Vanessa Denae Olivarez in Sugar Land, Texas) is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She is the vocalist, songwriter and autoharpist for the country bands Granville Automatic and Mama's Blue Dress, has written songs for the country duo Sugarland, and was in the Top 12 of the second season of the television series American Idol in 2003.
Sugarland is an American country music duo consisting of singer-songwriters Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush. Sugarland was founded in 2002 by Kristen Hall with Bush and became a trio after hiring Jennifer Nettles.
Sugar is a class of edible substances. For items in this class, see List of sugars. For the common table sugar, see Sucrose.
Jennifer Odessa Nettles is an American country music singer, songwriter and actress. She is best known as the lead vocalist of the duo Sugarland alongside Kristian Bush. Before Sugarland's inception, she also fronted Atlanta-based bands called Soul Miner's Daughter and Jennifer Nettles Band. She also charted as a duet partner on the country version of rock band Bon Jovi's 2006 single "Who Says You Can't Go Home," a Number One hit on the Billboard country charts.
Kristian Merrill Bush is an American singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. Bush is a former member of the folk rock duo Billy Pilgrim with Andrew Hyra, and is one half of the country music duo Sugarland with Jennifer Nettles. In addition to his work in these two groups, Bush has released one solo album, Southern Gravity, via Streamsound Records in 2015.
First Colony Mall is a regional shopping mall in Sugar Land, Texas, located about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Houston. The mall — located south of the intersection of Interstate 69/U.S. Route 59 and State Highway 6—opened on March 14, 1996 and was recently expanded in 2006. First Colony Mall is owned by Brookfield Properties Retail Group and is anchored by two Dillard's locations, Macy's, Dick's Sporting Goods, and JCPenney, as well as a 24-screen AMC Theatres complex located on an outlying parcel southeast of the mall.
First Colony is a 9,700-acre (39 km2) master-planned community in Fort Bend County, Texas. The community, with approximately 50,000 residents, encompasses over 9,500 residential houses in 61 neighborhoods located across southern parts of Sugar Land with a few neighborhoods spanning into Missouri City.
Matthew Robbins is an American screenwriter and film director best known as for his work within the American New Wave movement.
Sugarland is a 1992 EP by Magnapop released in Europe by Play It Again Sam Records on Compact Disc and 12" gramophone record The former two of these tracks are also featured on their debut album Magnapop and the latter two were added on to the 1997 re-release of the album.
The Central Unit was a Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) men's prison in Sugar Land, Texas. The approximately 325.8-acre (131.8 ha) facility is 2 miles (3.2 km) from the central part of the city of Sugar Land on U.S. Highway 90A.
Sugar Land Town Square is a 1,400,000 square feet (130,000 m2), 32 acres (13 ha) office and shopping complex in Sugar Land, Texas, United States. The complex, developed by Planned Community Developers Ltd. (PCD), owned by Sugarland Properties Inc., and located at the intersection of Interstate 69/U.S. Highway 59 and Texas State Highway 6, includes Sugar Land's City Hall and the corporate headquarters of Minute Maid, CVR Energy and the North American operations of the Cosentino Group. The development, a part of the First Colony development, has office space, condominiums, retail stores, restaurants, and a hotel. Sugar Land Town Square is located 19 miles (31 km) from Downtown Houston.
The Darul Arqam Islamic School District (DAISD), also known as Darul Arqam Schools is a network of Islamic schools in Greater Houston, Texas, United States. They are a subsidiary of the Islamic Society of Greater Houston (ISGH). The Islamic Education Institute of Texas (IEIT) oversees the operations of the Islamic schools. The Darul Arqam School system is headquartered in unincorporated northern Harris County.
"Life in a Northern Town" is a song by British group The Dream Academy. The song is the lead single from their self-titled debut studio album The Dream Academy, released in 1985. The song was written as an elegy to British folk musician Nick Drake, who died in 1974, and the single's record sleeve includes a dedication to him. The song was written by band members Nick Laird-Clowes and Gilbert Gabriel, and was produced by Laird-Clowes and Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour.
The discography of Kristian Bush, an American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, consists of five Billy Pilgrim studio albums, six Sugarland studio albums, several solo releases, and a wide range of appearances, productions, songwriting cuts and charting singles.
Isaac Herbert Kempner Jr. (1906-1953) was an American businessman and philanthropist. Kempner served as the president of Imperial Sugar.
