Liverpool Soundcity Homecoming Queen

 

I'm super proud to be performing in my hometown at the most excellent festival Liverpool Soundcity this May... I'm a long time fan and punter of this festi, which with 10 years under its belt, went from free city centre multi-venue event to standalone Docks site supernova headliner big bash!

 

Back to its roots for 2018, this year's fest is in the much celebrated and regenerated Baltic Triangle and I'm performing in the afternoon on the opening day Saturday May 5th

(which means you'll defo see me pogoing to the DMAs later on!)

 

You will not regret popping along, such fantastic music and great fun peoples (I've made mates for lyf at this do) and I'll be enjoying a Homecoming Queen drink or three, so do join me!

 

SheBeat Meets... in review

#WOW Making SheBeat Meets has been so much fun!!!

I obviously thought it might be worth doing, just to see how I liked it/ got on with it... But meeting with these songwriters, chatting about the craft and the passion of music making, has been so inspiring and life-affirming, I am so thankful to my guests for taking part in my little new music pod project for that if nothing else ^_^ 

What a privilege to have exclusive sessions of grassroots talent! A joy to meet such talented songwriters and share a moment to chat about what is it we do and why we feel compelled to do it! Such fun to discover both the unique stories and similarities, such a sense of solidarity in art making! I can't find the words to explain how much love I'm feeling for this little project... 

Which makes this next chapter for the series even more exciting - local community station Brum Radio has invited me to continue the series with them for their Autumn schedule! I mean, if I thought the Universe wasn't conspiring to make all my dreams come true, this MIGHT turn my head a little ;) Such a wonderful turn of events, I do hope you'll tune in from wherever you be - I'll post broadcast schedule/ listen again links as soon as we have them, and planning to have a little launch party featuring live performances from the wonderful singer-songwriters I've met so far! 

Speaking of which... 

Thanks so much to my guests from Season One of SheBeat Meets... 

Hannah Brown 

Esther Turner 

Tehillah Henry 

Liam and Leon from Little Liam 

Faye Bagley

Dee Ajayi

#Staytuned Beat fans! 

SheBeat Meets...

SheBeat Meets... is my latest project to share with ya'll... 

I have long loved radio-making and radio-listening, so after much umming and ahhhing, I am now in production of my very own new music podcast! Think BBC Introducing without a budget... Your fav singer-songwriter chatting to other singer-songwriters about music making etc, exclusive live performances, plus a chance to discover someone new... I always say, just around the corner could lurk your new favourite song! 

One of the motivations for my making this little addition to the big bad world of podcasting is how few outlets there are for talking about your music as a grassroots artist... I'm hoping to give a platform to a handful of artists you might never hear about otherwise... I was inspired, in part, by ItMattersRadio with Kerry & Monica who invited me to be their guest a few months back, which I found such a great experience. I also really enjoy a gal pal podcast called Call Your Girlfriend - recommended to me by my own girlfriend KC - which often laments the lack of women in podding... so here I am! 

The series will be in season format, I am recording six episodes which will be dropped weekly via the soundcloud page below hopefully starting sometime next month... bear with me caller ;) 

After the first season I will take stock and seek feedback on whether we all want to carry on for another batch... but first we shall suck it and see!

This is where SheBeat Meets... will live when we go live, so add it as a bookmark beat fans...

Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans

After a successful start to the year, including a wonderful write up on music blog My Random Jukebox: 'an authentic charm which makes her stand out among the flood of acoustic singer songwriters out there today'; a fab #lustylive debut at Lusty Glaze; and successfully launching the first Sofar Sounds city for Cornwall, life has thrust me into an unexpected direction (again). 

Always one to go with the flow, and try to figure out how best to enjoy what the Universe has in store for me, I'm keeping my chin up while I find my new postcode... If being Cornish for 9 months has taught me anything, it's to keep calm and do things dreckly ;) 

Onwards on my journey in this life, I shall update you as to where I will be gigging once I'm relocated...

Meanwhile, enjoy this video Lusty Glaze filmed ahead of my gig there last week - one of my favourite songs I've written and seemingly true to life at the moment! ha

 

New stuff feels like...

New stuff from your fav liverbirdy SheBeat coming real soon... 

Hang on to your hats & in a few weeks you can own the new EP on digital (3tracks) or CD (5tracks) with live shows in the diary to celebrate ^_^ 


Feels Like is the second EP I've created thus far in this SheBeat World, I recorded them with the lovely James Mellor down on Lark Lane at Motor Museum Studios earlier this year... 
I wanted to bring you a sofa session vibe so there's very little jiggery pokery - what you hear is what you get when, hopefully the finished product feels like I'm sat in your living room playing my wares directly... Speaking of which, in the now grand tradition of SofarSounds, I'd love the play some intimate gigs for you and yours so get in touch if you want this geetar gal to come out and play! 
The EP will be officially released Aug 31, 2016 but you can hear a snippet of my title track on this Insta clip  And another of the tracks on my soundcloud page

Thanks so much to BBC Introducing for my recent plays - support from new music radio of all shapes and sizes is amazing ^_^ I got a PRS report saying someone was playing some SheBeat in Spain - Olé!

Watch this space for news of live performances coming this autumn to Cornwall, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and London...

Find my debut EP here

Or seek it out on Amazon or Spotify 

Twitter me @shebeatmusic 

Facebook.com/shebeatmusic

Soundcloud.com/shebeat

The C Word

A friend suggested to me last week that my music is Country Indie Blues, meanwhile I have pitched for setting my tent up as Acoustic Folk Pop... but given so many influences it's hard to know how to best present - well, tag, your music making efforts! I love Dolly Parton and Taylor Swift as much as the next girl and people oft say I remind them of country artists they love such as Lucinda Williams and the like, so maybe there is some Nashville in my writing afterall! 

But it's far from clear cut... For example, my EP features what I would say are my most pop-like songs, but they also have indie, blues, retro, country influences... While this track Won't Be The Same - a very mellow track - is more blues, folk, pop - or is it? Who am I to tell you what you think my music should be categorised as in your little brainbox?! 

While I have a small existential crisis, do feel free to feedback how you think I tackle this 'what am I?' question, meanwhile ponder a few live dates I have coming up in this here Liverpool...

Thursday Aug 6th Writers Club, Constellations from 7.30pm 
Saturday Aug 8th LIMF Bandstand, Sefton Park 
Saturday Sept 5th BeerdFest, Constellations 

Find my debut EP here

Or seek it out on Amazon or Spotify 
Twitter me @shebeatmusic 
Facebook.com/shebeatmusic
Soundcloud.com/shebeat