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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Irit Ten-Hengel
|name = Nell Bryden
| image = Simon Cowell in December 2011.jpg
|image = Nell Bryden Living Room Sessions.jpg
| caption = Cowell in December 2011
|background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Irit Ten-Hengel
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|10|7}}
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|3|8|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = [[London Borough of Lambeth|Lambeth, London]], England
|birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
|genre = [[Singer Songwriter]]
| residence = [[London]], England<br />[[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
|occupation = Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Author
| education =
|years_active = 2000–present
| occupation = {{hlist|Philanthropist|entrepreneur|humanitarian|record producer|talent manager}}
|instrument = [[Vocals]], [[Guitar]]
| years_active = 1980–present
|website = http://nellbryden.com
| known_for = Humanitarian work, Yodan Productions
| partner = Lauren Silverman<br />(2013–present)
| children = 2
| relatives = [[Nicholas Cowell]] (brother)<br />[[Tony Cowell]] (half-brother)
}}
}}

'''Irit Ten-Hengel''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|aʊ|əl}}; born 7 October 1959) is an Israeli philanthropist, record producer and talent manager. She is known for her humanitarian work in Israel. Having grown up through the [[Israeli–Palestinian_conflict]] she developed the passion for producing humanitarian and peace events, using the stage, music, and her personal connections with influential people. She has produced many international concerts for children’s and woman’s rights. Growing up in the [[Middle_East]] Irit specializes in integrating [[Arabic_music]] into [[Pop_music]] and western songs.
'''Nell Bryden''' (born March 8, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nell Bryden Biography|url=http://nellbryden.com/about/|publisher=Nellbryden.com|accessdate=2014-07-04|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706101101/http://nellbryden.com/about/|archivedate=2014-07-06}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
{{uncited section|date=April 2020}}
Bryden was born in [[New York Hospital]] and grew up in an artist loft on [[Atlantic Avenue (New York City)|Atlantic Avenue]] in [[Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn|Brooklyn Heights]]. Her parents divorced when she was five and she lived primarily with her father, [[Lewis Bryden]], a painter and sculptor until she was 12 years old. Bryden then moved in with her mother, Jane, a classical soprano and professor at [[Smith College]] in [[Western Massachusetts]]. Bryden graduated from [[Amherst Regional High School (Amherst, Massachusetts)|Amherst Regional High School]], and deferred going to college for a year to [[Parachuting|skydive]] on a [[drop zone]] in [[Arizona]], study Italian and opera in [[Manhattan]] and eventually travel to [[Australia]] for three months of backpacking, where she bought her first guitar. A classically trained musician (she studied the [[cello]] for ten years), Bryden dreamed of becoming an opera singer before hearing [[Jimi Hendrix]] and [[Janis Joplin]] for the first time. Bryden attended Wellesley College where she graduated [[Magna Cum Laude]] with a degree in English Literature. It was during this time that she began performing her songs live in the [[Boston]] folk and rock clubs.


==Career==
==Musical career==
Bryden was living in Greenwich Village in New York during [[9/11]], an event that had a "profound" effect on her. The following year, she recorded an album called ''Day For Night'' in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] with producer [[Fred Mollin]], and toured the US to support the album. Disillusioned with the music business, she travelled to New Orleans to write a new album, inspired by the jazz, roots and blues influences of the Crescent City. Bryden began recording with producer [[John Hill (producer)|John Hill]], but after the project ran out of money they returned to New York with a half-finished album. Two weeks later, [[Hurricane Katrina]] hit New Orleans, displacing many of the musicians on the record and destroying much of the town.


Bryden began touring the UK and Ireland by self-booking her tours, playing up to 250 shows a year abroad, opening for artists such as the [[Counting Crows]] and [[KT Tunstall]]. After coming across a [[Milton Avery]] painting during an attic clear out (a gift from her father), Bryden auctioned the piece and received a substantial amount for it. She then used the money to re-record her album, but this time around bringing on board Grammy-winning record producer [[David Kershenbaum]].
===Early career===


The resulting album, ''What Does it Take'', came out on 12 October 2009 on [[Cooking Vinyl]] in the UK and Ireland.
==Lina Makhul==


In 2008, following a chance meeting with a US Army colonel at [[SXSW]] in Austin, Texas, Bryden flew to Iraq to play for the Armed Forces. Her second tour there in 2009 was documented by [[Susan Cohn Rockefeller]] for her film ''Striking A Chord''.
Lina_Makhul


