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Richard Hawley

{{Short description|English musician (born 1967)}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| background = person

| name = Richard Hawley

| image = Richard Hawley on stage, 2013.JPG

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| caption = Hawley performing in 2013

| birth_name = Richard Willis Hawley

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|1|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Pitsmoor, Sheffield, England

| instrument = {{flatlist|

  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
  • organ
  • lyre
  • drums
  • percussion

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| genre = {{flatlist|

  • Indie pop{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/richard-hawley-mn0000346684/biography | title=Richard Hawley | website=AllMusic | access-date=26 February 2016 | author=Hage, Erik}}
  • baroque pop{{cite web | url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/reviews/albums/richard-hawley-standing-at-the-skys-edge | title=Richard Hawley – Standing at the Sky's Edge | work=The Skinny | date=1 May 2012 | access-date=26 February 2016 | author=McCall, Chris}}
  • rockabilly{{cite web | url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/richard-hawley-hollow-meadows-jlnd5lh0k08 | title=Richard Hawley: Hollow Meadows | work=The Times | date=11 September 2015 | access-date=26 February 2016 | author=Hodgkinson, Will}}
  • easy listening{{cite web|url=http://www.rockfeedback.com/magazine/detail/richard-hawley-coles-corner-mute |title=Review – Richard Hawley – Coles Corner (Mute) |publisher=RockFeedback |date=15 October 2010 |first = Kevin|last = Molloy|access-date=22 May 2012}}

}}

| years_active = 1989–present

| label = Setanta, Mute, Parlophone, Live Here Now

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| website = {{URL|richardhawley.co.uk}}

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Richard Willis Hawley{{cite web|title = BMI {{!}} Repertoire Search|url = http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyid=12706206&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160108200235/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyid=12706206&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID|url-status = dead|archive-date = 8 January 2016|website = repertoire.bmi.com|access-date = 26 September 2015|quote = Entry for 'Kindness Ain't Made of Sand' on BMI has his full name listed.}} (born 17 January 1967) is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer. After his first band Treebound Story (formed while he was still at school) broke up, Hawley found success as a member of Britpop band Longpigs in the 1990s.{{cite web|title = Poems In People: An Interview With Richard Hawley|url = http://thequietus.com/articles/16507-richard-hawley-interview|access-date = 26 September 2015|date = 20 October 2014|website = thequietus.com|first = Julian|last = Marszalek}} He played with Pulp, led by his friend Jarvis Cocker, as a touring musician for a short time.{{cite web|title = Richard Hawley on beating drugs and bullies|url = https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list/profile/article/richard-hawley-on-beating-drugs-and-bullies-ndkv33hr3bx|access-date = 26 September 2015|website = The Times|publisher = Times Newspapers Ltd.|date = 14 July 2012|first = Amy|last = Raphael|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150928140653/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/music/article3473526.ece|archive-date = 28 September 2015}} [http://amyraphael.com/current-work/richard-hawley-on-beating-drugs-and-bullies.html Alt URL] As a solo musician, Hawley has released eight studio albums. He has been nominated for a Mercury prize twice and once for a Brit Award. He has collaborated with Lisa Marie Presley, Shakespears Sister, Arctic Monkeys, Manic Street Preachers, Elbow, Duane Eddy and Paul Weller.

Early life

Born in Sheffield, Hawley grew up with two sisters in a working-class area of the city. He was born with a cleft palate, which required numerous operations. Both of his parents were musicians; his father Dave Hawley was a guitarist with a number of local bands (on his death, the Sheffield Star called him a "Sheffield music legend"),The Sheffield Star, Saturday 10 February 2007 and his mother Lynne a singer.{{cite news|title = Obituary: Dave Hawley|url = https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/mar/20/obituaries.mainsection|website = the Guardian|access-date = 29 September 2015|first = J. P.|last = Bean| date=20 March 2007 }} They divorced when he was 16 years old. He is a lifelong supporter of local football club Sheffield Wednesday.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50856019 |title=Premier League festive predictions: Lawro v singer-songwriter and Sheffield Wednesday fan Richard Hawley |publisher=BBC Sport |date=24 December 2019|access-date=30 January 2021}} He noted that "I always wrote songs since childhood" and realising that "you could actually make something up of your own was quite a big one then". He attended Hucklow Middle School together with future Pulp bassist Steve Mackey, and passed his O-levels. Hawley briefly worked at the local HMV.

