| LC control no. | no2005115054 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Anohni |
| Variant(s) | Antony Hegarty, Paul Hegarty, Antony Hegary, Anohni |
| See also | Corporate body: Anohni and the Johnsons |
| Birth date | 1971-10-24 |
| Place of birth | Chichester (England) |
| Field of activity | Rock music |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Composers Lyricists Musicians |
| Found in | The cool list 2005, p2005: container (Antony) Antony and the Johnsons WWW Home page, Dec. 6, 2005 (Antony and the Johnsons) Allmusic, Feb. 25, 2006: Antony and the Johnsons bio. (Antony grew up in California; he relocated to New York City in 1990; created the cabaret ensemble Blacklips; formed Antony and the Johnsons and released their self-titled debut on David Tibet's Durtro label in 2000, followed by an appearance on the Lou Reed albums The Raven and Animal Serenade; he toured with Reed as well throughout 2003 and has also appeared in the Steve Buscemi film Animal Factory as an androgynous convict. Antony and the Johnsons released a series of EPs in 2004, followed by the band's second full-length, I Am a Bird Now, in February of 2005) All music guide WWW site, May 18, 2009 (Antony; b. Paul Hegarty, 1971, Sussex, England) Int. ww in pop. mus., 9th ed. (Hegarty, Antony; British singer and musician (piano)) Anohni. Hopelessness, 2016: container (Anohni) All Music, May 18, 2016: (Anohni, U.K.-born, California-raised (born Antony Hegarty) ; Hegarty formed Antony and the Johnsons in 1998, and the band released its self-titled debut on David Tibet's Durtro label in 2000. In 2015, Hegarty announced the impending release of a new project with Hudson Mohawke and Oneohtrix Point Never. The resulting Hopelessness, a dark, experimental electronic piece, released under the moniker Anohni, was issued in 2016. That same year, Hegarty received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song, with J. Ralph, for "Manta Ray," which appeared in the 2015 documentary film Racing Extinction. Wikipedia, August 23, 2023 (Anohni; Anohni Hegarty; in 2016, the artist announced that she was changing her name to ANOHNI; b. 24 October 1971, Chichester, England; singer-songwriter) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anohni> Her WWW site, August 23, 2023 (Anohni) <https://www.anohni.com/> New York Times, April 21, 2016, accessed via WWW, August 23, 2023: Anohni, embracing a new name and sound (She changed her name: first among friends, then as a public figure. "I've been talking about myself as transgender for as long as I can remember, so it's not so much an issue of transformation as it is just a slow shifting," she said. "It was just about changing the lens a little bit to see slightly differently, just to have a more feminine name. It was incongruous for me to have a man's name, because I don't identify as a man and I never have") <https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/arts/music/anohni-embracing-a-new-name-and-sound.html> New York Times WWW site, June 27, 2023, accessed August 23, 2023: Anohni Isn't Afraid of the Darkness (Anohni, the name by which she has been publicly known for about a decade) <https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/27/arts/music/anohni-my-back-was-a-bridge-for-you-to-cross.html> |
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