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2 unusual facts about Maida


Maida, Calabria

A London pub on the Edgware Road was named The Hero of Maida, which in turn gave its name to adjoining districts of London, Maida Hill and later, Maida Vale.

Music of Xinjiang

The sanam tradition is a kind of dance music popular among the Uyghurs, while spoken songs like Maida, Eytishish and Qoshaq are popular love songs with simple tunes.


Adam Maida

On November 26, 1994, Pope John Paul II elevated Maida to the Sacred College of Cardinals as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio.

As I Came of Age

The album features a diverse collection of songs including “Good Morning Starshine” from the musical Hair, “Yesterday” by Aimee Mann, “Love Changes Everything” from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Aspects of Love, and “Some Girls” by Lisa Burns and Sal Maida.

Folded Wing

The show features artist interviews, live sessions recorded at the BBC's Maida Vale studios, BBC archive recordings, and is sometimes recorded from jazz festivals around the world, such as the Cheltenham Jazz Festival in the UK and the Newport Jazz Festival in the USA.

Lab 4

Lab 4 were regularly played on Radio 1 by John Peel who also invited Lab 4 to launch their third album Virus on one of his 'John Peel Session' at Maida Vale.

Luisa Maida

Luisa Cristina del Rosario Maida Leiva (born October 7, 1979 in San Salvador) is a Salvadoran sport shooter.

Margaret Damer Dawson

By 1908 Margaret and Berthe were living at 224 Lauderdale Mansions, a spacious apartment in Maida Vale, which they shared with the prominent anti-vivisectionists, Lizzy Lind af Hageby and Leisa Schartau.

Milk 'N' Cookies

During this time, Weis left the band and was replaced by Sal Maida, a bass player who'd previously played with Roxy Music.

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

It was merged in 1948 with the Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases (originally called The London Infirmary for Epilepsy and Paralysis), which in turn owed its foundation in 1866 to a German, Julius Althaus.

The Birdman

The band chose Floria Sigismondi to direct "The Birdman" video after, according to Maida, the first unidentified director they chose pitched an idea that was completely irrelevant to the song.

Unto the Sons

The book traces the origins of Talese's own family, beginning with his great-grandfather in Maida, Italy, his grandfather who immigrated to Pennsylvania and Talese's father, who immigrated to the United States separately following World War I.

Vale Special

The Vale Motor Company was set up in 1931 by Pownoll Pellew (later 9th Viscount Exmouth) as a 'gentleman's hobby' in a rented workshop behind the Warrington pub in Maida Vale.


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