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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.
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'.[1].
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.[2].
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". icwales.co.uk. 2008-03-21. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "BBC Radio 2 - Record of the Week". bethrowley.com. 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Beth on 'The Edge of Love' Soundtrack". bethrowley.com. 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Supporting David Gray On Tour". bethrowley.com. 2008-02-11. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "PLAY.com Live". bethrowley.com. 2008-03-10. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Beth on GMTV". /bethrowley.com. 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Beth Rowley, Bush Hall, London". The Independent. 2008-04-23. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
Beth Rowley (EP) Sweet Hours (EP)
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