While still at school, Hawley formed the Treebound Story and at the age of 19 recorded a Peel Session together with the band. Following the band's split, Hawley briefly formed the Lovebirds releasing a single record in 1992 before being recruited to be guitarist in the Longpigs in 1993. Hawley was a member of the Longpigs until the end of the decade receiving critical attention and some, but limited, commercial success during the late 1990s Britpop era. As a member of the Longpigs, Hawley released two albums, The Sun Is Often Out and Mobile Home. After the demise of the band, he joined Pulp as a touring guitarist while also working as a session musician. During his time with both bands he was able to "quietly hone" his songwriting skills, citing that "I was never really very good about bleating on about being a songwriter".

Solo career

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= Setanta (2001–2004) =

Impressed by a home demo of songs written through the late 1990s, both Jarvis Cocker and Mackey urged Hawley to record the material. He used some left-over studio time to demo material and to experiment. Pointing out that "I just wanted to make something gentle for myself – I never expected it to be released". He recorded a song per day, recording most of the instruments himself "with a boom mike in the middle so I could walk between instruments – I mixed it in my head".{{cite web|title = Time Has Made A Change: Richard Hawley on his debut album|url = http://www.qthemusic.com/6323/richard-hawley-i/|website = Qthemusic.com|access-date = 28 September 2015|date = 27 October 2014|publisher = Q Magazine|first = Richard|last = Hawley|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150930000241/http://www.qthemusic.com/6323/richard-hawley-i/|archive-date = 30 September 2015|df = dmy-all}} His eponymous debut was a mini-album that featured seven songs and released in April 2001 through Setanta Records.{{cite web|title = Richard Hawley - Richard Hawley|url = http://www.discogs.com/Richard-Hawley-Richard-Hawley/release/1331841|website = Discogs| date=23 April 2001 |access-date = 26 September 2015}} It was supported by the single "Coming Home".{{cite web|title = Richard Hawley - Coming Home|url = http://www.discogs.com/Richard-Hawley-Coming-Home/release/1430538|website = Discogs| date=16 July 2001 |access-date = 26 September 2015}} While Hawley played "90% of the stuff" he was assisted by former Longpigs drummer Andy Cook and Colin Elliot, who became his long-term producer.{{cite web|title = 365 Artists {{!}} Colin Elliot|url = http://www.365artists.com/producers/colin-elliot.php#.VgaiJtJVhBc|website = 365artists.com|access-date = 26 September 2015|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150927012713/http://www.365artists.com/producers/colin-elliot.php#.VgaiJtJVhBc|archive-date = 27 September 2015|df = dmy-all}}

Hawley later commented that "I think with anybody's early stuff you can batter it and take things apart. [With] doing those early records I was trying to get back to a way of being creative with recording rather than taking this dogmatic approach to it". He admitted that he did not get "it right every time but I got what I wanted to achieve. It was to try and find something in the song. And also, with those early records, there was no money". Clash Magazine described it as "a rather brief burst of seven mid-paced, ’50s-flecked moments of jangle. Listening back now, it’s easy to spot the early signs of the grandeur that was to come, especially on standout "Sunlight" amongst these tentative 22 and a half minutes". The cover of the album was shot in front of a bingo hall in Cleethorpes.

In 2001, Late Night Final, named after the cry of vendors selling the Sheffield Star evening newspaper on the streets of the city,{{cite web|url=http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/live/richard-hawley-city-hall-sheffield-021012-111102 |title=Richard Hawley - City Hall, Sheffield 02/10/12 |publisher=The Line Of Best Fit |date=4 October 2012 |access-date=10 May 2014}} was released to positive reviews from the press. Hawley later explained that prior to going into the sessions "all I'd got was the riff to "Baby, You're My Light" and that the majority of songs were written during the sessions. As an example he cited "The Nights Are Cold" that was done in one take after Cooke asked "look, we've got a gig tonight, are we doing this or what?". Clash magazine called it "a remarkably assured, often truly gorgeous, collection of warmly evocative lullabies" singling out the songs "Baby, You’re My Light" and "The Nights Are Cold" as "mesmerising". The album was produced by Alan Smythe.{{cite web|title = Guest Column - Time Has Made A Change: Richard Hawley on Late Night Final|url = http://www.qthemusic.com/6335/richard-hawley-ii/|website = Qthemusic.com|access-date = 28 September 2015|date = 29 October 2014|last = Hawley|first = Richard|publisher = Q Magazine|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150930014542/http://www.qthemusic.com/6335/richard-hawley-ii/|archive-date = 30 September 2015|df = dmy-all}}

Two years later Hawley released Lowedges, named after a suburb of the city. The NME called Lowedges the "first great album of 2003"{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/richard-hawley|title=Richard Hawley Biography | location=London | work=The Guardian | date=24 November 2011}} and it topped an end-of-the-year poll held by Virgin Radio. Of the two albums, he later stated that "as those three records progressed you can see the band thing taking over more and more. By the time you get to Lowedges there's less of me playing everything and there's more of the guys. I was determined for it to be very ragged-arsed and not to be really polished and produced".

