OK (though she's not a looker, to be honest)

Isobel Campbell (born on April 27, 1976) is a Scottish singer, cellist and composer in the indie and "Twee pop" genres.

Isobel was a member of the band Belle & Sebastian from their formation in Glasgow in 1996, until 2002, when she departed the band for personal reasons. Isobel played cello with the band, and sang backing vocals. She also took lead vocals on a few songs from the band, and co-wrote their top-20 U.K. single Legal Man.

Isobel's band The Gentle Waves released its first album on Jeepster Records, titled The Green Fields of Foreverland, in 1999. The second Gentle Waves record, Swansong For You came out one year later. In 2002, she collaborated with Scottish jazz musician Bill Wells on a collection of Billie Holiday songs, released by Creeping Bent.

In 2003 Campbell released Amorino, her first solo album under her own name, to very good reviews. Bill Wells was featured here again, along with other jazz musicians.

Isobel's latest LP Ballad of the Broken Seas, a collaborative album with former Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age singer Mark Lanegan, was released in March 2006. She is going on a tour of the U.K., United States and Canada to promote her new album. She plans on releasing a new solo album by the end of the same year. She is best known for her single Time Is Just the Same.

Posted By: Old Git on June 15th 2006 at 11:55:03

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