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{{short description|Israeli music producer and philanthropist}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
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|name = Nell Bryden
{{Infobox person
|image=Jazz artist Nell Bryden.JPG
| name = Irit Ten-Hengel
|background = solo_singer
| image = Simon Cowell in December 2011.jpg
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|3|8|mf=yes}}
| caption = Cowell in December 2011
|birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
| birth_name = Irit Ten-Hengel
|genre = [[Singer Songwriter]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|10|7}}
|occupation = Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Author
| birth_place = [[London Borough of Lambeth|Lambeth, London]], England
|years_active = 2000–present
| residence = [[London]], England<br />[[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
|instrument = [[Vocals]], [[Guitar]]
| education =
|website = http://nellbryden.com
| occupation = {{hlist|Philanthropist|entrepreneur|humanitarian|record producer|talent manager}}
| years_active = 1980–present
| 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|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706101101/http://nellbryden.com/about/|archivedate=2014-07-06|df=}}</ref> She was born and raised in [[Brooklyn]], to Jane and [[Lewis Bryden]], a singer and artist respectively.


==Early life==
==Early life==
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,<ref name="Official Website">{{cite web|title=Lewis Bryden|url=http://www.lewisbryden.com|publisher=Lewis Bryden|accessdate=2014-07-04}}</ref> 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.


==Musical career==
==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.


===Early career===
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]].


==Lina Makhul==
The resulting album, ''What Does it Take'', came out on 12 October 2009 on [[Cooking Vinyl]] in the UK and Ireland and enjoyed considerable critical success.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nell Bryden Press Archive|url=http://nellbryden.com/press/|publisher=Nellbryden.com|accessdate=2014-07-04|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927092044/http://nellbryden.com/press/|archivedate=2012-09-27|df=}}</ref>


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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''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://strikingachordthemovie.com/ |title=Striking a Chord - Documentary by Susan Cohn Rockefeller |publisher=Strikingachordthemovie.com |date= |accessdate=2014-07-04}}</ref> The film is about the healing power of live music for combat-related stress, which can lead to [[Post Traumatic Stress Disorder]] (PTSD). Striking A Chord was sponsored by [[Nile Rodgers]] of the [[We Are Family Foundation]].


==Philanthropy and humanitarian work==
''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.


==Other events==
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.


==Recognition==
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>

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 name="Nell Bryden BBC Artist Page">{{cite web|title=BBC Radio Two|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/48caf13a-1b1f-41b7-b0be-4621047c8610|website=http://www.bbc.co.uk|publisher=BBC Radio Two|accessdate=27 July 2014}}</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=Female First|url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/interviews/nell-bryden-exclusive-interview-508907.html|website=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk|accessdate=27 July 2014|ref=Nell Bryden Interview}}</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]]. Nell’s version of the song was added to the BBC Radio 2 playlist in 2014. In 2015 Nell 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 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/48caf13a-1b1f-41b7-b0be-4621047c8610 |website=BBC Music |publisher=BBC |accessdate=27 February 2019}}</ref>

In 2016 Nell 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>

In June 2018, after writing her debut novel ''Little Wing'', Nell composed a series of songs from the fictional lead characters’ perspectives, as a companion to the book. Nell self-produced the album, using her regular touring musicians. They recorded to two-inch tape at [[Ray_Davies|Ray Davies]]' famed [[Konk_(recording_studio)|Konk Studios]] and were joined by [[Tom_Jones_(singer)|Tom Jones]]' horn section and a string quartet arranged by Richard Ashcroft’s musical director. The songs were mixed by [[Jay_Newland|Jay New-land]], the 12-time Grammy winner who recorded [[Norah_Jones|Norah Jones]]’ [[Come_Away_with_Me|Come Away With Me]] and [[Feels_Like_Home_(Norah_Jones_album)|Feels Like Home]] (which have worldwide sales between them of 45 million), as well as one of Bryden's personal favourites, [[Gregory_Porter|Gregory Porter]]'s [[Liquid_Spirit|Liquid Spirit]].