= Mute (2005–2011) =

After leaving Setanta Records in 2004, Hawley signed to Mute Records, a division of EMI. Legal wrangling delayed Coles Corner, Hawley's third album, until September 2005. Again, Hawley mined the theme of his home city, this time referencing the location where courting lovers meet. Coles Corner eventually gained a nomination for the Mercury Prize in 2006. Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys, whose debut album won the prize, exclaimed "Someone call 999, Richard Hawley's been robbed!"{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdtvpQEvK7A |title=Arctic Monkeys - Mercury Music Speech |publisher=YouTube |date=14 December 2009 |access-date=15 October 2015}}

Hawley's 2007 album Lady's Bridge (again named with a Sheffield reference,{{cite web|author=Lady's Bridge |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=sv&geocode=&q=lady's+bridge,+sheffield,+uk&ie=UTF8&ll=53.385766,-1.464137&spn=0.00206,0.005021&t=k&z=18&iwloc=addr&om=1 |title=lady's bridge, sheffield, uk - Google Maps |publisher=Google Maps |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=10 May 2014}} after a bridge in the centre of the city) was released in the United Kingdom on 20 August 2007. He performed a 16-date tour during September 2007 to promote the album. Merchandising on the tour included T-shirts and posters, but also special edition bottles of Sheffield-made Henderson's Relish. The same year, Hawley's father died after a long illness. Setanta re-released his self-titled debut in 2007 extending it with five additional tracks.{{cite web|title = Richard Hawley - Richard Hawley|url = http://www.discogs.com/Richard-Hawley-Richard-Hawley/release/1881125|website = Discogs|access-date = 26 September 2015}} He later commented that the release "altered the flow, there's a track on it called 'Troublesome Waters' which is a cover of a Howard Seratt song and it's the only time me and my dad featured together on a published recording. He plays rhythm guitar".

On 14 January 2008, Hawley was nominated for his first solo Brit Award for Best British Male Performer.[http://re.mixedinsheffield.co.uk/richard-hawley/] {{dead link|date=May 2014}} Hawley was a headlining act at the 2008 Festival Internacional de Benicàssim in Spain. Hawley produced, with Colin Elliot, and contributed two songs to the album Made in Sheffield, a compilation of songs by the Sheffield-based songwriters for Tony Christie.

Truelove's Gutter, Hawley's fifth studio album, was released on Mute Records on 21 September 2009. The album won the Mojo record of the year.{{cite web|url=http://www.umusicpub.co.uk/en-GB/Artists/R/Richard-Hawley.aspx |title=Richard Hawley | Universal Music Publishing UK |publisher=Umusicpub.co.uk |access-date=10 May 2014}}

His song "Don't Get Hung Up in Your Soul" was chosen as the Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week for 17 November 2009.{{cite web|last=Heringer |first=Mark |url=http://www.mark-heringer.com/2009/11/starbucks-itunes-pick-of-week-richard.html |title=Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week - Richard Hawley - Don't Get Hung Up In Your Soul |publisher=Mark-heringer.com |date=17 November 2009 |access-date=1 April 2012}} and "Open Up Your Door" featured as the soundtrack song to the Häagen-Dazs ice cream TV commercial in the UK.

Hawley's track "Tonight The Streets Are Ours" was chosen as the title track for the Oscar nominated 2010 Banksy film Exit Through the Gift Shop which premièred at the Sundance Film Festival on 24 January 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.ifc.com/blogs/indie-eye/2010/01/exit-through-the-gift-shop.php |title="Exit Through The Gift Shop": It's a madhouse, this modern life. – IFC |publisher=Ifc.com |date=27 January 2010 |access-date=10 May 2014}} This song regained popularity in 2022 when it was featured in an ad for Royal Enfield motorcycles.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTzk_SyOgBQ | title=Royal Enfield Hunter 350 | A Shot of Motorcycling | website=YouTube | date=7 August 2022 }} His 2011 song "There's a Storm Coming" was used at the end of the film Brighton Rock.

"You And I" by Richard Hawley and The Death Ramps (aka Arctic Monkeys), was released as the B-side of the Arctic Monkeys' single "Black Treacle" on 23 January 2012.

