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Heather Nova, (born Heather Allison Frith, on July 6, 1967 in Bermuda) is a singer-songwriter and poet. Known for her appealing voice and expressive lyrics, she has released seven full-length albums, with hit singles in England and the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:fxfrxqe5ldte|title=All Music Guide: Heather Nova|publisher=All Music Guide|accessdate=2008-05-16</ref> She has also toured extensively.
Biography
Heather Nova was born on July 6, 1967 in her home country, Bermuda. Her mother is Canada|Canadian, and her father is a native Bermudian. Nova spent most of her childhood with her family (including one sister, television reporter Susannah, and one brother, reggae singer Mishka) on a 40 ft (12 m) boat built by her father, where the Friths spent most of 1970s and part of the 1980s, sailing throughout the Atlantic and Caribbean waters and coasts.
Nova started playing guitar and violin at an early age, writing her first song when she was 12. Her family relocated to New England where she attended the Putney School in Putney, Vermont|Putney, Vermont. Following her graduation in 1983, Nova enrolled at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where she majored in film in 1989. She also sat in on poetry classes and wrote music to go with her student films. Later, she would forego film study to focus on creating mu... read all