beccy owen
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"never be lucid"
newcastle, Northeast
United Kingdom
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| Member Since | 2/13/2006 | | Band Website | beccyowen.com | | Band Members | I don't have a fixed band but the following are all people I have had the good fortune to have worked with making music, some more often or intensively than others...I've learned from and been influenced by each individual in some way or other, so thank you everybody.
Danny Ward (Drums)
Monsieur Gary Atkinson (Bass Guitar).
Adam Kent (piano/songs/arrangements)
Nev Clay (guitar/vocals)
Aurora Strings
Bex Mather (vocals)
Tracey Kelly (flute)
Andrew Wood (drums/percussion)
Steve Glendinning (guitar)
Matthew Studdert-Kennedy(flute)
Sean Sarma
Rachael McShane (cello)
Ng Yin (piano)
Kathy Aberichi (electronica)
Josef Stringer (guitar)
Graham Hardy (trumpet)
Ian Stephenson (harmonium)
John Egdell (guitar/vocals/glock/keyboard/songs)
Keiron Dunlop (accordian)
Ken Patterson (trombone)
Liz Corney (vocals)
Martin Douglas (drums)
Simon Tarrant (accordian/composer/arranger)
Rober Perry (trombone)
Dave Maughan (production/engineering)
Rachel Unthank (cello/vocals)
Lesley Roley (vocals)
Vic Conlon(bassoon)
Alx Dalfaro (guitar)
The Guessmen
Sarah Williams (Flute)
Marek Gabrysch (keyboards/film)
Joe Rusby (Producer/engineer)
Clare (Clarinet)
Nitin Sawhney (guitars/keyboards/arrangements)
Emily Henshaw (vocals)
Alex Leathard (trumpet)
Brendan Murphy (percussion/vibraphone)
Sheema Mukherjee (sitar)
Amanda Quigley (vocals/songs)
Aidan O'Rourke (fiddle)
Joanne Henshaw (vocals)
Gabriel Waite (cello)
Fei Fei Ding (er-hu - traditional Chinese instrument)
Yin Cheuk Ng (piano, sheng - traditional Chinese instrument)
Kai Chung Chui (guitar/vocals/songs)
Pete Moser (everything!)
Neil Harlan (double bass)
Emma Fisk (violin)
Frankie Gibbons (producer/engineer)
Ian Paterson (double bass)
Adam Sinclair (drums)
Jess Roberts (vocals)
Jim Bickel (double bass)
Jamie McCredie (guitar)
Ben Lane (violin)
Gayle Hutchinson (viola)
Amelia Robson (vocals, cello)
Lucy Atkins (violin)
The Dave Connoly Big Band
Chris Griffiths (tenor horn)
Dave Kosky (guitar)
Fiona Taylor (vocals)
Anne Henshaw (vocals)
James McMahon (vocals)
Pete Moser Jennie Redmond (vocals)
Shona Mooney (violin)
Peter Tickell (fiddle)
| | Influences | Dylan Thomas is the only conscious influence I have. The following are brilliant artists, people and writers that make me try harder/want to give up in equal measure...Nina Simone, Raymond Carver, Kate Bush, Odetta, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Low, Neville Clay, P.J. Harvey, Jarvis Cocker, Massive Attack, June Tabor, Bright Eyes, Dolly Parton, Ian McMillan, Fugazi, Richard Dawson, Laura Marling, The Henshaws, Rachmaninov, Joni Mitchell, The Lemonheads, Antonia, Mozart, Liz Corney, Bach, Tom Waits, Fleetwood Mac, Johnny Cash, Pattie Smith, Rage Against The Machine, Ed Aldcroft, Allan Brown, Nick Cave, Bat For Lashes, Bruce Springsteen, Elbow, Wendy Cope, Missy Elliot, Ryan Adams, Gallows, Jeff Buckley, Em Whitfield Brooks, Sigur Ros, The Smiths, Bjork, Bonnie Prince Billy, Maria Callas, Richard Dawson Selima Hill, | | Sounds Like | 'You're a really good singa"
(Jordan Nailor, year 4, Broadfields Primary School.)
'A delinquent Carole King'
(NME)
'Fresh from sharing session time with Elvis Costello on BBC2's Janice Long show, this, the second album from the Newcastle-based songstress, should by rights result in the installation of Beccy as the new queen of bleary-eyed ivory tinkling heartbreak. Imagine Carole King singing odes to lost love after four pints of Special Brew, or Nina Simone skinning up the wings of crushed butterflies - Owen is a fallen, aggrieved dark angel, and a very, very special talent.'
(Music Week)
'Are you a pop star? I didn't think so cos me grandad's never heard of yuz'
(Year 4 pupil, Malvin's Close Primary School) | | Record Label | Unsigned - currently DIY | | Type of Label | Indie |
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Beccy's currently training for the Great North Run. It's a half marathon and she's doing it to raise money for arthritis research. It'd be AMAZING if you could spare some time and coin to support this endeavour. Go to: http://www.justgiving.com/beccythegreatnorthrunner
Recently Beccy had a great time on the wireless talking to Bob Fischer of BBC Radio Tees. He played three songs off the forthcoming new album as well, which was ever so exciting. If you missed it, you can still listen again at:
www.bbc.co.uk/tees/local_radio/
Gobstopper is a radio programme. It gets broadcast on the radio. On BBC Tees, based in Middlesbrough. That's on 95FM. Oh, and DAB Digital Radio. And online at bbc.co.uk/tees. It's on every Monday and Wednesday from 7-10pm, and is hosted by Bob Fischer.
Down With Gravity (only currently available to pre-order)
Down With Gravity is Beccy Owen's forthcoming new album. A compelling portrait of a musician whose relentless wit and wisdom brilliantly chronicles the most beguiling and heart-wrenching moments of human relationships, it features guest vocalists from the radiant Kate Rusby and inimitable Richard Dawson.
Down With Gravity is a unique and moving musical journey that includes the stripped back intimacy of live piano and vocals on songs such as "You Are Gone" and "Drowning Minnow" to a more daring, filmic, textural vivaciousness on songs such as "Stalemate", "In Your Company" and "Blizzard", a sound that has begun to characterise Beccy's evolving vision and her on-going collaboration with co-writer/arranger Adam Kent.
Every bit as inventive, honest and arresting as those already switched on to Beccy's previous releases and live performances would expect, newcomers will also embrace this soulful gem of a record.
Go to Beccy's website to order Down With Gravity
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