The Grey Lady Music Lounge, Tuesday 18th April 2017

‘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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Issey started playing the guitar and writing her own songs from the age of 12 helped on by the many internet guitar tuition sites. Then playing many local  venues in and around Tunbridge wells , through open mics to the Grey Lady.

Now aged 15 Issey has become an accomplished singer/ songwriter playing many stages in and around London. You can often see Issey perform at the famous Troubadour, The Bedford Globe in Balham and many Soho, Shoreditch and Camden venues.

Issey’s spiralling vocals have been said to have no end of scale. Her unique tone has left audiences astonished by delivery and her age.

Issey’s recent success this May 2015 was being filmed performing her song “Touch” live on the online music platform SBTV. Just after her film was released Issey has been offered and booked for Co/writing and production sessions with many industry famed writer/producers.

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Milly Rusling is a fifteen year old singer songwriter from Tonbridge, Kent. Songwriting since the age of twelve, her style draws on contemporary influences such as Gabrielle Aplin, Emile Sande, Damien Rice and Lauren Aquilina. Her largely piano-based songs combine accessible melodies and simple lyrics, and are delivered with soulful, haunting vocals. She has performed regularly in the local area over the last twelve months receiving some great reviews along the way.  In the next year she hopes to spend time recording material for release and performing her songs; the thing she loves most.

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Grace Carroll is a 16 year old singer-songwriter from Biddenden, Kent. Grace has been singing and playing the guitar since the age of 11 and has since performed in many shows with her brother James, but is now trying to do it on her own as he travels the world! She has been writing songs for as long as she's been listening to music, using experiences from her own life as well as the lives of others to write honest songs in the style of folk artists. Grace cites Laura Marling, Bob Dylan, Gabrielle Aplin, Fleetwood Mac, Nick Drake, Lianne La Havas, Joni Mitchell, John Martyn and Van Morrison among her biggest influences.

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