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Every week, Star Radio presents to you an artist you are eager to meet.

Please check the FULL Alphabetical List on the main bio/dicography page; click on the Alphabetical letters to read the bio.

Below is the List so far from Letter "L" to Letter "Q":

FULL Alphabetical List: Click Here

 
       
  ARTISTS BIOGRAPHY/DISCOGRAPHY: L, M, N, P, Q    
       
 
La Oreja De Van Gogh
La Oreja De Van Gogh founded in January of 1996 in San Sebastian, is composed of Amaia, Pablo, Haritz, Alvaro and Xavi. At first they were a group of university friends who spent time playing songs of their favorite groups, but when they began composing they realized that none of them had a special voice to sing. After several attempts with well-known people, Pablo met Amaia and he proposed her the lead singing in the group.

They started playing in bars at the begining and soon after appeared on the Pop aid rock City of San Sebastian. They recorded a demo and presented it to the Jury. Even though they did not obtain any prizes, at least they played live in front of an audience and their songs where played on Radios. But in the second edition of this pop aid rock they succeeded to win the first prize. This success lead them in having a record deal with Epic/Sony Music and recorded their first album "Dile al Sol", which was released on 18th of May of 1998.

The Album was a big success and the group was performing all around Spain, they scored around 150 concerts. In 1999, they won the prize of best artist revelation and of best author revelation. After a small and deserved vacation, they released on the 11th of September of 2000 their second album "El Viaje De Copperpot", that was recorded in studios of Madrid, France and London, and produced by Nigel Walker.

In April 2003 they released their third album, "Lo que te conté mientras te hacías la dormida" it includes fourteen songs and bonus tracks.
Lisa Scott Lee
Following the split of Steps in December 2001, at the end of a whirlwind five years at the top, Lisa Scott-Lee was cast into the wilderness. With no band, no record deal and, if the critics were to be believed, no chance of a solo career, none would have blamed her for packing it all in and going to work at Tesco's!

But not Lisa. Taking time out to manage 3SL, the hot new boy band comprising of her three younger brothers, she started learning about the music business from the other side. Spending 2002 making contacts, developing her knowledge of the industry, writing solo material and generally preparing herself, she avoided the pitfalls of rushing back into the studio and releasing sub-Steps material, as some of her fellow ex-band mates had done.

Her strategy has definitely paid off. Signing her solo record deal with Mercury on her 27th birthday, Lisa has often been compared to Kylie Minogue, and promoted as the UK's very own petite dance diva. Her debut single 'Lately' stormed the UK charts in May 2003, closely followed by another dance anthem 'Too Far Gone' in September. Working with many of the best remixers around, Lisa has been at the top of the dance and club charts since early 2003 and has developed a huge fan base following her highly successful club tour and appearances at summer festivals across the UK.

With her debut album 'Unleashed' released late in 2003, a 2004 tour and her third single, 'I'll Wait For You', (tipped as a wicked power ballad) in the pipeline, Lisa Scott-Lee looks set to become the dance-pop goddess of the new millenium.

Thanks to Mark who prepared the text and to Dan from www.lisascottlee.net
Espen Lind
Espen Lind, a musician from Tromso –Norway started his career at very early stage. At 7 he was already playing the piano, violin, and guitar, as well as singing. He spent the majority of his life writing and composing music. His lyrics are intelligent, touching, and deep. His voice could make the angel's weep, and his compositions are simply brilliant.

As a teenager, Espen played in three or four local bands where he always wound up being the youngest member and the main songwriter. In 1993, he moved to Los Angeles with a suitcase full of demos - intent on getting himself a record deal. Unfortunately, success and luck was not on his side. So, he returned to Norway and took a job in a studio, where he engineered local bands during the day and then stayed up all night working on his own self-financed album. He printed up CD singles of a pop song called "Yum Yum Gimme Some," and sent them to the local stations. The song quickly became one of the most-requested tracks at radio in Norway. A deal with Universal's Norwegian label followed and the resulting album "Mmm... Prepare To Be Swayed" was named one of the best albums of the year. In 1997, He released his album "Red" that was a great success worldwide. In 1998, Espen has won Three Awards at the Norwegian Grammies (Best Artist Award).

