Roxy Rawson
“How the ‘Albums Artist’ is being strangled”
by Jen Roberts on Feb.21, 2009, under Anna Nightingale, Insight, Roxy Rawson
Thanks to Catherine A.D. for pointing this article out on Twitter. I think it’s spot on. (Btw, I recommend checking out http://www.myspace.com/catherinead for details of her latest EP…it’s great!)
http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4136269
‘A splendid arts series…’
by Jen Roberts on Jan.30, 2009, under Events, Roxy Rawson, Sophia Blackwell
Well, I have some good news and some bad news with regards our Behind The Mic shows. The bad news is that our beloved Soho Revue Bar ceased trading after last nights gigs so our Soho show is homeless. The good news is, Time Out love our radio shows…‘a splendid arts series’ they say! On the live show front, we’re back at The Library (Islington - Opposite Union Chapel) on the 19th February with Sound of Rum headlining. They were guests on our radio show last Monday and were brilliant! Kate Tempest is one hell of a rapper and the guitarist and drummer were not only lovely lads but highly skilled themselves.
Below’s the latest press release for the next few shows in the series…(NB it was too late to include this Mondays info but I can tell you we have the vampy performance poet Sophia Blackwell and singer songwriter Idan Rabinovici who’s recently supported Jose Gonzalez. http://www.myspace.com/idanrab )
Behind The Mic, Mondays 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd Feb, 10-11pm
Resonance FM 104.4FM www.resonancefm.com
Presented by Rosie Wilby (Finalist, Funny Women 2006) with Jen Roberts
www.myspace.com/behindthemic06
Showcasing the cream of emerging and established London talents in music, live literature/poetry and comedy, from Behind The Mic’s live events.
Feb 9th – Rosie and Jen present live acoustic sessions from London songstress Tallulah Rendall whose voice sits somewhere between Alison Goldfrapp and Regina Spektor, and bluesy Marcus Bonfanti who supports Sandi Thom in Feb. www.myspace.com/tallulahrendall www.myspace.com/marcusbonfantimusic
Feb 16th – live music from husky voiced Italian rock songstress Elena and spoken word from 2007 UK Slam Champion, 2007 Glastonbury Slam Champion and 2006 Blackdrop Slam Champion John Berkavitch www.myspace.com/musicelena
Feb 23rd – live acoustic music sessions from Dan Raza, who recently opened for Joan Armatrading on her European tour dates and, daughter of Bill, Rosie Oddie will be in the studio with some of her band the Odd Squad and their fabulously leftfield songs www.myspace.com/danraza www.myspace.com/rosieoddieandtheoddsquad
Jake Morley in the studio for Behind The Mic
Roxy Rawson at The Royal Albert Hall
by Jen Roberts on Jan.17, 2009, under Roxy Rawson
Our rising star, Roxy Rawson will be performing at The Royal Albert Hall on February 24th as part of the hush series. I can’t wait!…I hope you can make it. Drop me a line if you can, it would be good to hook up before/after. (Psst…Roxy’s debut EP is one song away from being completed and it’s sounding brilliant! We’re probably looking at a release date in late March…watch this space!…)
Roxy on BalconyTV
by Jen Roberts on Nov.19, 2008, under Events, Insight, Random, Roxy Rawson, Video of the Day
On a cold, blustery Tuesday evening we ventured down to Camden Lock to record ‘Tiptoes’ with BalconyTV…here’s the footage!…
Roxy Rawson is set to become loopy
by Jen Roberts on Nov.15, 2008, under Roxy Rawson
Yesterday Rox and I had a great meeting with Kev from Roland to discuss the company endorsing her. I suggested we rendez vous at Cafe Rouge in Hampstead and was quite pleased with the selection; the atmosphere and customer service was great. The wine list wasn’t half bad either.
As a consequence of the meeting, Roland are providing Roxy with some great tools to aid her development. Notably, a BOSS RC-50 loop station (the best on the market) so she can incorporate looping of her violin and vocals into her live performance and a neat little recording device so she can capture songs whilst on the move. (She’s been using her mobile phone to record songs as they come to her - I think she said there was about 400 recordings on it! Profilic composer that she is.) This new device should allow for greater quality recordings and make it easier to transfer them to her pc. It’s all very exciting! Rox said she’ll be debuting one of her ‘loopy’ songs on November 30th at the Cross Kings…come along if you can! Below are a couple of pics I took on my Blackberry when Roxy delighted Kev and Hampstead High Street with a few impromptu songs outside the cafe…
I can’t wait to hear what Rox get’s up to with her new tools! Watch this space…
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