Derek Millar

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Derek Millar (Burmese: ဒဲရစ်မေလာ; born 10 January 1962) is a Burmese-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for his hit songs, "Thae Nu" (သည်းနု) and "A Blue Cafe" (အပြာရောင်ကော်ဖီဆိုင်).[1]

Born1962 (age 63–64)
Burma
Genres
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
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Derek Millar
ဒဲရစ်မေလာ
Born1962 (age 63–64)
Burma
Genres
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active1983-present
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Early life and education

Millar was born in 1962 and was raised in Mingala Taungnyunt Township, Rangoon (now Yangon).[1] He graduated from Rangoon University, majoring in physics.[1] During his time, he befriended contemporaneous singer-songwriters, including Htoo Ein Thin and Khin Maung Toe.[1]

Career

Millar released his first album in 1983.[1] In 1986, he released his second album, New Age Currents (ခေတ်သစ်ရေစီး), which included a hit song, "A Blue Cafe" that elevated him to fame.[1] He composed songs in Wai La's 2019 album Cāritta (စာရိတ္တ).[2][3]

Discography

  • New Age Currents (ခေတ်သစ်ရေစီး) (1996)
  • Will Meet You Forever (အမြဲဆုံတွေ့မယ်) (1998)
  • Kachalar Matikar (ကာချလာမာတိကာ) (2022)

Personal life

Millar is of Scottish ancestry.[1] He is married and has two children.[1]

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