= Parlophone (2012–2015) =

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Standing at the Sky's Edge, the sixth solo album, was released in the UK on 7 May 2012 through Parlophone. It was supported by the release of four singles, "Leave Your Body Behind You", "Down in the Woods", "Seek It" and "Don't Stare at the Sun". The four singles were collected on vinyl for the Singles Club box set.{{cite web|title = Richard Hawley - The Singles Club I-IV|url = http://www.discogs.com/Richard-Hawley-The-Singles-Club-I-IV-/release/4336623|website = Discogs|access-date = 29 September 2015}} During the European tour in support of the album, Hawley broke his leg and had to perform in a wheelchair. In September 2012, Standing at the Sky's Edge was nominated for the 2012 Mercury Awards.{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/sep/12/mercury-prize-2012-nominations | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Tim | last=Jonze | title=Plan B and Richard Hawley lead Mercury prize 2012 nominations | date=12 September 2012}} Hawley also featured in a BBC6 Music live broadcast with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, which took place at the Magna Science Park, Rotherham.{{cite web|title = Richard Hawley: Real Steel|url = http://www.m-magazine.co.uk/features/richard-hawley-real-steel/|access-date = 26 September 2015|date = 24 December 2012|website = m-magazine.co.uk|first = Christopher|last = Barrett|publisher = Performing Rights Society (PRS)}} In October 2013 he joined Cocker and Kami Thompson on the Bright Phoebus Revisited UK Tour.{{cite web|title = Bright Pheobus Revisited UK Tour|url = http://www.folkradio.co.uk/2013/07/bright-pheobus-revisited-uk-tour/|access-date = 28 September 2015|date = 9 July 2013|website = folkradio.co.uk|first = Alex|last = Gallacher}}{{cite news|title = Bright Phoebus: the story of a lost British folk classic|url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/10/bright-phoebus-waterson-toured-hawley-cocker-album|website = the Guardian|access-date = 28 September 2015|first = Jude|last = Rogers| date=10 October 2013 }} Hawley also provided vocals for the title track of the Manic Street Preachers album, Rewind The Film, released in September 2013.{{cite news|title = Manic Street Preachers feat Richard Hawley – Rewind The Film: New music|url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/jul/08/manic-street-preachers-richard-hawley-rewind-the-film|website = the Guardian|access-date = 28 September 2015|first = Michael|last = Cragg| date=8 July 2013 }}

In October 2014, his previous record company, Setanta, re-released the first three albums both on vinyl and CD.{{cite web|title = Richard Hawley: The Complete Guide|url = http://www.clashmusic.com/features/richard-hawley-the-complete-guide|access-date = 26 September 2015|website = clashmusic.com|publisher = Clash Magazine|date = 27 October 2014|first = Gareth|last = James}} He also contributed a number of songs to the soundtrack of the documentary film Love Is All in 2014.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/feb/15/love-is-all-review-kim-longinotto-richard-hawley|title=Love is All review – a changing tide of social attitudes|last=Kermode|first=Mark|date=15 February 2015|work=The Observer|access-date=28 September 2015|issn=0029-7712}} In September 2015, Hawley released his seventh album Hollow Meadows.{{cite web|title = Richard Hawley - Hollow Meadows - Pre-Order Now|url = http://richardhawley.co.uk|website = Richard Hawley|access-date = 11 July 2015}}

= BMG Rights Management (2019–present) =

On 31 May 2019, Hawley revealed his eighth studio album Further,{{cite web|title = Richard Hawley: The Complete Guide|url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/may/31/richard-hawley-further-review|access-date = 11 October 2019|website = The Guardian|date = 31 May 2019 |first = Dave|last = Simpson}} released by BMG Rights Management.{{cite web|title = Richard Hawley announces new album 'Further'|url = http://www.gigslutz.co.uk/richard-hawley-announces-new-album-further/|access-date = 11 October 2019|website = gigslutz.co.uk|publisher = Gigslutz|date = 31 May 2019}} A cover version of Bob Dylan's "Ballad of a Thin Man" was released as a download alongside three other singles in promotion of this album.

A musical based on the album Standing at the Sky’s Edge premiered at the Sheffield Crucible Theatre in March 2019. It moved to London in February 2023 at the Olivier Theatre and subsequently transferred to the Gillian Lynne Theatre in the West End in February 2024.{{Cite news|work=The Guardian |date=14 February 2023 |access-date = 27 March 2023|title=Richard Hawley pulls on the heartstrings in his Sheffield opus |author= Akbar, Arifa|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2023/feb/14/standing-at-the-skys-edge-review-richard-hawley-pulls-on-the-heartstrings-in-his-sheffield-opus}} It won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical for 2023 and Hawley won award for best original score alongside collaborator Tom Deering.{{cite web|url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/year/olivier-awards-2023/|title=Olivier Awards 2023|publisher=Official London Theatre|accessdate=1 September 2024}}

