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Linnéa Rainey (also known as Nea or Néa Calard) is an Irish/Swedish Singer/Songwriter.

Origin: Northern Ireland, UK

Genres: Pop/Rock

Years Acitve: 1996 to Present

Labels: Notorious London

SkyLark Records

Loose Tie Records

Publishing: Paul Rodriguez Music

History:
She first gained notability in Eastern Europe where she guest starred on the MMS Festival in 1999 and 2000. And there she embarked on a radio and TV tour. vTv ran an hour long special on her and featured her collaboration with Slovenia’s Star Deja Mušič. Linnéa first gained recognition in the UK with her single ‘Release My Dreams’ in 1998. It was the most requested song of that period, and her second single ‘Free’ seen a radio & TV tour, including The Gerry Kelly Show and 11th hour, where they also screened the video. MMS Festival is shown throughout 8 different countries and viewed by 11 million.

SkyLark Records / SkyLark Media
Linnéa, also an artist and writer, often drew comic strips from a fantasy, schi-fi novel she has written to illustrate the lyrics to her songs on the album covers. This was picked up by Yorkshire Sport and featured weekly in a comic strip. 21CG. Best of British 2000 ‘Way up Here’ was chosen and featured on the ‘Best of British 2000” for Midem.

Children in Need
Linnéa and Deja Mušič performed a duet together during her performance for the BBC Children in Need in Darlington. Their single ‘the greatest story ever told’ was featured on the album AFHOS and signed by Tony Blair and John Prescott and was put up for auction online for charity. The Big Cheese, skater and metal magazine which prides themselves on covering only alternative music including rock, punk and metal ran a feature on Linnéa, something they rarely did if at all on pop artists. Station zero: is a collaboration between Linnéa and Menace (Michael Dennis Weeden) funkillium, doghouse, playing with new sounds mixing Pop Rock with Menace’s soul, street funk.

2008 - Present: A new album ‘Room 6’ is set for release in 2014 and the original version of Release My Dreams will be later in 2013

Discography Albums Soul Fantasy (1997) – (NA) Station Zero Room 6 (2014)

E.P.s 21CG – (discontinued)

Singles

Soul Fantasy (1997) – (NA)

Release My Dreams (1999)

Free/Way Up Here (2000)

Greatest Story (feat., Deja Music) (AFHOS) (2001)

Tuesday (2010)

Rain (2010)

I Breathe (2010)

Ordinary World (feat., the Mentalists) - (2010)

ANSTL (2012) The Menister (Menace) feat., Néa (2012)

I Did Everything (2012)

Toy Soldiers (Released 2014)

Anything (2014)

Videos:

I Did Everything (2011)

Toy Soldiers (extended video version) (2013)

All That Matters (2013)

Rain (2010)

External links. Official Website: www.neamusic.co.uk Facebook IMDB Youtube