19 May - Up in the Clouds Festival, Wales
15 Jun - Tangled Roots Festival, Radford Farm, Somerset
BIOGRAPHY:
The words 'haunting', 'mesmeric', 'quirky', 'exceptional' and 'brilliant' have all been used to describe multi-instrumentalist Rosie Sleightholme, whose voice has been compared to the likes of Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez. Highlights over the last few years include live sessions on BBC Radio; performing at festivals including Glastonbury, End Of The Road and Fire in the Mountain; and solo tours around Ireland and Scotland, where she performed in Dingle, Doolin, Islay, Arran and Orkney. Rosie has supported established artists such as Show of Hands, Seth Lakeman, This Is The Kit, Stephen Steinbrink, Buke and Gase, The Mariner's Children and Alessi's Ark. She has performed at venues including Bristol’s Colston Hall and London’s Union Chapel, Notting Hill Arts Club, Ronnie Scotts and headlined at the The Half Moon. She has self-released six EPs and is working on her first LP. Her aim is to write and record honest music from the heart that others can relate to.
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Accolades:
"I was very, very charmed by this; it has a very, very timeless quality...utterly wonderful stuff" - Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales, on Spring Interlude
"Rosie Sleightholme's carefully controlled vocals and skilful guitar playing brought a quiet hush and a sense of peace and calm to the auditorium" - Guardian
"Her voice at once conveys that underlying ethereal tenderness, while at the same time showcasing some incredibly powerful and unwavering vocals, striking pitch-perfect notes both high and low with a wonderful fluidity that recalls (a British) Joni Mitchell" - The Music Journal
"WOW. What a fabulous performance! Rosie has that undefineable likeability factor and she can sing...Boy she can sing, her voice is deliciously unique and is able to penetrate even the hardest of souls, her songs are 100% original,fresh and inspiring...a star in the making without any doubt" - David Durant, Brooklands Radio
"On 'Conflicted' chanteuse Rosie Sleightholme sounds like she's had a Janis Joplin lung transplant." - The Devil Has The Best Tuna music blog
"The final act that we saw before we had to leave was Rosie Sleightholme, a singer who writes and performs remarkably deep and meaningful songs - one in particular she performed last night focused on her homesickness for England after living in the Far East for some time and its poignancy, combined with her powerful voice, almost had me in tears!" - The Londoneer blog
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