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PJ Harvey

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Also known as Polly Jean Harvey

English singer-songwriter

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PJ Harvey is a female English singer-songwriter and alternative rock artist. Her musical style encompasses alternative rock, art rock, chamber folk, and folk rock. She began her professional work period in 1991.

Her discography includes works such as Black Onyx, Paddy Whitesocks, Lily's Ghost, and El hueco de la mano. She is categorized as a female vocalist and indie artist.

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Person · Open Library

Works
4

Top works

  • Black Onyx
  • Paddy Whitesocks
  • Lily's Ghost
  • El hueco de la mano

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
England
Active from
1969-10-09
alternative rockalternative singer-songwriterart rockchamber folkfolk rockindie rock

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2,185,551
Total plays
105,374,793

Tags

female vocalistsalternativesinger-songwriterrockindie

Polly Jean "PJ" Harvey, born 9 October 1969, is an English singer-songwriter. She is known primarily as a vocalist and guitarist, and is skilled in playing multiple instruments. Harvey started her music career in 1988 by joining the local band Automatic Dlamini as a vocalist, guitarist, and saxophonist. John Parish, the band's frontman, has remained a long-term collaborator with her. In 1991, she formed a trio called PJ Harvey, marking the beginning of her career under that name. <a href="https

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Key facts

Also known as
PJ Harvey
Born
Polly Jean Harvey , ( 1969-10-09 ) 9 October 1969 (age 56) , Bridport , Dorset , England
Origin
Yeovil , Somerset , England
Genres
Alternative rock punk blues art rock indie rock folk rock avant-rock grunge punk rock
Occupations
Singer songwriter
Instruments
Vocals guitar saxophone keyboards autoharp percussion
Works
PJ Harvey discography
Years active
1988–present
Labels
Too Pure Indigo Island Vagrant Partisan
Member of
Automatic Dlamini The PJ Harvey band
Website
pjharvey .net

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Encyclopedic overview

Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English singer and songwriter. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments.

Harvey began her career in 1988 when she joined local band Automatic Dlamini as a vocalist, guitarist and saxophonist. The band's frontman, John Parish, is still her long-term collaborator. In 1991, she formed a trio called PJ Harvey and this began her career as PJ Harvey. The trio released two studio albums called Dry (1992) and Rid of Me (1993) before disbanding, after which Harvey continued as a solo artist. Since 1995, she has released a further ten studio albums with collaborations from various musicians including Parish, former bandmate Rob Ellis, Mick Harvey, and Eric Drew Feldman, and has also worked extensively with record producer Flood.

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