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Biography
Perry Blake (born May 10, 1970) is an Irish people|Irish singer and songwriter from Sligo , known for the delicate, downtempo , melancholic style of his songs and his soft singing voice.
His 1998 self-titled debut album was very successful in the United Kingdom and won critical praise. His first single, "The Hunchback Of San Francisco," came from this album. His second release, Still Life , contained contributions from Steve Jansen ,iTunes Perry Blake Biography http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/perry-blake/id41417526, retrieved 2011-03-27 while his third album, California , was co-produced with Italian composer Marco Sabiu and featured Dickon Hinchliffe of Tindersticks .Wilson, MacKenzie "Allmusic|class=album|id=r658863/review|pure_url=yes California Review", Allmusic , retrieved 2010-01-22" http://www.rte.ie/arts/2003/0109/blakep.html Perry Blake - California", RTÉ , retrieved 2010-01-22
Blake is very popular in France , where his music was used for the soundtracks of the films Presque rien ( 2000 in film|2000 ) and Trois Petites Filles ( 2004 in film|2004 )." http://www.rte.ie/arts/2004/1125/blakep.html Perry Blake to play Dublin concert", RTÉ , 25 November 2004, retrieved 2010-01-22
His musical influences include Leonard Cohen , David Sylvian , Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker , and Nick Drake .Hayes, Kelvin "Allmusic|class=artist|id=p294359/biography|pure_url=yes Perry Blake Biography", Allmusic , retrieved 2010-01-22 He has collaborated with Françoise Hardy and wrote 2 songs for her award winning Tant de belles choses album. He's also worked with Émilie Simon and Nancy Danino .
Perry Blake is currently recording an electronic Pop album with a new Pop group called Grace Parks with long time collaborators Glenn Garrett & Graham Murphy, whom he has collaborated with since his first album. A single is scheduled for release early next year when Grace Parks will embark on a European tour.
Meanwhile, a Perry Blake European tour is also in pre-production for 2012 featuring a 5 piece band that recreates much of his back catalogue. It's a bigger sound than Blake has employed recently, using multimedia & string arrangements by Graham Murphy. A live album, Forgiveness , from this tour will be released later next year.
Discography
;Studio
Perry Blake (1998) (Polydor)
Still Life (1999) (Naive)
California (2002) (Naive)
Songs for Someone (2004) (Naive)
The Crying Room (2006) (Blu Orchard/Warners France)
Canyon Songs (2007) (Reekus Records)
Forgiveness (2012) Orchard Media
;Live
Broken Statues (Live At Cirque Royal, Nuits Botanique, Brussels on September 29th, 2000) (2001) (Naive)
;Soundtracks
Presque rien (2000) (Naive)
References
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External links
http://www.perryblake.com/ Official Site
http://lorseau.hinah.com/gallery.php? c=pzic& s=session& g=blake Concert Photos (The Black Sessions) by Laurent Orseau
http://fr.akamusic.com/perryblake Perry Blake at http://fr.akamusic.com/ AKA Music
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Perry-Blake/192851593811 Perry Blake on http://www.facebook.com/ facebook
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0086689/ Perry Blake at the http://www.imdb.com/ Internet Movie Database
http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/perry-blake/id41417526 Perry Blake on http://www.apple.com/itunes/ iTunes
http://www.reekus.com/index.php/artists/perry_blake/ Perry Blake at http://www.reekus.com/ Reekus Records
http://twitter.com/perryblakenews Perry Blake (perryblakenews) on http://twitter.com/ twitter
Persondata | NAME = Blake, Perry | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 1970-05-10 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Blake, Perry Category:Irish male singers Category:Irish composers Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:People from County Sligo