His First International Single was "When Susannah Cries" in 1999. The song topped all European Charts as well as Japan and South Africa. The song was at the number one spot in Norway for six straight weeks. In 2000, he released "This Is Pop Music" and in 2005 he will release his new album.

The first single taken from his forthcoming album is "Unloved". The song is played on Star Radio and reached number 3 (at the time of this writing) on Star Radio’s Top 40.
Jessica Marquez
Jessica Marquez was born on October 30, 1978 in Hagondange, in the east of France. She studied in the Moselle before joining the police.
At this point in time, passioned by the music, she tried her luck with the "Star Academy" (French version of Pop Idol)in 2001. She ended up by attracting the attention of several music firms.
Her first single, "Si Fragile" released in early 2002 was a good success. Her first album was out in October 2003 titled "A Fleur de Peau" in which can be found her single "Maria Magdalena".
Jennifer McCray
Jennifer McCray is a young talented artist and songwriter. Music has always been the center of her universe. Growing up as a part of a musical family, Jennifer's father being a successful recording artist landing a number 1 hit in the 70's with the song "Rock your baby " had given her the opportunity to experience music at a very young age. Little did she know the music would play a huge role in her future!

Jennifer started writing poetry at the young age of 6 years old and has been given singing lessons as well as singing in the church choir . Born in Miami Beach Florida, Jennifer moved to Canada (where her mother is from) and at 17 ventured off to Europe for the first time where her father was living. This was the start of a great interest for travelling and also for learning languages being able to speak German, Dutch, French quite well! Travelling and doing shows with her father made her passion for music stronger and she realized that this was what she wanted to do with her life.

In 1996 in a recording studio in Belgium, Jennifer met her future manager Ronny Flas who exclusively signed her as an artist of TSP Records. From then on Jennifer decided to pursue a career in music by experimenting with different styles and writing all her own songs. Gaining experience and strengthening her voice were the most important as she gradually developed herself as an artist.
That same year she got the chance to work in Metropolis studios in London with her first single "Do Anything" a song written by Hawk Wolinski who has written for the likes of Chaka Kahn" "Ain't nobody" as well as Micheal Jackson, Madonna and Fleetwood Mac. She was signed to Edel music in this time.

In 2001 Jennifer started working with a Belgium team and brought out 2 singles "Can't get enough" and "Free my mind" and was signed under Sony Music Belgium. While also starting to work with Silvano (another talented young artist on the TSP Records team) she was writing many songs and composing with him exchanging ideas and in 2002 composed the first single of Silvano together "Encore" which reached number 3 in the hit radio charts in Belgium!
As well as accompanying Silvano on his first tour as a background vocalist singing in French, which is something Jennifer would enjoy doing also in the future!

Presently Jennifer is really concentrating on her debut album due out next year and also composing with some composers that have worked with Axel Red (another Belgium Female artist who is signed by Virgin France and has had number 1 hits within all French territories ) by meeting Patick Deltenre the top Belgium guitar player, who found Jennifer's personality and voice very intriguing and wanted to be involved in her project!

In 2003, Jennifer made a video for her first single "Connected" which was distributed by TSP / Sony Music. This single was on the radio in Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, France, Sweden and of course on Star Radio!

Taken form the website http://www.tsprecords.com/
Negative
Negative was founded at the end of 1997. Already at the early stages of its career Negative gained a reputation as an intensive live band which provides the audience with catchy melodies and guitar riffs.
One of the great source of inspiration for Negative has been Guns’n Roses. The band itself labels the music as ”emotional rock’n roll”. ”Love is Right Now So don’t Close your Heart, I’ve been waiting All my Life for this Moment of Our Love with You”.
Negative, bursting with sexual energy, has found many true fans long before its debut album. The chatroom on the band’s website is crowded with excited fans, and live gigs take the audience on an unforgettable journey, close to the state of hysteria.
Negtive are: Antti Anatomy (bass) and Jay Slammer (drums) combined with Larry Love and Christus (guitars) provide a strong basis for Jonne Aaron’s intense vocals.
Negative combines sensitive ballads with a tough live act forming a mixture truly of its own.
The band has all it takes to make it abroad, and interest has already surfaced outside the boundaries of Finland.
For more details, click here.
Ne-Yo
Born into a family of musicians from Arkansas, Shaffer C. Smith a.k.a. Ne-Yo was raised in a single parent home by his mother. In hopes of a better opportunity, Ne-Yo's mother relocated the family to Las Vegas Nevada; where Ne-Yo would discover his passion.

