legendary Sheffield landmark Coles Corner, a popular meeting place of old and new lovers...
, Hawley's fourth release, until September 2005. Again, Hawley mined the theme of his beloved home city, this time referencing the location where courting lovers meet. Coles Corner eventually gained a nomination for the Mercury Prize
Mercury Prize
The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize and currently known as the Barclaycard Mercury Prize for sponsorship reasons, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was established by the British Phonographic Industry and British...
in 2006. Alex Turner
Alex Turner (musician)
Alexander David Turner is an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist and main songwriter of the English rock band Arctic Monkeys...
of the Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band. Formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield, the band currently consists of Alex Turner , Jamie Cook , Nick O'Malley and Matt Helders...
, whose debut album won the prize, famously exclaimed "Someone call 999, Richard Hawley's been robbed!"
Lady's Bridge (album)
Lady's Bridge is the fifth studio album from musician Richard Hawley, released in August 2007 in the UK. The album follows his 2005 Mercury Music Prize-nominated album Coles Corner. Lady's Bridge is a landmark location in Hawley's hometown of Sheffield. The song "Dark Road" originally appeared as a...
(again named with a Sheffield reference - Lady's Bridge is in the centre of Sheffield) was released in the United Kingdom on 20 August 2007. He performed a 16-date tour during September 2007 to promote the album. Merchandising on the tour included the usual t-shirts and posters, but also special edition bottles of Sheffield-made Henderson's Relish
Henderson's Relish
Henderson's Relish, known locally as Hendo's, 'Hendies' 'Enderson's or simply "Relish", is a spicy and fruity condiment, similar in appearance to Worcestershire sauce, but as it contains no anchovies, it is vegan. Produced in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, some adherents favour it due to its unique...
. The bottles featured the album's artwork, and a note that it gave extra flavour to meat, fish, soups, pies, casseroles and vegetables. Hawley previously used the relish to promote Coles Corner.
On 14 January 2008, Hawley was nominated for his first solo Brit Award
Brit Awards
The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain" or "Britannia", but subsequently became a backronym for British Record Industry Trust...
for Best British Male Performer. Hawley was a headlining act at the 2008 Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
The Festival Internacional de Benicàssim is an annual music festival which takes place in the village of Benicàssim, province of Castelló, Valencian Community in Spain. It focuses mainly on pop, rock and electronica artists, as well as having other elements besides music like short films,...
in Spain. Hawley claimed that it was the best festival audience he had ever played to. Hawley recently produced, with Colin Elliot, and contributed two songs to the album Made in Sheffield
Made in Sheffield (album)
Made in Sheffield is a 2008 album by Tony Christie, released on 10 November, 2008.-Production:After hearing the song "Coles Corner" by Richard Hawley on the radio, Christie suggested that it was the type of production he should be striving for. Christie approached Hawley to request his production...
, a compilation of songs by Sheffield-based songwriters for Tony Christie
Tony Christie
Tony Christie is an English musician, singer and actor. He is best known for his track, "Is This The Way To Amarillo", a double UK chart success.-Career:Tony Christie has sold over 10 million albums Worldwide...
.
Truelove's Gutter
Truelove's Gutter
Truelove's Gutter is the sixth studio album from musician Richard Hawley, released on 21 September 2009. The album features some uncommon instrumentation, such as the waterphone, megabass, and cristal baschet. Thematically, Truelove's Gutter is Richard's darkest album to date...
, Richard's sixth studio album, was released on Mute Records on 21 September 2009. The album was nominated for, and won the Mojo record of the year.
His song "Don't Get Hung Up In Your Soul" was chosen as the Starbucks
Starbucks
Starbucks Corporation is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 17,009 stores in 55 countries, including over 11,000 in the United States, over 1,000 in Canada, over 700 in the United Kingdom, and...
iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
Pick of the Week for 17 November 2009. and "Open Up Your Door" currently features as the soundtrack song to the Haagen-Dazs
Häagen-Dazs
Häagen-Dazs is a brand of ice cream, established by Jewish-Polish immigrants Reuben and Rose Mattus in the Bronx, New York, in 1961. Starting with only three flavors: vanilla, chocolate, and coffee, the company opened its first retail store in Brooklyn, New York, on November 15, 1976...
ice cream TV commercial in the UK.