In 2023 a compilation album, Hawley's first, was announced, titled Now Then.{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Damian |title=Richard Hawley announces 'Now Then: The Very Best Of' compilation |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/richard-hawley-announces-now-then-the-very-best-of-compilation-3494740 |website=NME |access-date=10 May 2024 |date=7 September 2023}} The album was both a 22-track double vinyl and 32-track double CD album featuring Hawley's own selection of key tracks and singles from throughout his solo career, including some songs re-recorded especially for this album.{{cite web |last1=Corbridge |first1=Ian |title=Richard Hawley: Now Then – The Very Best Of Richard Hawley – Album review |url=https://louderthanwar.com/richard-hawley-now-then-the-very-best-of-richard-hawley-album-review/ |website=Louder Than War |access-date=10 May 2024 |date=3 October 2023}}

Hawley's tenth studio album In This City They Call You Love was released in May 2024, and was preceded by three promotional singles: "Two for His Heels", "Heavy Rain", and "Prism in Jeans".{{cite web |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |title=Richard Hawley announces new album In This City They Call You Love, shares cinematic single 'Two For His Heels' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/richard-hawley-announces-new-album-in-this-city-they-call-you-love-releases-new-single-two-for-his-heels-listen-3590588 |website=NME |access-date=10 May 2024 |date=21 February 2024}}{{cite web |title=Richard Hawley reveals second track Heavy Rain |url=https://www.frontview-magazine.be/en/news/richard-hawley-reveals-second-track-heavy-rain |website=FrontView Magazine |access-date=10 May 2024 |date=1 April 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Trendell |first1=Andrew |title=Richard Hawley: "Rock'n'roll is very much a middle class thing now. It does piss me off" |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/richard-hawley-rocknroll-is-very-much-a-middle-class-thing-now-it-does-piss-me-off-3754016 |website=NME |access-date=10 May 2024 |date=7 May 2024}}

Session work

Hawley has also worked with several musicians, including Hank Marvin, A Girl Called Eddy, and Jarvis Cocker (and his Relaxed Muscle project). He played the guitar solo on All Saints' cover version of "Under the Bridge". On working with others, Hawley noted that he has always been asked to and he likes "working with other people because you can get too absorbed in your own little bubble".

In 2002, Hawley produced the debut single "So Young" by Sheffield band Hoggboy, co-produced the band's two albums Or 8? and Seven Miles Of Love, co-wrote second album track "Hello",{{cite web|author=Alex McCann |url=http://designermagazine.tripod.com/HoggboyINT1.html |title=Hoggboy - Interview @ Designer Magazine |publisher=Designermagazine.tripod.com |access-date=10 May 2014}} and also played on a cover version of Little Walter's "Come Back Baby",{{cite web|url=http://hoggboy.com/news/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031227223836/http://hoggboy.com/news/ |archive-date=27 December 2003 |title=News |date=8 October 2003 |access-date=10 May 2014}} which was released as a B-side to the single "Believe".{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Hoggboy-Believe/release/1354500 |title=Hoggboy - Believe (Vinyl) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=10 May 2014}} Hawley also produced material by lead singer Tom Hogg's next band The Hosts.{{cite web |url=http://richardhawley.co.uk/richards-collaborators/ |title=Richard's Collaborators — Richard Hawley |publisher=Richardhawley.co.uk |access-date=10 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224054518/http://richardhawley.co.uk/richards-collaborators/ |archive-date=24 February 2014 }}

Praise from R.E.M.'s Mike Mills led to Hawley being approached to support the group on several concert dates in 2005. After contributing to Nancy Sinatra's 2004 self-titled album, Hawley supported her on a European tour in 2005 and duetted with her on several of the tour's concerts.

Hawley provided vocals for "Bad Woman", a B-side to Arctic Monkeys' single "Teddy Picker", released on 3 December 2007. He also co-wrote and provided vocals and guitar to the song "The Fix" on Elbow's Mercury Prize-winning 2008 album The Seldom Seen Kid. Hawley also performed the song with the band at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2008, on The Culture Show in June 2008, at Elbow's homecoming gigs in Manchester in 2008, Wembley Arena in March 2009, Blackpool's Empress Ballroom in March 2009 and at the MEN Arena in September 2009. He reprised his collaboration with Elbow on 17 January 2009 for a special recording of The Seldom Seen Kid with the BBC Concert Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios, which was subsequently released as a special edition CD and DVD set titled The Seldom Seen Kid Live at Abbey Road in March 2009. He appeared with Elbow on 19 March 2011 while the band were in Sheffield to perform "The Fix" during their UK tour.

