Alexander James Adams
Alexander James Adams (born in the San Francisco Bay Area , California as Heather Alexander ) is an American singer , musician ( guitar , fiddle and bodhran ) and song composer of Celtic and World music . He often brings mythical or fantasy-related as well as traditionally Irish themes to his appearances. Known in the field of filk music, he often appears as a soloist and together with his band ("Uffington Horse") at conventions . B. OryCon , Norwescon , Further Confusion (2004 and 2005), Eurofurence (2005 and 2006), CascadiaCon (2006). In October 2006, Adams underwent gender reassignment .
Publications
Albums as a solo artist
Heather Alexander
- Freedom, Flight and Fantasy - 1990
- Heather Alexander, Live - 1992
- Songsmith - 1993
- Wanderlust - 1994
- Shadow Stalker - 1994
- Life's Flame - 1996
- Midsummer - 1997
- A Gypsy's Home - 2001
- Insh'allah - Music of Lion's Blood - 2002
- Festival Wind - 2003
- Album of Secrets - 2003
- Merlin's Descendants - 2006
- Arms of the Sea - 2006
- Everafter - 2006
Alexander James Adams
- Cat & The Fiddle - 2007
- Balance of Nature - 2007
- Wintertide - 2007
Albums (with band)
Phoenyx
- Keepers of the Flame - 1990
Uffington Horse
- Uffington Horse Promotional Album - 2004
- Enchantment - 2004
Tricky Pixie
- Live! - 2007
Guest posts on other publications
- Gaia Circles, Gaia Consort - 2000.
- Firestorm: Songs of the Third World War , Leslie Fish .
- The Constellation, Hank Cramer - 2003.
- Roundworm, various artists, 2000.
Prices
- 1996 - Pegasus Award - Best Performer
- 1996 - Pegasus Award - Best Writer / Composer
- 2006 - Pegasus Award - Best Battle Song (March of Cambreadth)
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- ↑ The Disappearance of Heather Alexander in Just Out , March 7, 2008, pp 24 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. & 25 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDFs)
- ↑ discography
- ↑ http://www.ovff.org/pegasus/people/heather-alexander.html
Web links
- Official website of Alexander James Adams
- Official website of Heather Alexander and Uffington Horse ( July 22, 2012 memento on the Internet Archive )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Adams, Alexander James |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alexander, Heather (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer, musician and composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | before 1980 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco Bay Area , California |