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Roxy Rawson

Beautifully peculiar...

About Me

Good things: Tickle feet. pluck the violin. wriggle on a ball. Spit out the window. Jumping beans. Waxy Leaves.
**LIMITED EDITION EP DUE OUT NOVEMBER 2008...WATCH THIS SPACE!**
I've been nominated for the Indy Awards 2008! Please vote for me by clicking here! x
Woooah I got a review!....
Independent on Sunday Dec 17, 2006 by Kate Thomas
"Roxy Rawson knows how to bewitch a crowd. The classically- trained musician has been bringing her unique blend of impish violin vocals to the London gig scene for a few years. Her music is beautifully peculiar; a sweet mix of classical notes and frenzied, catch-me-if-you-can lyrics interspersed with bursts of laughter. She doesn't take herself too seriously and is original to the point of raising eyebrows; she'll pluck the violin and substitute pens for her bow. Rawson's punky fairytale music - billed as edgy anti-folk with a violin - is fabulous on its own, but recent gigs with William Nein, who writes "folk songs about people without heads who get asked if they'd like another cup of tea" have provided Rawson with a platform. So what next? "I want to learn complex dirty jazz," she says, inspired by the smoky jazz bars of Paris, where she studied. With tracks such as "Riddle It", "Macavity", "Philanthropy" and the magical, straight out of a fairytale "I robbed a cook", comparisons to the likes of Joanna Newsom and Regina Spektor are beginning to emerge. With each show, the applause gets louder and her name gets bigger."
And another review!... :o)
"Last but not least was Roxy Rawson who came on clutching her violin and proceeded to play it like a guitar. A plucky little plucker here who sang with such ease and joy she really came across . The room fell silent at last and we tuned in to a fine talent that I am sure will go far. This for me was the highlight of the night and when she got her bow out she showed us she could really play that violin of hers with guts and gusto." Remotegoat June 2008
And one more... ;o) Yay!
"Roxy Rawson is a riveting performer. Lovingly crafted, spontaneously eccentric and musically dazzling in equal measure." IK:TOMS
**Free live recordings are available here to download, with brilliant cello accompaniment by Doug Curie**
Click on 'music' and look under 6 Feb 2008. There's also some new material. All tracks recorded by Musicborn.
www.musicborn.com
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Music:

Member Since: 3/1/2006
Band Website: roxyrawson.com
Band Members:

Me and other band members when they are free to play are: William Nein, Javier Goyes and Lydia aka Rosered, who all make their own music too...

Influences: Poetry on the tube, fruit, trees, violin, piano,The Sound of Music. Mozart. Regina Spektor. Laurie Anderson. Rikki Lee Jones. William Nein. (Walking on Tiptoes) Klezmer. The beat boxing of Toby Joel Caleb Rawson. I want to be influenced by Gideon Conn. He's the best thing yet. Also I want to learn complex dirty Jazz. I like alot the winks, brother danielson and quintron and miss pussy cat. If theres more music like that that u know of please tell me.Recently I discovered David Bowie, Jacques Brel and THE BEATLES.
Sounds Like: If you would like to buy a cd, I will hand make and post you one. Message me through myspace.

Record Label: Ambiguous Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

A little girl found God in the leaves

Oh I read this story as a link from a page of leaves that I liked and I thought aah I like the idea of God being found in the autumn leaves and the story is quite simple and a bit silly how it links a...
Posted by Roxy Rawson on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:55:00 PST

London Pride, Saturday July 5th

Hey everyone,Roxy has been asked to perform on the main stage in Trafalgar Square as part of the London Pride celebrations! She'll be on stage at 6:30pm and it's free so come down and enjoy! She'll be...
Posted by Roxy Rawson on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:00:00 PST

Working on a Limited Edition EP!

Hello people,I'm working on a limited edition EP with Ambiguous Records and support from the legendary Mike Hedges! We've been experimenting with different sounds - hitting radiators and other metal ...
Posted by Roxy Rawson on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:54:00 PST

chicago radio

Helo hello Riddle it is on a radio station in chicago tonight... 6-10 PM in the UK at www. uicradio. org...
Posted by Roxy Rawson on Mon, 05 May 2008 11:26:00 PST

BBC Radio 6, Tom Robinson Introducing...

Woah, Riddle it was on Tom Robinson’s podcast...http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/6music/trintro /rss.xml
Posted by Roxy Rawson on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:17:00 PST

Resonance fm podcast

Ok, its not as embarrassing as I thought so here's the link: http://www.smallpod.podomatic.com/
Posted by Roxy Rawson on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:53:00 PST

Playing tonight on Resonance fm

Hello Everyone! I am playing tonight on Resonance fm. There will be an interview and some new songs..You can listen online at http://www.resonancefm.com/ or on 104.4 fm.from Roxyx
Posted by Roxy Rawson on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 09:34:00 PST

what?

I put some old tunes up. Riddle it seems purple.I discovered the YES MEN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n44jVCx36-s&mode=related& amp;search= they fight paradox/hypocracy!! go go go on...
Posted by Roxy Rawson on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:19:00 PST

the new rose song

Picking roses in the sun was recorded on the radio show with pulse. Its not finished yet.
Posted by Roxy Rawson on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:10:00 PST

the f*ck picture

In case you're wondering why there's a 'fuck' picture next to mr qui fait la tete, its because I knew that the hot balloon was just a temporary fix of picture for the song, its got nothing to do with ...
Posted by Roxy Rawson on Tue, 15 May 2007 01:14:00 PST