Showing posts with label Yorkshire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yorkshire. Show all posts

Friday, August 31, 2012

Young's Got Talent : Annie Drury

Annie Drury is a twenty years old singer-songwriter from Keighley, West Yorkshire. I've found her this morning thanks to a great suggestion from youtube and I've listened to her music on repeat since that.

"The style of music in which Annie creates, combines piano based melodies with effortless vocals through the influence of Folk and Soul music.". 


Annie was born into a musical family from an Irish folk background. Her father, a singer/songwriter and her late Grandfather was a well known flautist in the London/Irish music scene from the late 1940's . Both have been strong inspirational figures during Annie's early years. Annie's song writing has been influenced by timeless, classic female artists such as Joni Mitchel, Carol King and Kate Bush. 

She  has been performing and writing songs since a young age. Annie writes haunting songs.  Her gorgeous voice accompanied by the sound of her piano gives a captivating mix from the first to the last note.

In late Febuary 2012 Annie signed to Cuckoo Records, (a Leeds based record comapany) and has been writing and working on her new E.P with Bob Bradley.

Annie Drury - "Lullaby"



Annie Drury - "Tattoos and Brass Shoes"


Annie Drury & Jason Kyrone - "Run" Snow Patrol cover



Friday, June 15, 2012

Lauren Housley - "Face The World Alone"

Lauren Housley performed an acoustic version of her ballad "Face The World Alone".

 

If you like this song, check out her debut EP "One Step Closer".

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Lauren Housley - "One Step Closer" EP

"A fresh, big voice with the full, rounded flavour and maturity of a retro-classic panorama, dove-tailing the tender tones of Dusty Springfield, the grandeur of Marlena Shaw with the virility of Ray Charles - as delivered by a strutting young lass from Yorkshire."


Lauren Housley is a soul singer-songwriter from Manchester in the UK. I've heard about her thanks to Charlotte Gomes who is managing the promotion of Lauren's new EP.

Lauren has released her first EP "One Step Closer". This Ep will be out June 11, 2012. You can already have a taste of this great record :


This EP offers a varied selection of songs to listen to. You will find in it from beautiful ballads with songs like "One Step Closer" or "Face The World Alone" to upbeat songs like the single "My Baby Cry".

"One Step Closer" conjures the spirit of Otis Redding and other legend on the "Stax" roster. The whole EP was recorded within 3 days at Cotton Mouth Studio so it does have a "Rough and Ready", raw, live sound to it."