Moira Lambert


Moira Lambert is a British singer and recording artist. She is probably best known for her collaboration with the electronica group Saint Etienne on the Neil Young cover "Only Love Can Break Your Heart".
Lambert began singing, playing acoustic guitar and song-writing as a child in Africa, largely influenced by the Celtic folk songs her parents taught her. While at school in the UK she became a fan of the British indie scene, enjoying acts like The Smiths and The Cure, later exploring vintage records by artists like Sandy Denny, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell. She is also a fan of avant-garde cinema.
Lambert studied at the Conservatory of Music, played in coffee bars, and worked with Spanish cellist, pianist and composer Dan Anies, who co-wrote two of the songs on her first solo album 'Coming Up Roses'.
Polygram gave Lambert a publishing deal and UK independent label Big Cat Records signed her as a teenager. She stayed there, touring the UK with Lush and Slowdive and Europe with fellow label mates Jeff Buckley and Heather Nova until the label was bought out by V2 Records in 1996.
After co-writing the top 20 UK chart hit, "Skin on Skin", with Paul Oakenfold for his Grace project, Lambert formed Ova, releasing a 3 track single, Universal Audio on UK independent label Global Warming. Since Ova broke up in January 2000, Lambert has collaborated with Freeloader and Data, two obscure electronica collectives staying well in the vein of trip hop, and contributed backing vocals to Tram's album, A Kind of Closure, released on UK's Jet Set Records.
Lambert relocated to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, in 2002. Following the release of her first solo album in 2006, Lambert wrote and performed the theme music for a Chum Television documentary 'Survival of the Fittest: Stories from the West Coast Trail' with Fox. She released the album 'Climbing Mountains In The Night' in 2008.
Lambert then collaborated on an album of club mixes with composer Luke Parkin, also produced by Fox. Her music is eclectic, ranging from folky to stylized pop.

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