Bird

Bird, aka much-touted London singer/songwriter Janie Price, has released her debut album, The Insides, and gained critical acclaim across the national press in UK.Birds thoughtful, sophisticated, catchy and lusciously produced songs. (Daily Telegraph) Sounding like Bjork crossed with Rickie Lee Jones, Price has come up trumps with a collection of lush and atmospheric tunes. (****Daily Express) Price has struck gold with her new debut album. (****Times) .icy but also very, very warm (Independent On Sunday) Sparkling debut album (The Sun) A flying start. (Rip and Burn)Released on new indie label Ice Cream Records, and written largely in Iceland, The Insides features ten largely self-penned compositions from the multi-instrumental Price, produced by Eberg.Word of mouth has already led to broader interest with the album now being released on export in Japan, Nederland, Germany, Italy, Spain and Belgium. Bird has just returned from her trip to Belgium where she performed on the biggest chat show De Latste Show on national TV.Fresh from her showcase at Eurosonic Festival in Groningen in Holland Bird is now preparing for live on the road in UK and Europe. With an album worth of new songs, Bird is also aiming at recording her second album later on this year.Prices haunting vocals- which have already borne favourable comparisons to the likes of Rickie Lee Jones and Tori Amos are allied to a prodigious musicianship, the live show seeing her brilliant cello playing becoming a focal point of her performance.Indeed, having started out as a principal cellist in youth orchestras from the age of 6, Price moved on to drumming in a punk band, and more recently becoming a much-in-demand jazz vocalist on Londons club circuit. It is definitely worth starting this year with some bird watching