Balcony TV, Station Sessions and Strongroom

Yo yo.
On Monday I was supposed to be playing Balcony TV in Brighton on the lovely bandstand on the seafront, which all these photos from this shoot were taken back in the day...

....but unfortunately I didn't get to do it because of a problem with the guy getting there. It was a real shame, but it was absolutely chucking it down and very windy, so perhaps a blessing in disguise. I did have my wonderful wonderful string players with me, and my guitar which is quite modest. I imagine the sound would have totally got lost in the wind!! 

Here's an example of what they do. Milk Kan are a really fun ska-poetic band and this is their BalconyTV show;

Anyhow, the next day (Tuesday 19th July!) I played the wonderful Station Sessions for their Summer Stages Festival. I also had my lovely string girlies with me, and it was the first time we all played together which was v exciting. The show itself went so well, we had to first sign in as 'official visitors' and got our photos taken (mug shots..). Mine was revolting, one of my eyes seemed to have slipped down my face... anyway once we were all signed in and coffee-ed up we started the set. I was really happy with how it went and it sounded SO nice with the strings. We sold a fair amount of singles via 'karma pricing' which people gave incredibly generously to....! 

Here's an example of what Station Sessions do. This one is Alana Stewart who was once billed before me for a Communion show but she couldn't get over for the states :(, anyway, this vid is awesome:

So that was what started off my week. Last night I also sang with Alex Wells i.e Twin Brother at Strongroom Bar in Shoreditch, which was a lot of fun. We played a few new songs that Alex has recently written, which were a bit scary but sounded good in the end! I'm having my launch at the Strongroom Bar next wednesday and shall post about that a bit later.

So that's my week in a nutshell, music filled which is always a bonus. This morning I did an interview for Bob from The Undercurrent in Waterloo Station, some good questions about the upcoming release. Very exciting!

Keep well.
Bella x

The Leftover Sessions

There is a lovely little blog called The Leftover Sessions based in Manchester who have been so lovely to put on their blog about my video and my single! I also did an interview with them and all pieces are up on their website.Mary Machin of The Leftover Sessions also did the cutest illustration for the interview, I love love love it! (above)

Read the interview here! 

Read the single review here! 

Read the video post here!

I hope to go and visit them one day up in Manchester, they're lovely people. It means a lot that little blogs like this that take an interest and put it up on their page, and it's mutual promotion, so go and check out what else they have on their site!

Bella x

My debut single!

Deary me, not posted ages!
Lots to catch up on! So last time I posted I was in the stages of planning my video for my debut single 'Words' which is out officially on the 25th July, but it's already available on Itunes and Amazon and Spotfiy and places like that :) So anyway, I was planning that last time I blogged and since then the video has not only been shot, but also edited! So it is now online and available for anyone to see! Here is the video, it was done by the wonderful Unzip Media and we shot it in Brighton's Stamner Park and St. Barts Church. It was a wonderful day and everyone involved was so lovely and efficient! So happy with the outcome, hope you enjoy:

We also received all the copies of the single, which was designed by me and my sister, and hand drawn by my sister Lola, who's only 14! Here is the artwork:

So the single is all ready to go, which I'm so excited about! It's had such a lovely response from friends, family and a few fans too! Can't wait till everyone can hear it. 

There are also a couple of cheeky shows in celebration of the release. Because i'm so between London and Brighton we may have decided to do both.....watch this space for details on the shows, there should be some nice additions to the set up on the day too, if I can get it all together in time. 

Anyway thats what I've been up to on the single front, which is very exciting. There's lots more to write up on but I'll do those in separate posts so as to keep it all a bit neat :)

eeeeeeee! x