''Shake The Tree'' was recorded at Metrophonic Studios, outside [[London]], in the summer of 2010. Bryden collaborated with British guitarist and songwriter Patrick Mascall, with whom she began writing songs that reflected their mutual admiration for the likes of [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Dolly Parton]], [[Willie Nelson]] and [[Emmylou Harris]]. By the following autumn, they had amassed forty songs.
==Philanthropy and humanitarian work==


Bryden started recording a new album in 2011 at State of the Ark studio in London, owned by [[Terry Britten]].<!--contradicts para above--> The first single from ''Shake The Tree'', "Buildings and Treetops", came out in June 2012 and the album was released on the 18th. The single was awarded A-list [[BBC Radio 2]] rotation and was greatly supported by [[Smooth FM]] and UK regional radio. Following the success of the first single "Buildings & Treetops" (which was a top 20 airplay hit), "Sirens" was released on 10 September 2012, and spent three weeks on the [[BBC Radio 2]] A-list. A poignant and soaring anthem inspired by Bryden's hometown of [[New York City]], as well as her personal experience during the devastating aftermath of 9/11, "Sirens" was a song Bryden avoided writing for ten years. One day in August 2011, as the ten year anniversary of 9/11 approached, she began describing her experience to Mascall at Metrophonic Studios. By that afternoon, they had completed the song.
==Other events==


Following the release of "Sirens", Bryden was approached by [[Take That]] lead singer [[Gary Barlow]], who asked her to join him as the support act for his UK tour from November to January 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gary Barlow/Nell Bryden|url=http://www.backstagepass.biz/2013/01/gig-review-gary-barlow-plus-support.html|publisher=Back Stage Pass|accessdate=1 October 2013}}</ref> During these few months, Bryden also supported [[Jools Holland]] for several of his UK dates, including a second performance at the [[Royal Albert Hall]],<ref name=Website>{{cite web|title=Rhythm And Booze|url=http://www.rhythm-and-booze.co.uk/?tag=nell-bryden|work=Rhythm And Booze|publisher=Rhythm and Booze|accessdate=28 December 2013}}</ref> the first with Gary Barlow earlier that month. Her 40 date string of gigs ended with a Nell Bryden headline tour in January 2013. Bryden released two further singles, "Shake The Tree" in January and "Echoes" in May 2013 with a further headlining tour from May to June of that year. The summer months saw her perform at a host of music festivals including [[V Festival]]. In September 2013, singer [[Cher]] recorded "Sirens" and released it as part of her album "Closer To The Truth".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clickmusic.com/news/article/listen-cher-covers-nell-brydens-911-anthem-sirens-for-new-album |title=Listen: Cher covers Nell Bryden’s 9/11 anthem ‘Sirens’ &#124; News &#124; Clickmusic &#124; Online Music News, Downloads, Videos & More |publisher=Clickmusic |date= |accessdate=2014-07-04}}</ref>
==Recognition==


Bryden released her record ''Wayfarer'', a double CD that included both the original and acoustic versions of the album, on 28 July 2014 through Absolute.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nell Bryden - Wayfarer |url=https://www.redonline.co.uk/reviews/music-reviews/a512548/nell-bryden-new-album-wayfarer/ |website=Red Magazine |publisher=HEARST UK FASHION & BEAUTY NETWORK |accessdate=27 March 2019}}</ref> The debut single from this album, "All You Had" was released at the end of 2013 and added to the [[BBC Radio 2]] A-list.<ref>{{cite web |title=Playlists featuring Nell Bryden |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/48caf13a-1b1f-41b7-b0be-4621047c8610 |website=BBC Radio |publisher=BBC |accessdate=27 March 2019}}</ref> The second single and title track from the album, "Wayfarer" was added to A-list rotation at [[BBC Radio 2]] and released on 4 August 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=Playlists featuring Nell Bryden |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/48caf13a-1b1f-41b7-b0be-4621047c8610 |website=BBC Radio |publisher=BBC |accessdate=27 March 2019}}</ref> The Christmas-themed song “May You Never Be Alone,”<ref>{{cite web |title=Original Versions of May You Never Be Alone |url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/500351 |website=Second Hand Songs |publisher=Second Hand Songs |accessdate=27 February 2019}}</ref> was covered by [[Susan Boyle]] and released on her album [[A Wonderful World (Susan Boyle album)|A Wonderful World]]. Bryden's version of the song was added to the BBC Radio 2 playlist in 2014. In 2015 Bryden released a duet with Tom McRae, “Waves feat Tom McRae,” which went on the BBC Radio 2 playlist. The single “Wolves” made the BBC Radio 2 playlist in 2015.<ref name="Nell Bryden Artist">{{cite web |title= Playlists Featuring Nell Bryden |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/48caf13a-1b1f-41b7-b0be-4621047c8610 |website=BBC Music |publisher=BBC |accessdate=27 February 2019}}</ref>
==Personal life==