Hawley's song "Baby, You're My Light" was included on the CD soundtrack for the 2008 film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0981227/soundtrack |publisher=IMDb.com|title=Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist soundtrack (2008)|access-date=10 May 2014}} Hawley himself made an appearance in the 2007 film Flick.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0950749/ |publisher=IMDb.com|title=Flick (2008)|access-date=10 May 2014}}

In October 2009, Hawley was joined on stage by Lisa Marie Presley in London for an encore; she sang vocals on a song the pair had been working on called "Weary".{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/richard-hawley/47755 |title=Richard Hawley joined onstage by Lisa Marie Presley in London | News |publisher=Nme.Com |date=9 October 2009 |access-date=1 April 2012}} The two embarked on a song writing partnership in which Presley wrote the lyrics and Hawley the music.{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/6333549/Elvis-Presleys-grandson-Benjamin-Presley-Keough-pictured-outside-London-nightclub.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018045834/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/6333549/Elvis-Presleys-grandson-Benjamin-Presley-Keough-pictured-outside-London-nightclub.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=18 October 2009 | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=Elvis Presley's grandson Benjamin Presley Keough pictured outside London nightclub | first=Alastair | last=Jamieson | date=15 October 2009 | access-date=22 May 2010}} Her album, Storm & Grace, was released in 2012 and included the track "Weary" featuring Hawley.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/exclusive-lisa-marie-presley-talks-about-turning-to-her-roots-for-new-album-20120315 |title=Exclusive: Lisa Marie Presley Returns to Her Roots for New Album |magazine=Rolling Stone Magazine |access-date=18 March 2012 |date=15 March 2012}}

Hawley worked again with Sheffield band Arctic Monkeys in January 2012, providing vocals for the "Black Treacle"'s B-side, "You And I", which was released on 23 January that year. The band usually used the alias of the Death Ramps when working in collaboration with Hawley.

In 2024, Richard Hawley featured on lap steel guitar on the track Woke Up. Which was written by Paul Weller and was on Paul's album 66.

Style

Hawley's inspiration has largely been found in his local Sheffield and 1960s rockabilly, he also stating that "I've only ever wanted to make music that's soulful, that has some depth and heart in it." From early on in his career he was "really obsessed with things like Chess Records, Sun Records, the Bihari brothers and those records of that time were all done in the blink of an eye and it was about capturing a moment, and there was a degree of musical alchemy in all that." Clash magazine noted the "Orbison and Walker comparisons" attributed to Hawley's early work. He described himself as "a jack of all trades" when commenting on his career as both a (session) musician and a songwriter, describing them as "running parallel". The covers and names of his albums often reference his home-town: "I know what it's like to live here in Sheffield and therefore it seems perfectly logical to write about it."

Discography

=Studio albums=

=Mini albums=

  • Richard Hawley (2001)

=Live albums=

  • Live at the Devil's Arse (2009)
  • Richard Hawley Live at the Devil's Arse 28 April 2017 (2018)
  • Richard Hawley Live at Halifax Piece Hall (2021)

=Compilation albums=

  • Now Then: The Very Best of Richard Hawley (2023){{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/richard-hawley-announces-now-then-the-very-best-of-compilation-3494896|title=Richard Hawley announces Now Then: The Very Best Of compilation|website=NME|last=Jones|first=Damian|date=7 September 2023|access-date=24 October 2023}}

=Film scores=

=Singles and EPs=

  • "Coming Home" (16 July 2001)
  • "Baby, You're My Light" (4 February 2002) (UK No. 81)
  • "That's Alright Mama" (10 June 2002)
  • "Run for Me" (12 May 2003) (UK No. 186)
  • "The Ocean" (22 August 2005) (UK No. 102)
  • "Coles Corner" (31 October 2005) (UK No. 146)
  • "Just Like the Rain" (23 January 2006) (UK No. 94)
  • "Born Under a Bad Sign" (20 March 2006) (UK No. 81)
  • "Coles Corner" (re-issue) (12 June 2006) (UK No. 136)
  • "Hotel Room" (4 September 2006) (UK No. 64)
  • "Silent Night" (12 December 2006)
  • "Tonight The Streets Are Ours" (6 August 2007) (UK No. 40)
  • "Serious" (15 October 2007) (UK No. 83)
  • "Valentine" (28 January 2008) (UK No. 134)
  • Lady's Bridge EP (26 May 2008)
  • "For Your Lover, Give Some Time" (10 August 2009)
  • "Open Up Your Door" (30 November 2009)
  • False Lights from the Land EP featuring Smoke Fairies (7 June 2010)
  • "Leave Your Body Behind You" (2 April 2012){{cite web | title = UK Chartlog: H | url = http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_H.HTM | publisher = zobbel.de |access-date=4 May 2009 }}
  • "Down in the Woods" (15 July 2012)
  • "Seek It" (30 September 2012)
  • "Don’t Stare at the Sun" (25 February 2013)
  • "Rewind the Film" (Manic Street Preachers feat. Richard Hawley) (8 July 2013)
  • "Rollin' and Tumblin'" (19 April 2014)
  • "Heart of Oak" (4 September 2015)
  • "I Still Want You" (6 October 2015)
  • "Funny Cow" (20 April 2018)
  • "Off My Mind" (6 March 2019)
  • "My Little Treasures" (12 April 2019)
  • "Alone" (19 April 2019)
  • "Ballad of a Thin Man" (20 September 2019)
  • "Not The Only Road" (14 June 2023)