The singer/songwriter, penned on the biggest radio records of history (189.5 million listeners in one week) Billboards #1 R&B chart for several weeks, the words on "Let Me Love You" touch your heart and makes you feel good in your soul. Written with Scott Storch and Kam Houf and performed by the R&B artist Mario, "Let Me Love You" is just a glimpse into the mind of a true writer. "It's a great song, and I'm really happy to have wrote it," he says.

A master in the art of storytelling, Ne-Yo began writing at an early age. A vivid imagination and creative energy has allowed Ne-Yo to write songs for multi-platinum artists such as Mary J. Blige, B2K, Faith Evans, and Musiq. When asked about writing number one hits for other artists, simply put, Ne-Yo said, "I feel there is always room for good music. I want to reach people's soul with my lyrics thru whatever vessel God chooses."

Infusing pop melodies to rich, soulful production, the debut album is sure to score with fans and critics alike. Relying on mostly his own in-house crew Compound, Ne-Yo creates both a unique sound and sentiment for his records. Songs like the first single "Stay" (featuring Peedi Crack) exemplify Ne-Yo's nuanced, layered vocals and sample free production. "So Sick", a beautiful track in which he laments hearing love songs on the radio due to the feelings they conjure, reveals his voice to be clean and almost elated, but rich and weathered at the same time. But true to his charismatic character, the album shows many sides of Ne-Yo and even finds him lighter, more playful, even coy, on "When You're Mad." Sure cello hits move the track as Ne-Yo floats above, telling his woman that she's even more beautiful when she's mad.

With the album in the chamber, ready to go, Ne-Yo now just has to prepare himself for the stardom that is sure to follow. "The toughest part has been getting used to being known," he confesses, "I've always been the writer, the guy in the background, but being the actual artist is a whole new experience for me."

Citing Prince, Marvin Gaye, The Rat Pack, and Stevie Wonder in his list of favorite entertainers, Ne-Yo's album invokes a nostalgic feeling, a renaissance if you will. Whether it's the bedroom or the dance floor, Ne-Yo's songs are filled with passion and intense energy that pulls (you into the music) and puts you into a zone.

Ne-Yo is taking the music industry by storm, as he graces and challenges popular music with his writing & vocal talents. Much more than today's male singer, Ne-Yo is a rare artist; expressing creativity thru drawings, paintings, martial arts and song. He is distinguished by youthful energy with in-depth lyrics that touch the soul.
Nickelback
Nickelback is a success story built on the road, on the radio and great rock songs. The group is composed of: Chad Kroeger singer/guitarist and main songwriter, Ryan Peake guitarist, Mike Kroeger bassist, and Ryan Vikedal drummer. Their first album "The State" was released in 2000 and went gold. In 2001, the album "Silver Side up" was instant smash and sold more than 9 million copies worldwide. The album achieved Gold, Platinum, or multi-Platinum status in the U.S. (5x Platinum), UK (3x platinum) the band's native Canada (8x platinum), Australia (2x Platinum), Germany (Platinum), Holland (Platinum), and ten other territories worldwide. The single taken from this album was "How You Remind Me”, it went on to rack up four Grammy Award nominations, four Billboard Awards, four Juno awards, and countless radio accreditations. Statistics showed that "How You Remind Me" was the #1 Most Played Song of 2002, across all formats, according to Billboard Monitor and the band was named #1 Most Played Rock Artist of 2002 Across All Radio Formats.

