Heather Nova
Heather Nova (born Heather Allison Frith, July 6, 1967) is a Bermudian singer-songwriter and poet.As of 2015 she had released 9 full-length albums and numerous singles and EPs.
Biography
Heather Nova was born on Bermuda, a British overseas territory. Her mother is a native of Nova Scotia, Canada, and her father is a native of Bermuda. Nova spent most of her childhood with her family, including one sister, television reporter and fashion model Susannah, and one brother, reggae singer Mishka, on a 40 ft (12 m) on a 42 foot sailboat (named Moon) built by her father, where the Friths spent most of 1970s and part of the 1980s, sailing throughout the Atlantic and Caribbean waters and coasts. Since her idyllic childhood, Heather has played over 600 concerts, sold over 2 million albums and has a career of 20 years in the music industry.
Nova started playing guitar and violin at an early age, writing her first song when she was 12. Nova enrolled at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where she majored in film in 1989. She also sat in on poetry classes and wrote music to go with her student films. But songwriting remained her passion.
Podcasts:
Heather Nova
ALBUMS
- 300 Days at Sea released: 2011
- Live in Nijmegen released: 2010
- 2009-11-06: Live at Union Chapel, London, UK released: 2009
- The Jasmine Flower released: 2008
- Redbird released: 2005
- Church Music released: 2003
- Storm released: 2003
- South released: 2001
- Wonderlust released: 2000
- Siren released: 1998
- Supernova (live at Club Knost) released: 1996
- Glow Stars released: 1996
- Live From the Milky Way released: 1995
- Oyster released: 1995
- Sleepin' released: 1994
- Blow released: 1993
- Live in the USA released:
- Beautiful Angel released:
- 1994-05-04: Live at Sleepin' Arena, Amsterdam, The Netherlands released:
- 2002-07-06: Forestglade Festival, Wiesen, Austria released:
300 Days at Sea
Released 2011- Behind the Songs (incl. performance)
- Behind the Songs (interview only)
- Higher Ground (official video)
- Beautiful Ride (acoustic)
- Save a Little Piece of Tomorrow (acoustic)
- Everything Changes (acoustic)
- Turn the Compass Round (acoustic)
- Higher Ground (acoustic)
- Stop the Fire (acoustic)
- Making of “Higher Ground”
Supernova (live at Club Knost)
Released 1996- Heal (live, 1996-03-02: Knust, Hamburg, Germany)
- Throwing Fire at the Sun (live, 1996-03-02: Knust, Hamburg, Germany)
- Island (live, 1996-03-02: Knust, Hamburg, Germany)
- Like a Hurricane (live, 1996-03-02: Knust, Hamburg, Germany)
- Walk This World (live, 1996-03-02: Knust, Hamburg, Germany)
- Heart and Shoulder (live, 1996-03-02: Knust, Hamburg, Germany)
- My Fidelity (live, 1996-03-02: Knust, Hamburg, Germany)
- Doubled Up (live, 1996-03-02: Knust, Hamburg, Germany)
- Maybe an Angel (live, 1996-03-02: Knust, Hamburg, Germany)
- Ear to the Ground (live, 1996-03-02: Knust, Hamburg, Germany)
- Truth and Bone (live, 1996-03-02: Knust, Hamburg, Germany)
- Island (live, MTV Europe's Hanging Out, 1996-04-10)
- Light Years (live, 1996-06-22: Loreley, St. Goarshausen, Germany)
- Walk This World (live, 1996-06-22: Loreley, St. Goarshausen, Germany)
- Island (live, 1996-06-22: Loreley, St. Goarshausen, Germany)
- Truth and Bone (live, 1996-06-22: Loreley, St. Goarshausen, Germany)
- I'm on Fire (live, 1996-06-22: Loreley, St. Goarshausen, Germany)
