Domino Kirke

Domino Kirke
Birth nameDomino Suzy Kirke
Born (1983-12-17) 17 December 1983 (age 41)
London, England
GenresPop, rock
OccupationSinger
Years active2006–present
Spouse
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(m. 2017)​
Members
Past members
Websitehttps://www.dominokirke.com/

Domino Suzy Kirke-Badgley Kirke; born 17 December 1983 is a British-American singer.

Early life and education

Kirke is named after Domino Harvey, whom her mother met when Harvey was a young girl. The Kirke family is a junior branch of a family of Nottinghamshire landed gentry and descends also from the Gibson-Craig baronets.[1][2] Kirke's maternal grandmother was Israeli/Jewish.[3] Her maternal grandfather was property investor Jack Dellal.

Kirke sang in choirs and started taking piano lessons from the age of six. Started writing music when she was about eleven, and always had recording studios in her home growing up due to her dad being a musician. [4] Her father is Simon Kirke, the drummer for Free and Bad Company. Kirke then attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School and studied classical voice and piano.

Her mother Lorraine ran the Geminola boutique.[5] Kirke has two younger sisters Lola Kirke and Jemima Kirke. [6]

Career

After being spotted at a Joe's Pub performance at age 17 by producer Andres Levin, Kirke was signed to his label, Fun Machine.[7] Shortly thereafter, she joined forces with Jordan Galland, and formed the band DOMINO, which recorded an EP with Mark Ronson and toured for three years with the likes of Gang of Four and Lily Allen. The band was also featured in Lena Dunham's indie movie Tiny Furniture. The video for their song "Green Umbrella", directed by Galland, won Best Musical Form at the 2006 Da Vinci Film and Video Festival.[8]

In 2017Kirke released her first solo EP called “Beyond Waves”. In 2021 she released an emotional single called “Mercy” about her miscarriage. Domino became a birth doula[9] around 2009 and co-founded a doula business collective, Carriage House Birth.[10] And founded the Grand-street healing project. [11] In November 2021, along with entrepreneur Joanna Griffiths, Kirke released Life After Birth: Portraits of Love and the Beauty of Parenthood, a book about the experiences of postpartum mothers.[12]

Personal life

In 2009, Kirke gave birth to a son with musician Morgan O'Kane.[13]

In 2014, she began a relationship with actor and musician Penn Badgley. They married in a New York courthouse on 27 February 2017.[14] In February 2020, Kirke and Badgley announced they were expecting their first child together after suffering two miscarriages.[15] Their son was born in August 2020.[16][17]

Discography

  • Everyone Else Is Boring EP (2006)
  • Mark Ronson Presents Hard Rock compilation (2007)[18]
  • Adults Only (2010)
  • The Guard EP (2012)
  • Beyond Waves (2017)[19]

References

  1. ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry, 9th edition, Sir Bernard Burke, 1898, pp. 845-846
  2. ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, 95th edition, ed. E. M. Swinhoe, Burke's Peerage, 1937, p. 483
  3. ^ "Jews in the News: Jews Rock Hall of Fame, A Minyan of Marvel Heroes". Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  4. ^ https://getinherears.com/2018/04/22/introducing-interview-domino-kirke/
  5. ^ Elle – Issues 242–243 – Page 80 2005 "Almost Famous New Singer Domino Kirke and Her Talented Friends Take to the Stage in Her Mom's Clothing Une, Geminola I'm the kind of girl who wears the same dress for three weeks straight. And I like really ..."
  6. ^ "Soul Sisters: Jemima Kirke & Domino Kirke". 27 February 2017.
  7. ^ Urb – Volume 17, Issues 143–147 – Page 91 2007 "Singer Domino Kirke (still very underage) was discovered singing karaoke at a S0H0 nightclub by guitarist Jordan Galland. Their most recent effort, the EP Everyone Else Is Boring, captures their melodic pop rock perfectly. EP WRITERS: Marie ...
  8. ^ 2006 Award Winners Archived 11 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Da Vinci Film Festival.
  9. ^ Drew Grant (7 August 2014). "Doula Darling Domino Kirke, the Hipster Mom's Must-Have | New York Observer". Observer.com. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  10. ^ Megan Burns (11 November 2013). "Domino Kirke Interview - BrightestYoungThings - DC". BrightestYoungThings. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  11. ^ https://www.grandstreethealingproject.com/
  12. ^ "A Q&A on the Start of Motherhood With Joanna Griffiths and Domino Kirke-Badgley". Elle Canada. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  13. ^ Francesca Specter (13 January 2022). "Domino Kirke on baby loss, rejecting the rock n' roll lifestyle, and being married to Penn Badgley: 'I didn't really know what all the fuss was about when I met him'". Glamour Magazine. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Gossip Girl Alum Penn Badgley Is Married to Domino Kirke". People. 27 February 2017. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017.
  15. ^ "Penn Badgley and Wife Domino Kirke Expecting First Child After 'Two Miscarriages in a Row'". People. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 11 February 2020.
  16. ^ Juneau, Jen (10 February 2020). "Penn Badgley and Wife Domino Kirke Expecting First Child". People. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  17. ^ "Proud Papa! Penn Badgley Smiles with His Baby Son in Sweet Photo Shared by Wife Domino Kirke". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  18. ^ Mark Ronson Presents Hard Rock Archived 26 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine, www.hardrock.com.
  19. ^ Eckardt, Stephanie (22 August 2017). "Domino Kirke, After Life as a Doula and Wedding Penn Badgley, Is Returning to Her First Love". W Magazine. Retrieved 24 August 2017.