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 Two]] 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>

==157 Records==
In 2000, Bryden started her own record label, 157 Records which is a reference to the address of her childhood loft (on [[Atlantic Avenue (New York City)|Atlantic Avenue]] in [[Brooklyn]]), and released four EPs. Bryden recorded her first full album ''Day For Night'' in 2005 and released it independently through the label. The album failed to generate industry interest. Bryden recorded her second album ''Second Time Around'' in [[New Orleans]] with [[John Hill (producer)|John Hill]] and released it via 157 Records. After the lucrative sale of a [[Milton Avery]] painting, she re-worked the album with producer [[David Kershenbaum]], adding new songs such as "Not Like Loving You" and "What Does It Take", plus several new remixes. The resulting album, renamed ''What Does It Take'', was licensed to [[Cooking Vinyl]] in 2009 while Bryden retained ownership of her masters. She left Cooking Vinyl in 2011 and signed a deal with [[Warner Music Group|Warner Music]]/[[Alternative Distribution Alliance|ADA]] to release ''Shake The Tree'' under her own revived label 157 Records.

In 2014, 157 Records partnered with Absolute Label Services, and released the albums ''Wayfarer'' in 2014, ''Bloom'' in 2016 and the EP ''Soundtrack To Little Wing — Part 1'' in 2019.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
In early 2011, during the recording of ''Shake The Tree'', Bryden suddenly lost her hair from a stress-induced auto-immune condition called [[alopecia]]. She began to write songs that reflected the traumatic experience, but kept her condition from the public and wore a wig to continue performing. In June 2012, Bryden wrote a feature for the ''[[Mail On Sunday]]''<ref name="Nell Bryden Alopecia">{{cite news|title=Mail Online|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2163672/Nell-Bryden-alopecia-Musician-talks-hair-loss.html|publisher=Mail Online|accessdate=27 September 2012|location=London|date=23 June 2012|quote= [My doctor] diagnosed me with alopecia totalis, a stress-induced autoimmune disorder that causes the complete loss of your hair.}}</ref> in the UK documenting her story. Several months later, following great feedback from the article, Bryden decided to begin performing without a wig, preferring instead to present herself as she is now.

Bryden married Alistair Moradi, a British man that she met while living in Notting Hill. They had a wedding celebration in [[Wiltshire]], in June 2014 and had their first child, Tala Elizabeth, on December 3, 2014.

==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 name="BBC Nell Bryden">{{cite web|title=Nell Bryden's New York Hour|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dz0vt|website=http://www.bbc.co.uk|publisher=BBC|accessdate=27 August 2014}}</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.

==Author==

In 2018 Nell Bryden finished her first novel, ''Little Wing'', not yet published. The narrative follows the love story of an aspiring musician who falls for an emotionally fragile singer. The book will be accompanied by a musical release, ''Soundtrack to Little Wing''. The first single from part one of the soundtrack, ''Smoke In My Heart'', was played as a world exclusive on the [[Ken Bruce]] show on [[BBC Radio 2]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Trevor Horn and Nell Bryden |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002yk8 |website=BBC Radio Programmes |publisher=BBC |accessdate=12 March 2019}}</ref>

==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]]
|-
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Single !! Album
|-
| 2009 || Second Time Around || What Does It Take
|-
| 2009 || What Does It Take || 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 || 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 || Lie To You || Bloom
|-
| 2017 || Praying For Time || N/A
|-
| 2019 || Smoke In My Heart || Soundtrack To Little Wing, Part 1
|}

===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]]
|}


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

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Irit Ten-Hengel
Cowell in December 2011
Born
Irit Ten-Hengel

(1959-10-07) 7 October 1959 (age 65)
Occupations
  • Philanthropist
  • entrepreneur
  • humanitarian
  • record producer
  • talent manager
Years active1980–present
Known forHumanitarian work, Yodan Productions
Partner(s)Lauren Silverman
(2013–present)
Children2
RelativesNicholas Cowell (brother)
Tony Cowell (half-brother)

Irit Ten-Hengel (/ˈkəl/; 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.

Early life

Career

Early career

Lina Makhul

Lina_Makhul

Philanthropy and humanitarian work

Other events

Recognition

Personal life

References