In 2016 Bryden worked with producer [[Andy_Wright_(music_producer)|Andy Wright]] to record ''Bloom'',<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vaughan |first1=George |title=Nell Bryden - In Bloom |url=https://www.womentalking.co.uk/topics/entertainment/nell-bryden-bloom |website=Women Talking |publisher=Women Talking Enterprises |accessdate=27 February 2019}}</ref> her fifth studio album. “What Is It You Want” was the lead single, and was added to the BBC Radio 2 playlist, along with subsequent singles, “Thought I Was Meant For You,” and “Dared The World And Won.” For the song “Thought I Was Meant For You,” director Rhys Davies created a cinematic video that told the story of a gay older couple, one of whom suffered from Alzheimer's.<ref>{{cite web |title=This is one of the most powerful gay music videos you will watch this year |url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/60676/powerful-gay-music-video-watch/ |website=Gay Times |publisher=James Frost |accessdate=27 February 2019}}</ref>

Nell released an EP with four songs from the collection in March 2019. The EP was entitled ''Soundtrack To Little Wing. Part 1''. She launched the new material live on [[BBC Radio 2]] when she took part in the [[Comic Relief]] Special with [[Tess Daly]] and [[Claudia Winkleman]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 2 Programmes |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00035sd |publisher=BBC |accessdate=11 March 2019}}</ref>. The radio remix of ''Smoke In My Heart'' was added to the [[BBC Radio 2]] playlist.<ref>{{cite web |title=Radio 2 New Music Playlist |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2qNJsnjYFvbLrK9CZ0CfYfM/radio-2-new-music-playlist |website=BBC Radio |publisher=BBC |accessdate=25 March 2019}}</ref>

In May 2019, Nell released a compilation of songs filmed in her London home. The album, called Living Room Sessions, was released in conjunction with Nell's performance on [[Ken Bruce]] Piano Room on [[BBC Radio 2]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ken Bruce |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000587d |website=BBC Radio |publisher=BBC |accessdate=31 May 2019}}</ref>

In 2019, Nell became a British citizen;<ref>{{cite web |title=Nell Bryden “Everyone in Manchester is such a music fan!” |url=https://themet.org.uk/article/nell-bryden-everyone-in-manchester-is-such-a-music-fan/ |website=The Met |publisher=The Met |accessdate=2 September 2020 |ref=Nell Bryden “Everyone in Manchester is such a music fan!”}}</ref> she has dual nationality with America. Nell moved from London to New York City in August 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=VIDEO PREMIERE: Nell Bryden – These Changes |url=https://www.xsnoize.com/video-premiere-nell-bryden-these-changes/ |website=XS Noise |publisher=XS Noise |accessdate=2 September 2020 |ref=Nell Bryden moves back to Manhattan}}</ref> In March 2020, Nell’s song ''Amy'' became her 20th playlisted song on [[BBC Radio 2]].<ref>{{cite web | title=BBC Radio Two Playlist |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2qNJsnjYFvbLrK9CZ0CfYfM/radio-2-new-music-playlist |website=BBC Sounds |publisher=BBC |accessdate=2 September 2020 |ref=BBC Radio Two Playlist 24th May}}</ref> Nell was the first artist to collaborate remotely with the [[BBC_Concert_Orchestra]] for a House Music Session on [[Ken_Bruce]]’s Radio 2 show; the show broadcast during lockdown in March 2020.<ref>{{cite web | title=BBC Concert Orchestra |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5PB1VVsyzhcblf585TsQHhX/bbc-concert-orchestra-bbc-radio-2-house-music-sessions |website=BBC Programmes |publisher=BBC |accessdate=2 September 2020 |ref=Nell Bryden and BBC Co Amy}}</ref> In August 2020, [[BBC Radio 2]] added Nell’s single ''These Changes'' to the playlist.<ref>{{cite web | title=BBC Radio Two Playlist |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2qNJsnjYFvbLrK9CZ0CfYfM/radio-2-new-music-playlist |website=BBC Sounds |publisher=BBC |accessdate=2 September 2020 |ref=BBC Playlist 29th August}}</ref>

