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At least 10 artists share this name (see below): 1) Astrid, the Scottish band: Astrid were a guitar-pop foursome from the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. In 2004, Astrid released their third album - One In Four (named for the statistic that “one in four of us will suffer mental health problems at some time in our lives”). The band broke up shortly thereafter. Neil Payne now drums for fellow Scottish band Texas, Gareth Russell plays bass for Idlewild, Charles Clark joined The Zephyrs for their fourth studio album and went on to form Cold Night Song...

From an early age DJ Astrid has been captivated by music. Besides her daily piano lessons, listening to rock, reggae, electro and pop music was a prominent element in here daily routine. She has always been intrigued by elements of different styles and that’s probably what makes her such a versatile DJ/producer nowadays. .

Astrid Seriese (Den Haag / The Hague 1957) was educated at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, and at the Academie voor Kleinkunst in Amsterdam. Since 1963 she has been working as an actress on stage (Mephisto, 1983) on film (Blonde dolly, 1987) and in cabarets (Tingel tangel, 1983-1984). But more than anything, she has made a career in music. As a singer she started off singing the songs of Bertolt Brecht in 1983, and was a member of Nedly Elstak's Seven singers and a horn. She also formed the Astrid Seriese/Nedly Elstak kwintet with him. In 1985 she met...

Astrid Monroe is a hard to define mysterious person. Musically she oscillates around trip-hop (despite the fact that she hates that definition) and performers like Portishead, Massive Attack. On "When I Was Young" she uses Genesis P-Orridge's voice. He's well known from his projects - Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, The Majesty. CD has been released in 2001 by SIRS in Europe. In 2004 Important Rec re-released it in the USA. Astrid describes her project as commercial gloominess... Official site: http://www.myspace.com/astridmonroe .

Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (listen to pronunciation (help·info), née Ericsson, November 14, 1907 – January 28, 2002) was a Swedish children's book author, whose many titles were translated into 85 languages and published in more than 100 countries. Astrid Lindgren grew up on a farm in Vimmerby, Småland in Sweden and many of her books are based on her family and childhood memories. Pippi Longstocking, her most famous character, however, was originally invented by her bed-ridden daughter, Karin. In 1944 she won second prize in a competition held by the newly founded publishing house Rabén & Sjögren with her novel...