Hawley's track "Tonight The Streets Are Ours" was chosen as the title track for the Oscar
83rd Academy Awards
The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2010 and took place February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, Academy Awards ...
nominated 2010 Banksy
Banksy
Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, film director, and painter.His satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine irreverent dark humour with graffiti done in a distinctive stencilling technique...
film "Exit Through The Gift Shop
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Guetta happily accepts the assignment, adopting the name "Mr. Brainwash", putting up street art in the city and six months later, re-mortgaging his business to afford renting copious equipment and a complete production team to create pieces of art under his supervision...
" which premièred at the Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
on 24 January 2010.
Session work
Hawley has also worked with several musicians, including Hank MarvinHank Marvin
Hank Brian Marvin is an English guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist for The Shadows. The group, which primarily performed instrumentals, was formed as a backing band for vocalist Cliff Richard...
, A Girl Called Eddy
A Girl Called Eddy
A Girl Called Eddy, real name Erin Moran, is an American soul pop singer/songwriter born in Neptune, New Jersey, USA and currently residing in England....
, and Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Branson Cocker is an English musician and frontman for the band Pulp. Through his work with the band, Cocker became a figurehead of the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s. Following Pulp's hiatus Cocker has led a successful solo career...
(and his Relaxed Muscle
Relaxed Muscle
Relaxed Muscle are a British electro duo formed in 2002 by Pulp's Jarvis Cocker and Jason Buckle.In early 2003, Relaxed Muscle began playing gigs. Cocker and Buckle maintained anonymity by assuming the alter-egos 'Darren Spooner' and 'Wayne Marsden' respectively...
project). He played the guitar
Guitar
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...
solo on All Saints
All Saints (band)
All Saints were a British/Canadian girl group. Founded in 1993 as All Saints 1.9.7.5, the group consisted of founding members Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis, and sisters Nicole Appleton and Natalie Appleton...
' cover version of "Under the Bridge
Under the Bridge / Lady Marmalade
"Under the Bridge" / "Lady Marmalade" was the third single released from the All Saints debut album, All Saints. It became their second number-one single in the UK....
," and co-wrote Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams
Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...
' song "Clean" from his debut album Life Thru a Lens
Life thru a Lens
Life Thru a Lens is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams. It was Williams' first solo album following his departure from Take That.-Background:...
.
Praise from R.E.M.
R.E.M.
R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's...
's Mike Mills
Mike Mills
Michael Edward "Mike" Mills is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer who was a founding member of the alternative rock group R.E.M.. Though known primarily as a bass guitarist, backing vocalist, and pianist, his musical repertoire includes also keyboards, guitar, and percussion instruments...
led to him being approached to support the group on several concert dates in 2005. After contributing to Nancy Sinatra
Nancy Sinatra
Nancy Sandra Sinatra is an American singer and actress. She is the daughter of singer/actor Frank Sinatra, and remains best known for her 1966 signature hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"....
's 2004 self-titled album
Nancy Sinatra (album)
Nancy Sinatra is an album by Nancy Sinatra. It was released in 2004 on Attack Records.-Track listing:#"Burnin' Down the Spark" - 4:25#"Ain't No Easy Way" - 3:23#"Don't Let Him Waste Your Time" - 3:51...
, Hawley supported her on a European tour in 2005.
In 1991, Hawley auditioned to be a guitarist in Morrissey
Morrissey
Steven Patrick Morrissey , known as Morrissey, is an English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career,...