==Radio presenting==
Nell presented her first radio show on [[BBC Radio 2]] on the 25th August 2014. The show was an hour-long dedication to music born out of New York and featured some of the artists who had inspired Bryden as songwriter, as she grew up in the city.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nell Bryden's New York Hour |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dz0vt |website=BBC Programmes |publisher=BBC |accessdate=27 March 2019}}</ref>

In January 2016 she curated and presented a four part mini-series, called ''Nell’s Angels, Series 1'', on BBC Radio 2.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nell's Angels |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07lx4l3 |website=BBC Radio Programmes |publisher=BBC |accessdate=11 March 2019}}</ref> The show featured her favourite female artists, broken into categories. The [[Gospel_music|Gospel]] and [[Soul_music|Soul]] episodes aired on January 4th 2016, [[Contemporary_folk_music|Folk]] aired on January 11th 2016, [[Country music|Country]] and [[Blues]] aired on January 18th 2016 and [[Jazz]] aired on January 25th 2016.

Following on the success of ''Nell’s Angels, Series 1'', she presented ''Nell’s Angels, Series 2''<ref>{{cite web |title=Nell's Angels Series 2 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07lx4l3/episodes/guide |website=BBC Radio Programmes |publisher=BBC |accessdate=11 March 2019}}</ref> for [[BBC Radio 2]] in August 2016. The categories for the second series were [[Rhythm_and_blues|R&B]], aired August 1st 2016, [[Rock_music|Rock]], which aired on 8th August 2016, [[Roots_revival|Roots]] and [[Americana_(music)|Americana]], aired August 15th 2016 and [[Urban_contemporary|Urban Pop]], which aired on 22nd August 2016.

In 2017 Nell presented a 4-part mini-series on [[BBC Radio 2]], called ''Nell’s Kitchen''<ref>{{cite web |title=Nell's Kitchen |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0889mrl |website=BBC Radio Programmes |publisher=BBC |accessdate=11 March 2019}}</ref>, an historical exploration of [[New York City|New York]]’s music scenes. The mini-series was recorded in [[Manhattan]] and aired between 16th January and 6th February 2017.

==Discography==

===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Album Title !! Album Details
|-
| ''Day For Night'' ||
* Released: 19 August 2003
* Label: 157 Records
* Format: [[CD]], [[Download]]
|-
| ''What Does It Take'' ||
* Released: 12 October 2009
* Label: [[Cooking Vinyl]]
* Format: [[CD]], [[Download]]
|-
| ''Shake The Tree'' ||
* Released: 18 June 2012
* Label: [[Warner Music Group|Warner]]/[[Alternative Distribution Alliance|ADA]]/157 Records
* Format: [[CD]], [[Download]]
|-
| ''Wayfarer'' ||
* Released: 28 July 2014
* Label: Absolute Marketing & Distribution/157 Records
* Format: [[CD]], [[Download]]
|-
| ''Bloom'' ||
* Released: 27 January 2017
* Label: 157 Records
* Format: [[CD]], [[Download]]
|-
| ''Little Wing - Part 1 (EP)'' ||
* Released: 8 March 2019
* Label: 157 Records
* Format: [[CD]], [[Download]]
|-
| ''The Collection'' ||
* Released: 4 September 2020
* Label: 157 Records
* Format: [[CD]], [[Download]]
|-
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Single !! Album
|-
| 2009 || What Does It Take || What Does It Take
|-
| 2009 || Second Time Around || What Does It Take
|-
| 2010 || Not Like Loving You || What Does It Take
|-
| 2010 || Tonight || What Does It Take
|-
| 2010 || Goodbye (EP) || What Does It Take
|-
| 2011 || Glory To The Day (Helen's Requiem) (EP) || What Does It Take
|-
| 2012 || Buildings And Treetops || Shake The Tree
|-
| 2012 || Sirens || Shake The Tree
|-
| 2013 || Shake The Tree || Shake The Tree
|-
| 2013 || Echoes || Shake The Tree
|-
| 2013 || All You Had || Wayfarer
|-
| 2014 || Wayfarer || Wayfarer
|-
| 2014 || May You Never Be Alone || N/A
|-
| 2015 || Waves || Wayfarer
|-
| 2015 || Wolves || Wayfarer
|-
| 2016 || What Is It You Want || Bloom
|-
| 2017 || Thought I Was Meant For You || Bloom
|-
| 2017 || Dared The World and Won || Bloom
|-
| 2017 || Praying For Time || N/A
|-
| 2019 || Smoke In My Heart || Soundtrack To Little Wing, Part 1
|-
| 2020 || Amy || The Collection
|-
| 2020 || These Changes || The Collection
|}

