Piney Gir | |
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Birth name | Angela Penhaligon |
Origin | Kansas City, United States |
Genres | Electronic, country, indie, Americana, rock, indie pop |
Years active | 2003—present |
Associated acts | The Piney Gir Country Roadshow The Schla La Las |
Website | Official Site |
Members | Garo Nahoulakian, Joe Smith, Mike Smith, Nick 'Growler' Fowler, Alex Gold, Mike Monaghan, Sarah Williams, Emma Brammer, Amy Ashworth, and sometimes Matt Lewsey, Harry Deacon, Katrin Geilhausen and Georgina 'George' Terry |
Past members | Alex Mayor, Barny Rockford, Henry Bird, Ninki V, Joanna Arnold, Ian Kellett, Dave Howell, Simon Byrt, Dave Fisher, Leo Whetter, Al Knell, Jamie Lockhart, A Scholar and a Physician, Steve Dawson, Oli Horton, Ash Verjee, Anne-Marie Gilkes, Steve Brummell, Will Byers, John Greswell, Andrew Mitchell |
Piney Gir (pronounced "gear"), often shortened to Piney, is an American musician and singer, born in Kansas but based in London, England since 1998. She has released six studio albums.
Piney's musical style is predominately edgy indie-pop, although she has been described both as a musical “chameleon" and as “the indie Dolly Parton".
Piney is an established figure on the London music scene, and has toured extensively including appearances at Glastonbury festival, South by Southwest, and CMJ music festival. She has collaborated with artists, including Andy Ramsay of Stereolab; Rob Campanella from The Brian Jonestown Massacre; Eamon Hamilton from the band Brakes and British Sea Power; and Simple Kid. Piney was a member of cult all-girl band The Schla La Las. Her songs have appeared on Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Hit & Miss, Made in Chelsea, Misfits, Drifters, Waterloo Road, Being Human, Fried, Talking to the Dead, What Remains, Switch, and in feature films: Nina Forever, You're Not You, C’e Chi Dice No, and American Girl.