In 2003, they were back with a new album "The Long Road". From the album's dynamic lead single "Someday" to the strapping guitar riffs of "Throw Yourself Away" to the vibrant and energetic "Do This Anymore" and the bare emotion of "Feelin' Way Too Damn Good," The Long Road sees Nickelback focusing its signature melodic crunch like never before. The album was also highlighted by a marked lyrical growth, more often tackling universal themes rather than simply going toe-to-toe with personal demons. "The album is less directed at me and things I've gone through," lead singer and guitarist Chad Kroeger, elaborates. "Instead of being about my own life, it's about experiences that everyone can relate to and hopefully learn something from."

The craft of rock music, as interpreted by Nickelback, is honed even finer on The Long Road. Nickelback have found a home among millions of fans around the globe through their music, and for the band and their fans, the road continues on.
Patrick Nuo
Patrick Nuo is a personality that one does not meet often. He is described to be calm, softspoken and reserved. He is born in a Swiss canton Luzer on the 31st of August 1982. He gave up everything for singing and moved to a town near Hamburg:
"unfortunately it is very difficult to find good studios and good producers in Switzerland" he explains."I decided to go to Germany, because I hoped to have more possibilities and as the market seemed to have more challenges."
Soon he met songwriter David Jost and teamed up with him, they have already been rewarded as being the most successful songwriters in Germany. They have aslo composed and produced for Acts such as Marlon, The Corrs, Jewel, Dieter Thomas Kuhn, wrote the Olympic song for Hamburg and supplied Songs for various films, e.g. for the motion picture film moonlight tariff and the new Ralf king film.
David Jost has recently remixed the Faith Hill single Free. His first live performance on some Shows in January 2003 already gave him an outstanding feedback.
His debut single was "5 days", followed by "Reanimate" and then "Welcome". For more details: http://www.patrick-nuo.de/
Trijntje Oosterhuis
Trijntje Oosterhuis has been one of the finest Dutch vocalists for years. She has been very successful both as the voice of "Total Touch" and as a solo artist. The list of international stars she has performed with over the years is long and includes Al Jarreau, Andrea Bocelli, Marco Borsato, Herbie Hancock, Lionel Ritchie, Coolio, Herman Brood, Incognito, Khaled, Salomon Burke, Candy Dulfer and Jean "Toots" Thielemans. Below is a summary of her impressive career so far.

In 1988 Trijntje and her brother Tjeerd establish pop act "Total Touch" which after a period of extensive performing, Total Touch wins the Kunstbende competition in 1990. A year later, they are one of the finalists of the annual "Grote Prijs van Nederland".

In 1994, Dutch saxophone player "Candy Dulfer" invites Trijntje to join her band. Trijntje performs all over the world with Candy. She is also a guest vocalist on Candy's album Big Girl. In the summer of 1996, Total Touch releases debut single "Touch Me There".It is the first introduction of the band to a larger audience. "Touch Me There" peaks at number 14 in the charts and is only a taste of things to come. The band's final breakthrough comes with the release of their self-titled debut album in June. The album is released in Japan as well because it features Candy Dulfer, who is extremely popular there.
Later that year, Trijntje performs at a sold-out Amsterdam Arena, this time with Total Touch, supporting mega star Michael Jackson during his three sold out concerts.
In October, second single "Somebody Else's Lover" is released. It is a big Top 3 hit and soon becomes gold. The debut album, including all the hit singles, soon becomes platinum with sales exceeding 100.000 units. Ultimately, the album sells no less than 450.000 units in Holland, which makes it the best selling Dutch debut album ever. Third single "One Moment Your Mind" also becomes a huge hit.
Total Touch wins TMF awards for Best Album (Total Touch) and Best Single ("Somebody Else's Lover"), the Veronica Dance award for Best Group and the Mega Top 50 award for Best Artist. Trijntje will win a TMF award for Best Dutch Singer for four consecutive years.

