Linda Hoyle is best known for her work with the band Affinity, as well as for her collaboration with Karl Jenkins on her album Pieces of Me, produced in 1971.
10 Facts About Linda Hoyle
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Linda Hoyle played guitar and sang in a band, Blanch Carter and the Lounge Lizards, in the late 1960s and early 70s.
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At the time of Affinity's appearance opposite McCann in July 1969, Linda Hoyle was interviewed by Melody Maker and spoke about her musical influences and her time with the band.
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The commercial achieved much attention in the UK and Linda Hoyle performed the song on the Michael Parkinson Show.
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Linda Hoyle emigrated to Canada in 1972, where she continued to sing, mostly jazz, with various musicians.
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Since 1984, Linda Hoyle has sung and worked with Oliver Whitehead.
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Linda Hoyle received an Honours BA in psychology in 1975, and a master's degree in Biomedical Ethics in 1982, both from the University of Western Ontario.
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Linda Hoyle worked as a therapist in various agencies, and trained in Art Therapy with Irene Dewdney.
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In 1988 Linda Hoyle was invited to establish the Post Graduate Diploma in Art Therapy at the University of Western Ontario, running the programme and teaching.
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Linda Hoyle co-authored, with Dewdney an art therapy textbook, Drawing Out The Self: The Objective Approach in Art Therapy, which was published in 2011, together with an accompanying Web site.