Andrew james obrien biography
- Biography: Andrew James O'Brien is a 3 time Music Newfoundland and Labrador Award winner (2011).
- The singer/songwriter released his debut album last year, “Songs for Searchers,” to widespread acclaim in Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Andrew James O'Brien (born 29 June 1979) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
- •
O'Brien, Andrew James
Websites: http://www.andrewjamesobrien.com/, http://www.myspace.com/andrewjamesobrien
Origin: St. John's, Newfoundland
Biography:
Andrew James O'Brien is a 3 time Music Newfoundland and Labrador Award winner (2011). He was named Male Artist of the Year, Rising Star of the Year and his debut album, Songs for Searchers, was named the Pop/Rock Recording of the Year. Jamie Fitzpatrick of CBC Radio's Performance Hour says he will be, "The next big songwriter to emerge out of Newfoundland". John Clarke, Events Coordinator for the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Arts Society says, "Andrew O'Brien plumbs the depth of human experience and bares his heart, soul, and liver in an outpouring of emotion and feeling against a catchy, melodic backdrop of contemporary folk, pop and rock".
Andrew O'Brien and the Searchers have been rapidly building a reputation for highly energetic, thoughtful and infectious performances. The band elevates O'Brien's singer/songwriter sensibilities with a blend of folk, pop and rock giving it, at times, a harder edge while ma
- •
Jim O'Brien (rugby, born 1897)
NZ international dual-code rugby player
This article is about the New Zealand rugby union and rugby league player. For the New Zealand rugby league player, see Jim O'Brien (rugby league, born 1896).
| Full name | Andrew James O'Brien | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | (1897-09-06)6 September 1897 Blenheim, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 May 1969(1969-05-09) (aged 71) Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (13 st 10 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Hooker, Loose forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: Scrum.com[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrew James O'Brien (1897–1969) was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented New Zealand with the All Blacks and in rugby league.
Rugby union career
O'Brien began his career playing rug
- •
Challenging Stuff and Nonsense
I first came across you in 2015 on Newsnight on BBC2, in a scathing interview of Daniel Kawczynski MP –1bit.ly/2YVSHNa
Oh blimey!
You struck me as a journalist of some moral seriousness. Is that how you see yourself?
That’s a loaded question, isn’t it, just to kick things off! How do I answer that without sounding either pretentious or faux naif?
I’ll tell you what the answer is: I’d never describe myself in those terms but I would feel very flattered if somebody else did.
You’re best known for the video clips of your LBC radio show that have gone viral on YouTube, which typically show you taking members of the public to task.2See, eg, bit.ly/2SmzC44, bit.ly/2JKgglI and bit.ly/2JPbAuM. There’s an old saying that’s attributed to Mark Twain –
‘It’s easier to fool people than it is to convince them that they’ve been fooled.’
It’s a very shrewd observation, but of course it bites both ways. Do you agonise over whether there are things that you have got wrong and you simply can’t admit it?
I change my mind, live on air,
Copyright ©damtree.pages.dev 2025