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Samantha Horwill

About Me


Samantha Horwill is a South African born singer-songwriter. Discovered at a festival belting out her self-penned tunes on a hay bale, success soon followed as the front lady of a rock outfit including sets at national festivals, endorsement deals and extensive media coverage. Sam moved to the UK to explore her solo career and released her debut solo EP "Figure of 3" in 2007 to great acclaim, being compared to the likes of Chrissie Hynde and Janis Joplin and with live highlights including support slots with One Little Indian Records’ Polly Paulusma, Ireland’s Foy Vance, the great Ocean Colour Scene and a feature on BBC Radio.
2009 will see a return to form for the feisty songstress, who promises to deliver a return to her rock roots.
"In a word: Stunning."
CD Baby.com
“With rarely heard qualities, this is clearly something special!”
Garageband.com
“This lady can't do anything wrong… modern and gutsy, mellow and catchy”
Independent Artists Company
"Sam Horwill's powerful vocals, backed by a fine lead guitarist and an elaborate bassist, smashed any expectation of dreary navel gazing."
Paul Brazier, The Argus
"Figure of 3" available in the UK from PayPal for £7 (including postage and packaging) and in the USA and the rest of the world via CD Baby by clicking on the album artwork below to purchase a copy for $12.99. "Figure of 3" is also available for download on iTunes and PayplayJoin the Samantha Horwill group on Facebook!
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Member Since: 12/04/2006
Band Website: www.samanthahorwill.com
Band Members: Samantha Horwill is honoured to work with:

Andy Lynn
Richard Cruden
Dave Cottrell
Carl Greenwood
Charlie Myers
Jamie Moses
John Tonks
Kevin Poree
Neal Snyman
Malcolm Dixon
Berry Street Studio

Influences: Sam is listening to Breaking Benjamin, Alterbridge and Pendulum...
Sounds Like: Robert Plant and Alanis Morissette's lovechild
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Nashville

Wow, last night was a truly authentic experience. We headed to Nashville from Spring Hill, which is about a 45 minute drive, and had dinner at this crazy Italian place that served some of the BIGGEST ...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:42:00 GMT

Madiba

Right, so how was the first gig in New York? Well it was curious. I was playing the restaurant itself, and had a room full of people as an audience, which was great. But I kind of felt that I would be...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:24:00 GMT

Tornadoe Country

Left the Big Apple this morning to fly to Nashville. The flight was bumpy, and only once I'd landed did I find out that we had been dodging storms on the way in and that an area very close to where I ...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:19:00 GMT

I heart New York

Hi there,Well, I landed safely at Kennedy yesterday afternoon. The flight over was a pleasure, probably thanks to the copius amounts of Chardonnay I polished off. I bought Long Walk to Freedom at Gatw...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:53:00 GMT

Phoenix

Hi guys,So, its been some time, 2008 was a pretty dreadful year for me, and I think it suffices to say that the loss of my Mom has changed me forever.I'm working hard to channel all these emotions int...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:54:00 GMT

News!

Hello!So far I am nearly a month into Part 1 of the Figure of 3 tour. The response to the CD and the new band has been amazing and I would like to say a big thank you to all of you who have supported ...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:20:00 GMT

Radio Reverb Session - Computer says no...

Hi there!Bad news, after a cracking 45 min session at the Reverb studios last Wednesday with DJ Pete, I have been advised that the recording is corrupted and the show will not be going out as planned ...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 03:32:00 GMT

Review the CD

For those of you that have picked up a copy of the CD - please post a review online at CD Baby - http://cdbaby.com/review/samanthahorwillThank you!Sxx
Posted by on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:38:00 GMT

And so it begins...

Tomorrow marks the beginning of the tour to promote the new EP. It all kicks off in Brighton tomorrow night followed by the London launch next Saturday in Hammersmith.The CD has had its first review -...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:43:00 GMT

News and stuff...

Hello!It's been a busy busy time.... where do I start?Gigs, lots of lovely gigs... in the last two weeks its been crazy! Courtesy of Duncan and Lizzy two wicked acoustic sets at the Polar East in the ...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:39:00 GMT