===Live albums===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Album Title !! Album Details
|-
| ''Live From Iraq'' ||
* Released: 7 February 2009
* Label: 157 Records
* Format: [[CD]]
|-
| ''Live In London'' ||
* Released: 25 October 2013
* Label:157 Records
* Format: [[CD]], [[Download]]
|-
| ''Live The Wayfarer Way'' ||
* Released: December 2015
* Label:157 Records
* Format: [[CD]], [[Download]]
|-
| ''Living Room Sessions'' ||
* Released: 21 May 2019
* Label:157 Records
* Format: [[CD]], [[Download]]
|}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Official website|http://nellbryden.com}}

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[[:Category:Musicians from New York (state)]]
[[:Category:Musicians from Brooklyn]]
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Latest revision as of 13:28, 3 September 2020

Nell Bryden
Background information
Born (1977-03-08) March 8, 1977 (age 47)
Brooklyn, New York
GenresSinger Songwriter
Occupation(s)Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Author
Instrument(s)Vocals, Guitar
Years active2000–present
Websitehttp://nellbryden.com

Nell Bryden (born March 8, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter.[1]

Early life

[edit]

Bryden was born in New York Hospital and grew up in an artist loft on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights. Her parents divorced when she was five and she lived primarily with her father, Lewis Bryden, a painter and sculptor until she was 12 years old. Bryden then moved in with her mother, Jane, a classical soprano and professor at Smith College in Western Massachusetts. Bryden graduated from Amherst Regional High School, and deferred going to college for a year to skydive on a drop zone in Arizona, study Italian and opera in Manhattan and eventually travel to Australia for three months of backpacking, where she bought her first guitar. A classically trained musician (she studied the cello for ten years), Bryden dreamed of becoming an opera singer before hearing Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin for the first time. Bryden attended Wellesley College where she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in English Literature. It was during this time that she began performing her songs live in the Boston folk and rock clubs.

Musical career

[edit]

Bryden was living in Greenwich Village in New York during 9/11, an event that had a "profound" effect on her. The following year, she recorded an album called Day For Night in Nashville with producer Fred Mollin, and toured the US to support the album. Disillusioned with the music business, she travelled to New Orleans to write a new album, inspired by the jazz, roots and blues influences of the Crescent City. Bryden began recording with producer John Hill, but after the project ran out of money they returned to New York with a half-finished album. Two weeks later, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, displacing many of the musicians on the record and destroying much of the town.

Bryden began touring the UK and Ireland by self-booking her tours, playing up to 250 shows a year abroad, opening for artists such as the Counting Crows and KT Tunstall. After coming across a Milton Avery painting during an attic clear out (a gift from her father), Bryden auctioned the piece and received a substantial amount for it. She then used the money to re-record her album, but this time around bringing on board Grammy-winning record producer David Kershenbaum.

The resulting album, What Does it Take, came out on 12 October 2009 on Cooking Vinyl in the UK and Ireland.

In 2008, following a chance meeting with a US Army colonel at SXSW in Austin, Texas, Bryden flew to Iraq to play for the Armed Forces. Her second tour there in 2009 was documented by Susan Cohn Rockefeller for her film Striking A Chord.

Shake The Tree was recorded at Metrophonic Studios, outside London, in the summer of 2010. Bryden collaborated with British guitarist and songwriter Patrick Mascall, with whom she began writing songs that reflected their mutual admiration for the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and Emmylou Harris. By the following autumn, they had amassed forty songs.

Bryden started recording a new album in 2011 at State of the Ark studio in London, owned by Terry Britten. The first single from Shake The Tree, "Buildings and Treetops", came out in June 2012 and the album was released on the 18th. The single was awarded A-list BBC Radio 2 rotation and was greatly supported by Smooth FM and UK regional radio. Following the success of the first single "Buildings & Treetops" (which was a top 20 airplay hit), "Sirens" was released on 10 September 2012, and spent three weeks on the BBC Radio 2 A-list. A poignant and soaring anthem inspired by Bryden's hometown of New York City, as well as her personal experience during the devastating aftermath of 9/11, "Sirens" was a song Bryden avoided writing for ten years. One day in August 2011, as the ten year anniversary of 9/11 approached, she began describing her experience to Mascall at Metrophonic Studios. By that afternoon, they had completed the song.

Following the release of "Sirens", Bryden was approached by Take That lead singer Gary Barlow, who asked her to join him as the support act for his UK tour from November to January 2013.[2] During these few months, Bryden also supported Jools Holland for several of his UK dates, including a second performance at the Royal Albert Hall,[3] the first with Gary Barlow earlier that month. Her 40 date string of gigs ended with a Nell Bryden headline tour in January 2013. Bryden released two further singles, "Shake The Tree" in January and "Echoes" in May 2013 with a further headlining tour from May to June of that year. The summer months saw her perform at a host of music festivals including V Festival. In September 2013, singer Cher recorded "Sirens" and released it as part of her album "Closer To The Truth".[4]

Bryden released her record Wayfarer, a double CD that included both the original and acoustic versions of the album, on 28 July 2014 through Absolute.[5] The debut single from this album, "All You Had" was released at the end of 2013 and added to the BBC Radio 2 A-list.[6] The second single and title track from the album, "Wayfarer" was added to A-list rotation at BBC Radio 2 and released on 4 August 2014.[7] The Christmas-themed song “May You Never Be Alone,”[8] was covered by Susan Boyle and released on her album A Wonderful World. Bryden's version of the song was added to the BBC Radio 2 playlist in 2014. In 2015 Bryden released a duet with Tom McRae, “Waves feat Tom McRae,” which went on the BBC Radio 2 playlist. The single “Wolves” made the BBC Radio 2 playlist in 2015.[9]

In 2016 Bryden worked with producer Andy Wright to record Bloom,[10] her fifth studio album. “What Is It You Want” was the lead single, and was added to the BBC Radio 2 playlist, along with subsequent singles, “Thought I Was Meant For You,” and “Dared The World And Won.” For the song “Thought I Was Meant For You,” director Rhys Davies created a cinematic video that told the story of a gay older couple, one of whom suffered from Alzheimer's.[11]

Nell released an EP with four songs from the collection in March 2019. The EP was entitled Soundtrack To Little Wing. Part 1. She launched the new material live on BBC Radio 2 when she took part in the Comic Relief Special with Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman.[12]. The radio remix of Smoke In My Heart was added to the BBC Radio 2 playlist.[13]

In May 2019, Nell released a compilation of songs filmed in her London home. The album, called Living Room Sessions, was released in conjunction with Nell's performance on Ken Bruce Piano Room on BBC Radio 2.[14]

In 2019, Nell became a British citizen;[15] she has dual nationality with America. Nell moved from London to New York City in August 2019.[16] In March 2020, Nell’s song Amy became her 20th playlisted song on BBC Radio 2.[17] Nell was the first artist to collaborate remotely with the BBC_Concert_Orchestra for a House Music Session on Ken_Bruce’s Radio 2 show; the show broadcast during lockdown in March 2020.[18] In August 2020, BBC Radio 2 added Nell’s single These Changes to the playlist.[19]

Radio presenting

[edit]

Nell presented her first radio show on BBC Radio 2 on the 25th August 2014. The show was an hour-long dedication to music born out of New York and featured some of the artists who had inspired Bryden as songwriter, as she grew up in the city.[20]

In January 2016 she curated and presented a four part mini-series, called Nell’s Angels, Series 1, on BBC Radio 2.[21] The show featured her favourite female artists, broken into categories. The Gospel and Soul episodes aired on January 4th 2016, Folk aired on January 11th 2016, Country and Blues aired on January 18th 2016 and Jazz aired on January 25th 2016.

Following on the success of Nell’s Angels, Series 1, she presented Nell’s Angels, Series 2[22] for BBC Radio 2 in August 2016. The categories for the second series were R&B, aired August 1st 2016, Rock, which aired on 8th August 2016, Roots and Americana, aired August 15th 2016 and Urban Pop, which aired on 22nd August 2016.

