Beth Rowley
(born October 1981) is an English singer-songwriter born in Lima, Peru. She was born to British parents who later returned from Peru in 1982 to live in Bristol, England when Beth was aged two years old.
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Career
Early career
She was influenced by her family's love for many different musical styles, particularly
blues,
country,
folk,
gospel and
Latin American music. When aged 16, Beth formed
The Apogee
, an original 5 piece
funk/
soul/
acid jazz group. At age 17 she was spotted at an
open mic night in the popular
London entertainment club,
Ginglik, in Shepherd's Bush.
Beth studied music and art at
Weston-super-Mare College and in 2003 went on to the
Brighton Institute of Modern Music with the particular help and encouragement of
soul singer
Carleen Anderson. During her time at the school, Beth toured with
Ronan Keating and
Enrique Iglesias providing backing vocals.
Beth attended
St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School, in Bristol.
2000-present
In 2000 Beth teamed up with Jazz
saxophonist Ben Castle (son of
Roy), well known for his work with
Jamie Cullum. She began writing her own material and with Ben's encouragement and assistance she released three EPs,
Beth Rowley
(2004),
Sweet Hours
(2006) and
Violets
(2007). From the
Violets
EP she released a single entitled, 'Nobody's Fault But Mine' which was the
iTunes 'Single of the Week' for December 2007.
Beth has collaborated with other artists and bands over the past year, including
Crowded House on their
Time on Earth album providing backing vocals for the song "Transit Lounge" and
Duke Special, who joined her for a duet on her début album, Little Dreamer.
[1]
Beth Rowley's album entitled "
Little Dreamer" was released in the UK on the
19 May 2008 and went straight into the UK album charts at number 6. On
4 February 2008 the lead single, "Oh My Life"(released on
3 March 2008) from the forthcoming album was featured as '
BBC Radio 2 Record of the Week'
[2]. The second single of from the album is called 'So Sublime' and was released on
12 May 2008.
Promoting her recent session for them, Beth is featured on the
MSN homepage. You can watch exclusive versions of '
Oh My Life', 'Sweet Hours', 'I Would Rather Go Blind' - plus an interview.
Beth attended The Edge of Love world premiere on the
18th June, which marked the opening of the
Edinburgh Film Festival. Based on the life of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, The Edge of Love opened nationwide from 27 June. The soundtrack to the film, for which Beth has recorded the exclusive track, 'Careless Talk,
In 2006 Beth recorded a song entitled 'Too much too late' written by
Bristol based singer/songwriter
Steve Williams in a collaboration featured on the album 'Corners'. In the same year Beth provided the vocals on Nostalgia77's track 'Quiet Dawn' from their album 'Everything Under the Sun'..
Beth recorded a song called "Careless Talk" for the soundtrack to the new film featuring
Keira Knightley called
The Edge of Love
.
[3]
On 22 October 2008 Beth appeared with
Burt Bacharach on the BBC Electric Proms series, singing
24 Hours from Tulsa.
On 9 January 2009, a short clip of Beth's song "Sweet Hours" was played on UK soap
Hollyoaks on
E4.
On 20th of January 2009 Beth was nominated for a
Brit Award in the category for Best British Female Solo Artist..
Touring
Beth has supported various
artists on tour including
David Gray [4],
Tom Baxter and
Duke Special. In March 2008 Beth performed at the
Play.com Live event inside
Wembley Stadium,
London [5]
. On Friday
4 April 2008 Beth appeared on
BBC Radio 2's '
Friday Night is Music Night' performing two tracks with the
BBC Concert Orchestra at the
Mermaid Theatre,
London. She has also made guest appearances on '
Top of the Pops', '
Parkinson', '
This Morning' and more recently,
GMTV and also
The Charlotte Church Show.
[6]. Beth started her first headline tour at
London's Bush Hall on
16 April 2008 [7] She also made an appearance at the Christian arts festival Greenbelt in 2008, though it wasn't her first time at the festival.
Discography
- 2007: Violets (EP)
- 2008: Little Dreamer
References
- Ten things you need to know about Beth Rowley
- BBC Radio 2 - Record of the Week
- Beth on 'The Edge of Love' Soundtrack
- Supporting David Gray On Tour
- PLAY.com Live
- Beth on GMTV
- Beth Rowley, Bush Hall, London