Rebecca Downes
Rebecca Downes (born in Wolverhampton ) is a British singer-songwriter whose music includes blues , soul , jazz and rock . She is compared to Tina Turner and Janis Joplin .
In April 2017 she founded the music rights company Rebecca Downes Music Limited as well as her own independent label Mad Hat Records, which from now on will publish all of Rebecca Downes' records. In addition, all rights for the Downes albums that have already been released were acquired. The owner of Mad Hat Studios in Wolverhampton-Coven, Mark Viner Stuart, apparently agreed with the appropriate naming.
She usually writes her compositions together with her guitarist and close friend Steve Birkett .
Downes lives and works in Birmingham .
Awards
- 2016: British Blues Awards in the categories "Female Vocalist of the Year" and "Emerging Artist of the Year"
- 2018: UK Blues Award in the category "Female Blues Vocalist of the Year"
Discography
- 2012: Real Life (EP)
- 2014: Back To The Start (2R2Records)
- 2016: Believe
- 2019: More Sinner Than Saint (Mad Hat Records)
Web links
- Website of Rebecca Downes (English)
- Rebecca Downes at Discogs (English)
- Allmusic profile Rebecca Downes
- Are you More Sinner Than Saint? , Long interview with Rebecca Downes in Bluesdoodles from May 14, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ Homepage of Rebecca Downes, see web links
- ↑ Rebecca Downes ( Memento of the original from December 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on bandpage.com (english)
- ↑ Our 'Record Label' , accessed August 25, 2019
- ↑ see Bluesdoodles interview, see Allmusic
- ↑ British Blues Awards 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Downes, Rebecca |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British singer-songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolverhampton |