Doris Brendel - Photoscapes
by Andrew Twambley
published: 24 / 12 / 2018

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Andrew Twambley photographs Oxfordshire-based singer-songwriter Doris Brendel at a show at The Ritz in Manchester.
The daughter of classical pianist Alfred Brendel and opera singer Iris Hermann-Gonzala, Doris Brendel first found fame fronting the Violet Hour, a short-lived funk/blues/jazz band which attracted a cult following at the start of the 1990s as they toured with bigger names like Marillion and Nils Lofgren. After the Violet Hour broke up in 1992 after releasing just one album ‘The Fire Sermon’, the Oxfordshire-based Brendel began an extensive solo career. She released ‘Eclectica’, her ninth album under her own name last year. Brendel recently toured the UK with former Marillion singer Fish as a support act and also providing backing vocals during his set. These photographs of Doris Brendel were taken by Andrew Twambley at a show on the 3rd December at The Ritz in Manchester. Photos by Andrew Twambley http://twambley.com/
Also at Ritz, Manchester
Backyard Babies (2019)
Boy George (2014)
Brix Smith (2022)
Dropkick Murphys (2023)
Emily Capell (2019)
Fields Of The Nephilim (2018)
Fish (2018)
From The Jam (2021)
John Mayall (2024)
Lemonheads (2019)
Lemonheads (2015)
Leprous (2022)
Lushes (2016)
Miles Kane (2018)
Miscellaneous (2015)
Napalm Death (2015)
Nothing But Thieves (2016)
Peter Doherty and The Puta Madres (2019)
Peter Murphy (2018)
Positive Vibration Festival of Reggae (2021)
Public Image Ltd (2022)
Public Image Ltd (2018)
Ride (2020)
Sheryl Crow (2014)
Skid Row (2019)
Sleeper (2021)
Steel Pulse (2015)
Turbowolf (2014)
Wet Leg (2022)
Wildhearts (2020)
Band Links:-
http://www.dorisbrendel.comhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Doris-Brendel/130204340368274
https://twitter.com/dorisbrendel
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Interview (2020) |
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With 'Mass Hysteria', her fourth album with Lee Dunham, due for release in early September, ex-Violet Hour frontwoman Doris Brendel talks to Nick Dent-Robinson about her unusual upbringing and long musical career. |
Interview (2017) |
Interview (2015) |
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