=Treebound Story singles=

  • "My Life's Example" (1988) (Fon Records)
  • "Swimming in the Heart of Jane" (1989) (Native Records 12NTV 40)
  • "Take It" (1989) (Native Records 12NTV 43)

=Credits=

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style="width:1em;"| Year

! Album

! Artist

! Details

! Ref.

1996

|The Sun Is Often Out

| Longpigs

| As band member
Vocals, guitar

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web |title=Richard Hawley |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/richard-hawley-mn0000346684/credits |website=AllMusic |access-date=13 October 2018}}

1997

|Life thru a Lens

| Robbie Williams

| Co-writer of "Clean"

| style="text-align:center;"|

1998

|Manna

| The Spokesman

| Guitar and harmonica

| style="text-align:center;"|

1999

|Mobile Home

| Longpigs

| As band member
Co-writer, vocals, guitar

| style="text-align:center;"|

rowspan="4" | 2001

|Richard Hawley

| Himself

| Mini album
Writer, producer, vocals, lap steel and twelve-string guitars

| style="text-align:center;"|

We Love Life

| Pulp

| Lap steel and twelve-string guitars

| style="text-align:center;"|

Late Night Final

| Himself

| Writer, co-producer, vocals, guitars, harmonica, piano,
organ, glockenspiel, drums, mixing

| style="text-align:center;"|

Loud Like Nature

| Add N to (X)

| Guitar on "Sheez Mine"

| style="text-align:center;"|

rowspan="3" | 2002

|Len Parrot's Memorial Lift

| Baxter Dury

| Guitar on "Beneath The Underdog"

| style="text-align:center;"|

"Bad Cover Version"

| Pulp

| Guitar on "Disco 2000" (Nick Cave version)

| style="text-align:center;"|

Total Lee! The Songs of Lee Hazlewood

| Various artists

| Guitar, keyboards on "The Cheat" (with Jarvis Cocker)

| style="text-align:center;"|

rowspan="3" | 2003

|The Last Great Wilderness

| The Pastels

| Soundtrack album
Guitar

| style="text-align:center;"|

Lowedges

| Himself

| Writer, co-producer, vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, glockenspiel,
vibraphone, lyre, drums, percussion, mixing

| style="text-align:center;"|

A Heavy Nite With...

| Relaxed Muscle

| Credited as "Wayne Marsden"
Guitar

| style="text-align:center;"|

rowspan="5" | 2004

|Neveroddoreven

| I Monster

| rowspan="2" | Guitar

| style="text-align:center;"|

Much More Than Much Love

| Finley Quaye

| style="text-align:center;"|

A Girl Called Eddy

| A Girl Called Eddy

| Co-producer, backing vocals, guitars, keyboards, glockenspiel,
vibraphone, lyre

| style="text-align:center;"|

Nancy Sinatra

| Nancy Sinatra

| Guitar, harmonica, lyre, vibraphone

| style="text-align:center;"|

Seven Miles Of Love

| Hoggboy

| Co-writer, additional producer, guitar

| style="text-align:center;"|

rowspan="3" | 2005

|Coles Corner

| Himself

| Writer, co-producer, vocals, guitars, keyboards, piano,
glockenspiel, vibraphone, lyre, drums, percussion

| style="text-align:center;"|

The Sweet Escape

| Gwen Stefani

| Guitar on "Wonderful Life"

| style="text-align:center;"|

Heights soundtrack

| Various artists

| Producer

| style="text-align:center;"|

rowspan="5" | 2006

|Poison Sweet Madeira

| Sophie Solomon

| Vocals, percussion

| style="text-align:center;"|

Moving Out to the Country

| Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra

| Vocals on "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"

