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Hollie Cook, born 1987 in London, UK in a musical family, is a British singer and keyboardist. She is a part of the recent lineup of all-female punk/reggae band The Slits. From 2010 Hollie also has a carrier as solo artist working with producer / songwriter Prince Fatty. In 2011 she released her first and self-titled reggae album ''Hollie Cook''. She calls her own music "tropical pop", and has a passion for reggae and female rocksteady / reggae singers as Janet Kay and Phyllis Dillon combined with classic 60s girl groups., ==Biography== Hollie Cook is the daughter of Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook. Her mother Jeni was a backing singer for Culture Club and Boy George is her godfather.,〔 Hollie Cook joined the re-formed Slits and performed on the band's 2006 EP ''Revenge of the Killer Slits''.〔Aaron, David (2011) "(''Hollie Cook'' Review )", BBC, 1 June 2011, retrieved 2012-06-02〕 She went on to collaborate with Ian Brown and Jamie T, and recorded her self-titled debut album in 2011 with Mike "Prince Fatty" Pelanconi, featuring George Dekker of The Pioneers and Dennis Bovell.〔 The BBC, reviewing the album described it as "one of the most enjoyable reggae albums of 2011 so far".〔 She went on to record a radio session for the BBC and appear on ''Later... with Jools Holland''. ''De Telegraaf'' gave the album a four star review.〔"(Hollie Cook – Hollie Cook )", ''De Telegraaf'', 15 August 2011, retrieved 2012-06-02〕 In 2012, she was chosen as one of the support acts for The Stone Roses' reunion shows.〔Smart, Gordon (2012) "(Ian Brown picks Hollie Cook to be Stone Roses support act )", ''The Sun'', 20 April 2012, retrieved 2012-06-02〕 A dub remix version of her debut album was released in May 2012.〔"(Stream: Exclusive Hollie Cook mixtape )", ''AU magazine'', 21 April 2012, retrieved 2012-06-02〕〔Young, Martyn (2012) "(Hollie Cook - Hollie Cook In Dub )", This Is Fake DIY, retrieved 2012-06-02〕 She also featured on the 2012 ''Q'' covers album of Amy Winehouse's ''Back To Black'', ''Back To Back To Black'', covering "You Know I'm No Good". Her second album proper, ''Twice'', was funded via PledgeMusic and was released in May 2014.〔http://www.nme.com/reviews/various-artists/15294〕 Cook describes her music as 'tropical pop'.〔〔O'Brien, Jon "(''Hollie Cook'' Review )", Allmusic, retrieved 2012-06-02〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hollie Cook」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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