Damien Rice

Damien Rice is an Irish singersongwriter musician and record producer Rice began his musical career as a member of the 1990s rock group Juniper who were signed to Polygram Records in 1997 The band enjoyed moderate success with a couple of single releases but a projected album floundered because of record company politics After leaving Juniper he worked as a farmer in Tuscany and busked throughout Europe before returning to Ireland in 2001 and beginning a solo career The rest of the band went on to become Bell X1