Member Since: 4/1/2007
Band Members: Just me - vox, guitar, piano. (More than happy to collaborate with others though at any time - so give us a shout if you're interested - music's so much more fun when you're not doing it on your own)!
Influences: For these particular tracks I guess mainly (though it may not sound like it): Damien Rice, Sarah McLachlan, Sarah Warwick, Razorlight, Cillian Lohan/Rob Willing, Eva Cassidy, Tori Amos, Fish, The Who, Jeff Buckley, Fleetwood Mac, U2, Gorillaz. This doesn't cover the half of what I'm into though - see below.Many people have inspired, encouraged and supported me along the way (though they may not even know it) and thank you to all of you for not telling me that I was mad to start something like this when already the wrong side of 30 lol!! Thanks to Jenny Carnegie, Leila Wroe-Johnson, Greg Watkins, Johnny Borrell, Justine Frischmann (not sure I'd be doing this if it wasn't for you - thank you so much for teaching me to believe in myself), Luke Hannam, Team O' Keeffe, Fergus Winchester (for giving me the confidence to get out and play) - and particularly to Rob Willing - all these songs were recorded by him one afternoon in his front room - so thanks Rob, you're a star!!Music I love: Damien Rice, Martha Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright, the Smiths, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Radiohead, Moby, Interpol, Kings of Leon, Bloc Party, The Arcade Fire, Pixies, Massive Attack, Placebo, Klaxons, Duke Special, Antony and the Johnsons, Beth Orton, the Libertines, The Automatic, Jamie T, Pink Floyd, Chemical Brothers, Gramme, Infadels, Gorillaz, Richard Hawley, the Kooks, Sons and Daughters, We Are Scientists, early Razorlight, the Cure, the Cult, the Mission, Stone Roses, Kasabian, U2, NIN, Leftfield, PWEI, the National, early Chumbawamba, Bob Dylan, Elastica, Hot Hot Heat, Jeff Buckley, Snow Patrol, the Killers (well, the first album anyway), Gomez, Depeche Mode, Levellers, Rammstein, Prince, Scissor Sisters, the Associates, the Fun Boy Three, That Petrol Emotion, the Doors, Edith Piaf, David Bowie, Soulwax, Bob Marley, Faithless, Hazel O' Connor, Afro Celt, Ennio Morricone, Andrea Bocelli, Il Divo, classical, dance, industrial, ska, chillout, ambient, world etc etc etc.
Sounds Like: Depending what I'm singing, I've been told I sound like Eva Cassidy, Emmy-lou Harris, Marianne Faithfull, Dido, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Janis Joplin, Diana Krall, Nora Jones, Tori Amos and Patti Smith (but not all at once)! So make of that what you will!
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