| style="text-align:center;"|

Jarvis

| Jarvis Cocker

| Guitars, background vocals, piano, lyre, celeste

| style="text-align:center;"|

Stephen Singleton

| Stephen Singleton

| Harp

| style="text-align:center;"|

The Silk Ripped Dress

| Chicken Legs Weaver

| Guitar on "Monday Man"

| style="text-align:center;"|

rowspan="3" | 2007

|Lady's Bridge

| Himself

| Writer, co-producer, vocals, guitars, keyboards, piano,
glockenspiel, vibraphone, lyre, drums, percussion

| style="text-align:center;"|

Moving Out to the Country

| Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra

| Vocals on "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"

| style="text-align:center;"|

"Teddy Picker"

| Arctic Monkeys

| Vocals on "Bad Woman"

| style="text-align:center;"|

rowspan="2" | 2008

|The Seldom Seen Kid

| Elbow

| Co-writer, guitar, vocals on "The Fix"

| style="text-align:center;"|

Made in Sheffield

| Tony Christie

| Co-producer, guitars, bass, background vocals, piano,
lyre, autoharp

| style="text-align:center;"|

rowspan="5" | 2009

|Electric Butterfly

| Sally Doherty

| Guitar on "Something More", vocals on "Milk And Honey"

| style="text-align:center;"|

Truelove's Gutter

| Himself

| Writer, co-producer, vocals, guitars, bass, percussion

| style="text-align:center;"|

Further Complications

| Jarvis Cocker

| Guitar

| style="text-align:center;"|

Live at the Devil's Arse

| Himself

| Live album

| style="text-align:center;"|

Broken

| Soulsavers

| Co-writer, vocals on "Shadows Fall"

| style="text-align:center;"|

2010

|Wake Up the Nation

| Paul Weller

| Remix of "Andromeda" (deluxe edition)

| style="text-align:center;"|

2011

|Road Trip

| Duane Eddy

| Co-writer (four tracks), co-producer, mixing

| style="text-align:center;"|

rowspan="5" | 2012

|Storm & Grace

| Lisa Marie Presley

| Co-writer (three tracks)

| style="text-align:center;"|

See

| Pete Williams

| Guitar

| style="text-align:center;"|

Standing at the Sky's Edge

| Himself

| Writer, co-producer, vocals, guitars

| style="text-align:center;"|

"Black Treacle"

| Arctic Monkeys

| Co-writer, vocals, guitar on "You and I"

| style="text-align:center;"|

"Time Doesn't Matter"

|The Cuckoo Clocks

|Co-writer

|{{Cite web |title=The Madness of Order, by The Cuckoo Clocks |url=https://thecuckooclocks.bandcamp.com/album/the-madness-of-order |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=The Cuckoo Clocks |language=en}}

rowspan="3" | 2013

|Rewind the Film

| Manic Street Preachers

| Vocals, guitar on "Rewind the Film"

| style="text-align:center;"|

The Conversation

| Texas

| Co-writer (seven tracks)

| style="text-align:center;"|

Vagrant Stanzas

| Martin Simpson

| Producer

| style="text-align:center;"|

2014

|Love Is All

| Himself

| Soundtrack
Writer, producer, vocals, instrumentation

| style="text-align:center;"|

2015

|Hollow Meadows

| Himself

| Writer, co-producer, vocals, guitars, lyre

| style="text-align:center;"|

rowspan="3" | 2018

|Richard Hawley Live at the Devil's
Arse 28 April 2017

| Himself

| Live album

| style="text-align:center;"|

Funny Cow

| Himself

| Soundtrack
Writer, producer, vocals, guitar

| style="text-align:center;"|

True Meanings

| Paul Weller

| Remix of "The Soul Searchers" (deluxe edition)

| style="text-align:center;"|

2019

|Further

| Himself

| Writer, vocals, guitars

| style="text-align:center;"|

2021

|Hi

| Texas

| Co-writer (five tracks)

| style="text-align:center;"|

2023

|Asteroid City (Original Soundtrack)

|Various artists

|Co-writer (two tracks)

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web |title=Asteroid City (Original Soundtrack) by Various Artists |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/asteroid-city-original-soundtrack/1692994044 |website=Apple Music |date=23 June 2023}}

References

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External links

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  • {{Official website|http://www.richardhawley.co.uk|Richard Hawley}} – official site
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  • [http://richardhawleyforum.co.uk Hawleyboard Online Community] – official message board where Hawley is a regular contributor
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120221221653/http://mog.com/Band_of_the_Day/blog/1556266 MOG Review]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20081122020226/http://www.nativerecords.co.uk/ Treebound story]
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