In 1997, Total Touch debut album is released in several European countries, Canada and Japan. Single "Somebody Else¹s Lover" is a modest hit in Germany, Sweden, Finland, Greece and Belgium. Trijntje records the duet "Wereld Zonder Jou" with Dutch singer Marco Borsato, featured on his album De Waarheid. It is her second Dutch-language song and another Top 3 hit.
Trijntje receives a TMF award for Best Singer for her role in Total Touch and an Edison award for her duet with Marco Borsato. Once again, Total Touch wins TMF awards for Best Pop group and Best Album. They also win the Pall Mall Export Award, the Radio Noordzee award and a Silver Harp.
In August, Total Touch releases "Doo Be La Dee" in the US, the song remains in the Billboard Dance charts for a few consecutive weeks, but notwithstanding this success, the single is not released in Holland. In 1998, Total Touch second album This Way is released on May 28th, preceded by the Top 10 hit "I'll Say Goodbye". This Way soon becomes triple platinum,whereas the debut album has by now reached five times platinum. Two other songs where released from this album "Love Me In Slow-motion" and "Forgive, Won't Forget". In early 1999, Trijntje is featured on "We've Only Just Begun", a track on the New Cool Collective album Big. In the spring, Trijntje and Tjeerd decide to take a break from Total Touch, which permits Trijntje to focus on several solo projects. She sings with jazz pianist Herbie Hancock at the 24th North Sea Jazz festival and embarks on a Marlboro Flashback tour, during which she performs the works of Stevie Wonder. From this tour a CD is released, called For Once In My Life. Total Touch receives the Alcas award for Most Popular Artist.

In 2001 and 2002, Trijntje performs in the Dutch theaters and on February 1st 2002, Trijntje performs Joe Cocker's "You Are So Beautiful" for Prince Willem Alexander and Princess Maxima during the National Wedding celebration at a packed ArenA. She is accompanied by Brazilian guitarist Leonardo Amuedo Trijntje signs a multiple album recording deal with EMI and starts preparing for her first solo studio album. She travels back and forth to Milan, London, Sheffield and New York, where she writes new, English songs with a number of international composers. In the meantime, back home, she works on a number of songs with brother Tjeerd, John Ewbank and Ferdi Lancee.
In February 2003, BMG releases The Best Of Total Touch & Trijntje Oosterhuis, including the hits of the band and some of Trijntje's solo projects (such as the ArenA hymn "De Zee","Wereld Zonder Jou" with Marco Borsato, "Vlieg Met Me Mee" of the Abeltje soundtrack and several Stevie Wonder-covers from her tribute album).

Trijntje starts a new theater tour, and releases "Free", the first single of her new solo album. She travels to Berlin to shoot the video clip for " Free".

The self-titled album Trijntje Oosterhuis is released on March 10. It is largely produced by brother Tjeerd Oosterhuis and English composer/producer James Hallawell. The album is recorded in Amsterdam, London and partly at the renowned Steelworks studio in Sheffield.

Her single "What About Us" out in July 2003 reached the top 20 in the Netherlands and number 2 on Star Radio's Top 40. The video clip of this single was shot in Armenia.
Alex Parks
19 year old Alex Parks was raised in the pretty village of Mount Hawke on the Cornish coast. Being brought up near some of the best surfing beaches in the south west it is no surprise to learn that Alex is an avid surfer and has fronted a surf-rock band.
Besides surfing and music, Alex has a love of circus skills including juggling, mime and magic. She even went to college to develop these skills and is currently trying to master the unicycle. Alex also plays acoustic guitar and uses it to write and perform her own songs, which she has been doing since the tender age age of 15. Her favourite artists include Ani Di Franco, Annie Lennox, Skin and Jimi Hendrix.
Since appearing on Fame Academy, Alex has become known for her heartfelt renditions of classic tear jerking ballads, and as such has been labelled 'the queen of angst'. Besides her obvious singing talent, Alex's charisma and on-stage presence beguiles and mesmerizes her audience -a sign of star quality. Her first single is titled "Maybe that's what it takes" out in November 2003 taken form her debut album "Introduction". Her second single was released in February 2004.