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Polly Jean "PJ" Harvey, born 9 October 1969, is an English singer-songwriter. She is known primarily as a vocalist and guitarist, and is skilled in playing multiple instruments. Harvey started her music career in 1988 by joining the local band Automatic Dlamini as a vocalist, guitarist, and saxophonist. John Parish, the band's frontman, has remained a long-term collaborator with her. In 1991, she formed a trio called PJ Harvey, marking the beginning of her career under that name. <a href="https
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- Also known as
- PJ Harvey
- Born
- Polly Jean Harvey , ( 1969-10-09 ) 9 October 1969 (age 56) , Bridport , Dorset , England
- Origin
- Yeovil , Somerset , England
- Genres
- Alternative rock punk blues art rock indie rock folk rock avant-rock grunge punk rock
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar saxophone keyboards autoharp percussion
- Works
- PJ Harvey discography
- Years active
- 1988–present
- Labels
- Too Pure Indigo Island Vagrant Partisan
- Member of
- Automatic Dlamini The PJ Harvey band
- Website
- pjharvey .net
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Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English singer and songwriter. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments.
Harvey began her career in 1988 when she joined local band Automatic Dlamini as a vocalist, guitarist and saxophonist. The band's frontman, John Parish, is still her long-term collaborator. In 1991, she formed a trio called PJ Harvey and this began her career as PJ Harvey. The trio released two studio albums called Dry (1992) and Rid of Me (1993) before disbanding, after which Harvey continued as a solo artist. Since 1995, she has released a further ten studio albums with collaborations from various musicians including Parish, former bandmate Rob Ellis, Mick Harvey, and Eric Drew Feldman, and has also worked extensively with record producer Flood.
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