Isobel Campbell

Isobel Campbell在2002年Belle And Sebastian美國(guó)巡回演出途中毅然決然離團(tuán)，當(dāng)時(shí)實(shí)在讓B&S陷入前所未有的窘境，許多樂(lè)迷都抱著「他們還玩的下去嗎？」的問(wèn)句。
結(jié)果不但沒(méi)有令B&S走入無(wú)止盡的深淵，反倒令他們力圖振作，發(fā)表“Dear Catastrophe Waitress”專輯重新回勇，B&S因禍得福。
Isobel有著甜美的外表與嗓音，光就這兩點(diǎn)肯定讓B&S津津樂(lè)道，如今她的出走，可能讓許多樂(lè)迷惋惜。但I(xiàn)sobel永遠(yuǎn)都不是花瓶，他始終抱著遠(yuǎn)大的理想。
Isobel Campbell本身就是一個(gè)多才多藝的女生，在Belle And Sebastian里便是擔(dān)任大提琴手的職務(wù)。在離團(tuán)前，Isobel早已化身The Gentle Waves在1999年以及2000年出版過(guò)兩張專輯“Green Fields Foreverland”和“Swansong For You”。
巧合的是，當(dāng)B&S發(fā)行“Dear Catastrophe Waitress”的幾乎同時(shí)，Isobel Campbell也發(fā)行了首張專輯“Amorino”。甚至到了今年06年，B&S發(fā)表了“The Life Pursuit”之后不久，Isobel也發(fā)表了與前Queens Of The Stone Age吉他手合作的Mark Lanegan的專輯“Ballad of the Broken Seas”，這樣究竟是偶然還是孽緣呢？
也很巧合的，他們今年發(fā)行這兩張專輯本人都沒(méi)有特別的喜歡，應(yīng)該說(shuō)來(lái)都是平穩(wěn)的作品。但是重新挖掘Isobel Campbell的“Amorino”，小妮子的繽紛世界今天聽(tīng)起來(lái)仍舊是光彩奪目！
 
Isobel Campbell (born April 27, 1976) is a Scottish singer, cellist and composer in the indie and folk genres. As with her former band Belle and Sebastian, she is often labelled as twee pop. Campbell was a member of Belle and Sebastian from their formation in Glasgow in 1996 until 2002, when she departed the band for personal reasons. She played cello with the band, and sang backing vocals.
In 2006 Isobel released a collaborative LP (Ballad of the Broken Seas) with former Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age singer Mark Lanegan, a mixture of folk and more rock-orientated music. October 2006 also saw the release of her latest album, Milkwhite Sheets, a more acoustic folk album, consisting of a mixture of traditional songs alonside Isobel’s own compositions.
Isobel played cello with Belle & Sebastian and sang backing vocals. She also took lead vocals on a few songs from the band, and co-wrote their top-20 U.K. single Legal Man.
Isobel’s band The Gentle Waves released its first album on jeepster Records, titled The Green Fields of Foreverland, in 1999. The second Gentle Waves record, Swansong For You came out one year later. In 2002, she collaborated with Scottish jazz musician Bill Wells on a collection of Billie Holiday songs, released by Creeping Bent.
In 2003 Campbell released Amorino, the first solo album under her own name, to very good reviews. Bill Wells was featured here again, along with other jazz musicians.
Isobel Campbell is best known for her single Time Is Just the Same.