Twin Peaks mania descended on the United Kingdom when the BBC2 began airing David Lynch and Mark Frost’s wonderful and strange show on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 1990. Britain immediately fell in love with the dreamy music created by Angelo Badalamenti and Julee Cruise. “The Independent’s” long time music critic Andy Gill spoke with the musicians…
Julee Cruise appeared as the Girl Singer in the Twin Peaks pilot episode that aired on April 8, 1990. Her performance sparked a renewed interest in her freshman album, “Floating Into The Night.” Many months passed until she returned to The Roadhouse stage in the highly-anticipated, David Lynch-directed episode 2.007 that aired on Nov. 10, 1990….
Interest in Julee Cruise’s first album “Floating Into The Night” grew exponentially following the success of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks. The album was originally released on Sept. 12, 1989 but once audiences heard her music featured during the show’s first season, she became the talk of the town. On June 17, 1990, former…
The world was first introduced to Julee Cruise when she performed as the “Girl Singer” in the pilot episode of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks. As part of Julee in June on Twin Peaks Blog, here is a look at her brief but memorable performance at The Roadhouse.
I recently shared how Julee Cruise’s first single from her “Floating Into The Night” album was ‘Rockin’ Back Inside My Heart,” a modern song with a nod to the 1950s that famously played in Twin Peaks episode 2.007. A video for the song would begin playing on VH-1 in North America around Dec. 22, 1989, followed…
Did you know that Julee Cruise’s first single from her 1989 “Floating Into the Night” album was not the main theme to Twin Peaks set to vocals? Her iconic song “Falling” would be released on a single on June 12, 1990 following a last minute performance on Saturday Night Live on May 12 and continued excitement…
At the end of April 1991, Star Pics, Inc of West Bloomfield, Michigan released “Twin Peaks Collectible CartArt trading cards.” David Lynch and Mark Frost granted an official license to create these baseball-like cards based on characters, places and icons from the show. While I’m planning a longer feature on this iconic card set, I’m…
The North Bend Theatre was near capacity and fans were patiently waiting for Julee Cruise to take the stage during the 2016 Twin Peaks Festival, a former yearly celebration of Twin Peaks in and around North Bend, Washington held between 1993-2018. But something was amiss. Julee Cruise was scheduled to perform at 8:30 p.m. between…
By the end of May 1990, the first season of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks had finished airing on the ABC Television Network. For two months, fans of the show had heard Angelo Badalamenti’s music and dreamed of getting their hands on the soundtrack. Nationwide interest kicked into high gear after Julee Cruise performed “Falling”…
In anticipation of her first concert in England, David Gritten interviewed Julee Cruise for the Telegraph Weekend Magazine on Jan. 26, 1991. This short profile of the voice of love contains some interesting details about her career along with a fantastic black and white photo by Jillian Edelstein.