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Thea Gilmore Background Information
Birth Name Thea Gilmore
Born November 25 1979 1979-11-25 Age 29 Genre S Rock Folk Singer-Songwriter
Occupation S Musician Songwriter
Instrument S Guitar
Years Active 1996-Present
Label S Hungry Dog/Flying Sparks Sanctuary Fruitcake/Fullfill Ryko
Website Theagilmore.Net Thea Eve Gilmore Born November 25 1979 Is An Oxfordshire-Born British Female Singer-Songwriter. She Began Her Career Working In A Studio Where She Was Discovered By Her Now Long-Time Collaborator Producer And Sometime Co-Songwriter Nigel Stonier Whom She Married In October 2005. She Became Interested In Music As A Result Of Her Father's Record Collection Which Included Work By Bob Dylan Joni Mitchell And The Beatles. Later She Listened To Elvis Costello Tom Waits And The Replacements Among Others. She Began Writing Poetry At The Age Of 15 To Cope With The Divorce Of Her Parents. Gilmore Released Her First Album As A Teenager Entitled Burning Dorothy In 1998 And Over The Course Of The Next Four Years Released Increasingly Well-Received Albums That Earned Her A Reputation In The UK Music Press But No Chart Success. She Finally Made A Breakthrough At 23 With The Release Of Avalanche In August 2003 Which Became Her First Album To Break Into The Official UK Album Chart At #62 And Spawned Two Minor Hit Singles "Juliet Keep That In Mind " And "Mainstream" For Which She Garnered Acclaim For Producing A Low-Budget Music Video Filmed In A Local Virgin Megastore. The Video Received Exposure On The BBC's Flagship Music Show Top Of The Pops 2. In 2004 Legendary Folksinger Joan Baez Personally Invited Gilmore To Open For Her During Her Tour Leading Up To The US Presidential Election. In 2005 Gilmore Continued Touring Commitments For The First Time Not Releasing A New Album The Covers Collection Loft Music Was Widely Released During 2004 . In October 2005 She And Stonier Married In A Ceremony Near Their Home In Cheshire. Gilmore Finally Returned To Recording With The Release Of Harpo's Ghost In August 2006 After A Two-And-A-Half-Year Absence Of New Material. This Was Her First Album On Major Label Sanctuary Records After Many Years Of Independent Releases. The Album Was Once Again Acclaimed In The Music Press And UK Radio Lent Their Support To The Single "Cheap Tricks". Gilmore Has Been Touted By Uncut Magazine As "the Best British Singer-Songwriter Of The Last 10 Years...And Then Some" And Has Gained Steady Acclaim For Each Of Her Albums. On November 14 2006 Gilmore Gave Birth To Her First Child With Stonier A Son Named Egan Having Conducted A UK Tour In The Autumn While Heavily Pregnant. Subsequent To The Release Of Harpo's Ghost She Parted Company With Her Manager Sara Austin Left Sanctuary Records And Released EP The Threads Independently On Her March 2007 UK Tour With Remaining Copies Sold On Her Website Afterwards. On May 19 2008 Fruitcake Records Via Fullfill And Distributed By Universal Records Released Liejacker Gilmore's Eighth Album Featuring Contributions From Joan Baez Dave McCabe And Erin McKeown. It Was Preceded On May 12 By The Single "Old Soul" A Duet With McCabe. In June 2008 Gilmore Signed To Rykodisc Warner For The United States. Liejacker Is Now Scheduled For Release In The US On September 23 2008. Discography Albums * Burning Dorothy 1998 * The Lipstick Conspiracies 2000 * Rules For Jokers 2001 * Songs From The Gutter 2002 * Avalanche 2003 *UK #62* * Loft Music 2003 * Harpo's Ghost 2006 *UK #69* Illustrated * Liejacker 2008 EPs * Instead Of The Saints 1998 * As If EP Limited Edition 2001 * The Threads EP Limited Edition 2007 Singles * "Saviours And All" 2001 * "Fever Beats" 2002 * "Juliet Keep That In Mind " 2003 *UK #35* * "Mainstream" 2003 *UK #50* * "Cheap Tricks" 2006 * "Old Soul" 2008 DVDs * Harpo's Ghost - 3 Track Acoustic Performance 2006 read less