's live band, but was rejected after he started singing "One Night
One Night (song)
"One Night" is a song popularized by Elvis Presley. It was issued as a double A-side with "I Got Stung". The single reached number one twice on the UK Singles Chart. In the U.S., "One Night", reached number four on the pop singles chart and number ten on the R&B chart...
" by Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
during his audition.
Hawley provided vocals for "Bad Woman," a B-side
A-side and B-side
A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
to Arctic Monkeys' single "Teddy Picker
Teddy Picker
-Charts:...
," released on 3 December 2007. He also co-wrote and provided vocals and guitar to the song "The Fix" on Elbow
Elbow (band)
Elbow are an English rock band. They have played together since 1990 and recorded five studio albums, the most recent of which is Build a Rocket Boys!, released in March 2011...
's Mercury Prize-winning 2008 album The Seldom Seen Kid
The Seldom Seen Kid
The Seldom Seen Kid is the fourth studio album by the progressive rock/alternative rock band Elbow. It was released by Fiction Records on 17 March 2008 in the United Kingdom and was released by Geffen Records on 22 April 2008 in the United States...
. Hawley also performed the song with the band at the Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.The...
in June 2008, on The Culture Show
The Culture Show
The Culture Show is a weekly BBC Two Arts magazine programme. It is broadcast in the UK on Thursday nights at 7pm, focusing on the best of the week's arts and culture news, covering books, art, film, architecture, music, visual fashion and the performing arts...
in June 2008, at Elbow's homecoming gigs in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
in 2008, Wembley Arena
Wembley Arena
Wembley Arena is an indoor arena, at Wembley, in the London Borough of Brent. The building is opposite Wembley Stadium.-History:...
in March 2009, Blackpool
Blackpool
Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester...
's Empress Ballroom in March 2009 and at the MEN Arena in September 2009. He reprised his collaboration with Elbow on 17 January 2009 for a special recording of The Seldom Seen Kid with the BBC Concert Orchestra
BBC Concert Orchestra
The BBC Concert Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London, one of the British Broadcasting Corporation's five radio orchestras. With around fifty players, it is the only one of the five which is not a full-scale symphony orchestra....
at Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios is a recording studio located at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London, England. It was established in November 1931 by the Gramophone Company, a predecessor of British music company EMI, its present owner...
, which was subsequently released as a special edition CD and DVD set titled The Seldom Seen Kid Live at Abbey Road in March 2009. He Recently appeared With Elbow on 19th March 2011 while the band were in Sheffield to perform "The Fix" as a bonus song on their UK Arena Tour.
Hawley's song "Baby, You're My Light" was included on the CD soundtrack for the 2008 film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist is a 2008 romantic comedy film directed by Peter Sollett and starring Michael Cera and Kat Dennings. Written by Lorene Scafaria and based on the novel of the same name by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, the story tells of teenagers Nick and Norah , who meet when...
. Hawley himself made an appearance in the 2007 film Flick
Flick (film)
Flick is a campy British horror film written and directed by David Howard, and starring Hugh O'Conor and Faye Dunaway. It had its theatrical release in 2008, and the DVD of the film was released in the United Kingdom on 19 October 2009...
.
The song "Roll River Roll" from the Lady's Bridge album was used as the Theme tune to the TV show "Getting On"
Hawley occasionally gigs with The Feral Cats, a side project that enables him to explore his interest in rockabilly
Rockabilly
Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...
music.
October 2009, Hawley was joined on stage by Lisa Marie Presley
Lisa Marie Presley
Lisa Marie Presley is an American singer and songwriter, also known as the "Princess of Rock and Roll". She is the only child of Elvis Presley, and daughter of Priscilla Presley.-Early life:...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
for an encore, she sang vocals on a song the pair have been working on called 'Weary'. Hawley wants to help Presley relaunch her music career, and the two have embarked on a songwriting partnership in which Lisa Marie writes the lyrics and Hawley the music. In a new interview Presley said that she is currently recording a new album in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.
Albums
- Richard Hawley mini-album (SetantaSetanta RecordsSetanta Records is a UK Independent record label. The label was at the forefront of the indie Irish music scene in the late eighties and nineties as itchampioned young Irish groups.-History:...