In 2017 Nell presented a 4-part mini-series on BBC Radio 2, called Nell’s Kitchen[23], an historical exploration of New York’s music scenes. The mini-series was recorded in Manhattan and aired between 16th January and 6th February 2017.

Discography

[edit]

Studio albums

[edit]
Album Title Album Details
Day For Night
  • Released: 19 August 2003
  • Label: 157 Records
  • Format: CD, Download
What Does It Take
Shake The Tree
Wayfarer
  • Released: 28 July 2014
  • Label: Absolute Marketing & Distribution/157 Records
  • Format: CD, Download
Bloom
  • Released: 27 January 2017
  • Label: 157 Records
  • Format: CD, Download
Little Wing - Part 1 (EP)
  • Released: 8 March 2019
  • Label: 157 Records
  • Format: CD, Download
The Collection
  • Released: 4 September 2020
  • Label: 157 Records
  • Format: CD, Download

Singles

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Year Single Album
2009 What Does It Take What Does It Take
2009 Second Time Around What Does It Take
2010 Not Like Loving You What Does It Take
2010 Tonight What Does It Take
2010 Goodbye (EP) What Does It Take
2011 Glory To The Day (Helen's Requiem) (EP) What Does It Take
2012 Buildings And Treetops Shake The Tree
2012 Sirens Shake The Tree
2013 Shake The Tree Shake The Tree
2013 Echoes Shake The Tree
2013 All You Had Wayfarer
2014 Wayfarer Wayfarer
2014 May You Never Be Alone N/A
2015 Waves Wayfarer
2015 Wolves Wayfarer
2016 What Is It You Want Bloom
2017 Thought I Was Meant For You Bloom
2017 Dared The World and Won Bloom
2017 Praying For Time N/A
2019 Smoke In My Heart Soundtrack To Little Wing, Part 1
2020 Amy The Collection
2020 These Changes The Collection

Live albums

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Album Title Album Details
Live From Iraq
  • Released: 7 February 2009
  • Label: 157 Records
  • Format: CD
Live In London
  • Released: 25 October 2013
  • Label:157 Records
  • Format: CD, Download
Live The Wayfarer Way
  • Released: December 2015
  • Label:157 Records
  • Format: CD, Download
Living Room Sessions
  • Released: 21 May 2019
  • Label:157 Records
  • Format: CD, Download

References

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  2. ^ "Gary Barlow/Nell Bryden". Back Stage Pass. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Rhythm And Booze". Rhythm And Booze. Rhythm and Booze. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Listen: Cher covers Nell Bryden's 9/11 anthem 'Sirens' | News | Clickmusic | Online Music News, Downloads, Videos & More". Clickmusic. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
  5. ^ "Nell Bryden - Wayfarer". Red Magazine. HEARST UK FASHION & BEAUTY NETWORK. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Playlists featuring Nell Bryden". BBC Radio. BBC. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Playlists featuring Nell Bryden". BBC Radio. BBC. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Original Versions of May You Never Be Alone". Second Hand Songs. Second Hand Songs. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  9. ^ "Playlists Featuring Nell Bryden". BBC Music. BBC. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  10. ^ Vaughan, George. "Nell Bryden - In Bloom". Women Talking. Women Talking Enterprises. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  11. ^ "This is one of the most powerful gay music videos you will watch this year". Gay Times. James Frost. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  12. ^ "BBC Radio 2 Programmes". BBC. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  13. ^ "Radio 2 New Music Playlist". BBC Radio. BBC. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  14. ^ "Ken Bruce". BBC Radio. BBC. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  15. ^ "Nell Bryden "Everyone in Manchester is such a music fan!"". The Met. The Met. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  16. ^ "VIDEO PREMIERE: Nell Bryden – These Changes". XS Noise. XS Noise. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  17. ^ "BBC Radio Two Playlist". BBC Sounds. BBC. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  18. ^ "BBC Concert Orchestra". BBC Programmes. BBC. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  19. ^ "BBC Radio Two Playlist". BBC Sounds. BBC. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  20. ^ "Nell Bryden's New York Hour". BBC Programmes. BBC. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  21. ^ "Nell's Angels". BBC Radio Programmes. BBC. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  22. ^ "Nell's Angels Series 2". BBC Radio Programmes. BBC. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  23. ^ "Nell's Kitchen". BBC Radio Programmes. BBC. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
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