Christopher Holland is an English keyboard player, singer and songwriter. He is the younger brother of Jools Holland and twin of Richard Edward Holland. Holland took up the piano at the age of seven. Recording his first song, "It's Getting Late", when he was just twelve, he used a vintage four-track reel to reel handed down from Jools and his then band, Squeeze. By his early teens while still at school, Holland formed his own band, B Sharp, playing mainly organ and singing.

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  • Christopher Holland is an English keyboard player, singer and songwriter. He is the younger brother of Jools Holland and twin of Richard Edward Holland. Holland took up the piano at the age of seven. Recording his first song, "It's Getting Late", when he was just twelve, he used a vintage four-track reel to reel handed down from Jools and his then band, Squeeze. By his early teens while still at school, Holland formed his own band, B Sharp, playing mainly organ and singing. The band made their first television debut when they were spotted for a new show at the BBC. Holland left school at the age of 16 to tour extensively around the country for a couple of years, before being signed to Miles Copeland's I.R.S. Records label, releasing two singles: "While The Going's Good", and "Tell Me Straight". In between working on his own music he has continued to tour, record and write with various other artists including Green On Red, Squeeze, Stereophonics, Paul Weller and Paul Carrack. Holland has also played electric organ, recorded and written for Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra. 1999 saw the release of his first solo album, Cosmic Harmony Companion (on Beautiful Records BT003CD), containing some of his earliest compositions and featuring various guest musicians. A follow-up studio album Hoopatasso was released in 2002 in a limited number, which served as a taster for Brother Sun Sister Moon (BT004CD), which was issued in the summer of 2003 to critical acclaim, featuring Ash Soan on drums, Lisa Covington and Ron Box on guitars, Dave Swift on bass and Sam Brown; this was partly produced with Laurie Latham and Box. Continuing to tour throughout 2004 with his band Cosmic Harmony, as well as playing solo shows, he released a one-off project with ex-B sharp member Lisa Covington, using a wide range of vintage keyboards, entitled Butterfly Effect (2005). Between 2006 and 2007 Holland was in the recording studio, working on 13 new songs featuring Edwina Hayes on vocals and Melvyn Duffy on lap–pedal steel guitar and Ash Soan on drums. The ensuing Everything You Can Imagine Is Real was released in 2007.
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  • Christopher Holland is an English keyboard player, singer and songwriter. He is the younger brother of Jools Holland and twin of Richard Edward Holland. Holland took up the piano at the age of seven. Recording his first song, "It's Getting Late", when he was just twelve, he used a vintage four-track reel to reel handed down from Jools and his then band, Squeeze. By his early teens while still at school, Holland formed his own band, B Sharp, playing mainly organ and singing.
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