Monica Queen
Scottish singer
Monica Queen is a singer from Glasgow , Scotland who has collaborated with Belle & Sebastian (e.g., on Lazy Line Painter Jane from the Lazy Line Painter Jane EP),[ 1] Chris Coco,[ 2] James Grant [ 3] and Jim White ,[ 4] among others. She is listed on the Fire Records (UK) artists page as a contributing artist to their Chamber Music album, a 36-part tribute to James Joyce 's Chamber Music .
She works with Johnny Smillie, with whom she co-founded Thrum , who were part of the indie scene in Glasgow in the 1990s. Thrum signed to Fire Records (UK) (home of Teenage Fanclub , Pulp and the Pastels ), and released several records between 1990 and 1997. After Thrum broke up she left the music business, but returned after Stuart Murdoch from Belle & Sebastian asked her to sing with them.[ 5] She returned under her name, working with Thrum's Johnny Smillie[ 6] [ 7] and released Ten Sorrowful Mysteries [ 8] and Return of the Sacred Heart [ 9] as Monica Queen.
She sang "Set the Fire to the Third Bar " with Snow Patrol at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow on 12 June 2010.
Discography
Ten Sorrowful Mysteries - Creeping Bent[ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13]
Return of the Sacred Heart (2005) - Vertical[ 14]
References
^ O'Neill, Mike (21 April 2000), "Lazy Line Painter Jane review", The Tampa Tribune
^ "Chris Coco Next Wave (Distinctive Breaks) + + + - £14.99", The Guardian , 30 August 2002
^ Pollack, David (1 October 2004), "James Grant Venue, Edinburgh, September 26", Scottish Daily Record
^ Farquhar, Stuart (14 May 2001), "Review All White on the night for king of country cool", Evening News - Scotland
^ Stewart, Karen (10 March 2005), "Queen to reign", The Sun
^ Sheperd, Fiona (15 February 2002), "The queen of melancholy", The Scotsman
^ "Fans worship at Queen's altar" , Sunday Mail , 16 June 2002, archived from the original on 3 November 2012
^ "Monica Is Queen Of Song", Evening Express , 20 November 2003
^ Wilson, Mike (27 March 2005), "I loved singing in the rain; Time and place; Interview; Monica Queen; Property", The Sunday Times
^ Virtue, Graeme (24 February 2002), "spirit on the wane", Sunday Herald
^ Sheperd, Fiona (22 February 2002), "Reviews. Monica Queen - Ten Sorrowful Mysteries ", The Scotsman
^ Somerville, Colin (17 February 2002), "Album of the week", Scotland on Sunday
^ "Ten Sorrowful Mysteries review", Evening Times , 25 January 2002
^ Sheperd, Fiona (11 March 2005), "CD Rviews: MONICA QUEEN: RETURN OF THE SACRED HEART", The Scotsman
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