The Pheasantry, Pizza Express, Thursday 25th August 2016

Julius Cowdrey is a 23 year old English singer songwriter.

Born into a famous sporting and music family in the South of England he has developed his own brand of music. Whilst he has always been a singer he found inspiration during a year studying at the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance in London. 

Since then Julius has gigged around the UK for 3 years playing at all the well-known London venues (regularly headlining at The Troubadour.)   He was assigned the task of introducing live music to the famous London West End Club, Mahiki, performing at every show. 

Julius has twice performed on Fifth Avenue in New York as the guest of Society’s Choice and headlined at both a rooftop party and Bar Lubitsch in LA in 2015/16. 

Julius writes all of his own music. His style has been compared to Ed Sheeran, but with piano and the expression and emotion of Adele. Following his shows in New York he received his greatest review ‘Julius performed beautiful heart-felt music, like Adele’. 

Julius has developed his own unique sound on keyboard and is currently writing songs in collaboration with several writers in London and LA. His passion is performing live and writing great music.

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Ethereal quirkiness, broody and melancholic, a truly enjoyable debut album'. Singer-Songwriter Sophie Janes performs songs from her stunning debut album 'The Fog'  together with some brand new material from her next release. Cinematic pop meets orchestral grandeur; concert piano meets in-your-face voice; Kate Bush, Tori Amos and Lana del Rey meet Einaudi, Howard Shore and Ramin Djawadi.

Sophie Janes is  a home-educated singer-songwriter from East Sussex whose first London gig was opening the MBS show at Earls Court after she was spotted by the former Master of Voice at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. Since then she has spent a couple of year crafting her first album, refining her sound and set with gigs in the UK and Germany. The title track from the album was used globally in the SKY Formula 1 coverage of both the Italian and USA Grand Prix, and Sophie has been offered her own official artist showcases 2 years running at the prestigious SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. Sophie is deep into writing and recording for her second album so be ready to hear one or two exclusives. 

This is a rare opportunity to see Sophie Janes live in 2016 so book your seat early!' 

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‘Multi-talented’ and ‘singing from the soul’ are a couple of the comments recently applied to this young singer songwriter from Kent. Emily’s musical influences span a wide variety of genres and artists from Lana Del Rey and Fleetwood Mac, to Frank Ocean and Hans Zimmer. Emily’s music has both an ethereal and expansive feel and she is constantly inspired to develop her unique sound using her classical piano and voice training along with self-taught guitar skills. She has been writing songs since she was thirteen and her passion for songwriting grows with each achievement. Emily now studies music at Goldsmiths University and lives in South East London, where she is further developing her songwriting and enjoying collaborating with other musicians. She is always in the studio, rehearsing with her band, and looking for new venues in which to perform. Following the success of her debut EP Sirens and releasing tracks on iTunes, Emily is working on her second EP and is looking for music management. Sirens EP out now and on iTunes.

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