SET153) (23 April 2001) - Late Night FinalLate Night FinalLate Night Final is the second studio album from musician Richard Hawley, released in 2001 by Setanta Records. Named after the cry of vendors selling the Sheffield Star evening newspaper on the streets of the city, it was released to positive reviews...
(Setanta SET88) (15 October 2001) - LowedgesLowedgesLowedges is the third studio album from musician Richard Hawley. It was released in 2003 by Setanta Records. It is named after a district in Hawley's hometown Sheffield.-Track listing:# "Run for Me"# "Darlin'"# "Oh My Love"# "Only Road"...
(Setanta SET110) (10 February 2003) (UKUK Albums ChartThe UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
#169) - Coles CornerColes Corner (album)Coles Corner is the fourth studio album from musician Richard Hawley, released in September 2005 in the UK. The title track immortalizes the legendary Sheffield landmark Coles Corner, a popular meeting place of old and new lovers...
(MuteMute RecordsMute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...
STUMM251) (5 September 2005) (UK #37) - Richard Hawley: Extended Edition (Setanta) (21 May 2007)
- Lady's BridgeLady's Bridge (album)Lady's Bridge is the fifth studio album from musician Richard Hawley, released in August 2007 in the UK. The album follows his 2005 Mercury Music Prize-nominated album Coles Corner. Lady's Bridge is a landmark location in Hawley's hometown of Sheffield. The song "Dark Road" originally appeared as a...
(Mute STUMM278) (20 August 2007) (UK #6) - Live at the Devil's Arse (Mute) (26 January 2009)
- Truelove's GutterTruelove's GutterTruelove's Gutter is the sixth studio album from musician Richard Hawley, released on 21 September 2009. The album features some uncommon instrumentation, such as the waterphone, megabass, and cristal baschet. Thematically, Truelove's Gutter is Richard's darkest album to date...
(Mute STUMM312) (21 September 2009) (UK #17)
Singles & EPs
- "Coming Home" (16 July 2001)
- "Baby, You're My Light" (4 February 2002) (UKUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
#81) - "Run for Me" (12 May 2003) (UK #186)
- "The Ocean" (22 August 2005) (UK #102)
- "Coles Corner" (31 October 2005) (UK #146)
- "Just Like the Rain" (23 January 2006) (UK #94)
- "Born Under a Bad Sign" (20 March 2006) (UK #81)
- "Coles Corner" (re-issue) (12 June 2006) (UK #136)
- "Hotel Room" (4 September 2006) (UK #64)
- "Tonight the Streets Are Ours" (6 August 2007) (UK #40)
- "Serious" (15 October 2007) (UK #83)
- "Valentine" (28 January 2008) (UK #134)
- Lady's Bridge EP (26 May 2008)
- "For Your Lover, Give Some Time" (10 August 2009)
- "Open Up Your Door" (30 November 2009)
- False Lights from the Land EP featuring Smoke FairiesSmoke FairiesSmoke Fairies is a British blues and folk musical duo formed by Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies.- History :Blamire and Davies met at school in Sussex during the late 1990s...
(7 June 2010)
Treebound Story singles
- "My Life's Example" (1988) (Fon Records)
- "Swimming in the Heart of Jane" (1989) (Native RecordsNative RecordsNative Records is a small independent record label formed in Sheffield, England.The label was founded by Kevin Donoghue in 1985, after he left RCA Records and during his time at the Music Factory studio, Rotherham , where he was a sound engineer.In January 1989, Native signed Nine Inch Nails but...
12NTV 40) - "Take It" (1989) (Native Records 12NTV 43)
External links
- Richard Hawley's official website
- Hawleyboard Online Community (Official message board where Hawley is a regular contributor)
- Mute Records - Richard Hawley's record label
- Lady's Bridge review on Comfort Comes
- MOG Review
- Treebound story