A very Happy New Year to you all!!
Well the year has started brilliantly for me and my wonderful band mates!
2011 started with me being voted number 1 'Best emerging Soul Artist' by the lovely music journalist Natasha Devon who announced her top 5 soul artists of 2010! which was a total surprise and very much appreciated.
I have also just announced the launch of my album 'FairyTales & Stepping Stones' on the 3rd of March at one of the industry's most well known venues 'The Monto Water Rats Theatre' in London's Kings Cross, this is an industry event, all major and independent labels have been invited as well as Music journalists who will be reviewing the event and some well known faces. Tickets will go on sale on Friday 14th January ticket outlet will be announced shortly, advance tickets will be £12 or £15 on the night at the door.We also have two very special guests performing on the night! Exciting!
We performed our first gig of the new year last night at the brilliant Hootananny in Brixton! If you have never been to this venue I urge you to go, the atmosphere and music makes for a truly entertaining and fun evening out, where you can hang with your friends, enjoy two out door BBQ's in the garden as well rocking with the live bands inside. We played to a 400 strong crowd, who were amazing! singing my songs back to me, dancing and ending with us doing not one but three encore's at the end! Can't think of a better start to the new year and couldn't have wished to do our first gig of 2011 anywhere else! thank you to all of you who came down and supported us your chants of 'Tara, Tara, Tara!' are still ringing in my ears haha! think I will pay you to be at all my gigs!! :D Big shout out to upcoming artists 'The Meds Collective' who came to see us last night, you guys rock! looking forward to seeing you at The Rats in Feb!
Our next gig is a Venue launch for 'The Living Room' St Katherines Dock, Towerhill on the 30th January and I can tell you there's a couple of well known faces going to be performing with us on this night, so get involved peoples! Come and spend a great evening of music and fun with us, be great to have you there :)
2010 was a year of really deciding my place in the industry in terms of what sort of music I really wanted to be doing and planning ahead for what's to come in 2011 as well as finishing my album 'FairyTales & Stepping Stones' which is at last finished! Artwork is the focus for this month for the cover of the album as well as organizing and planning the launch for the album, which is a lot of work but really exciting! I will post more details as we draw closer to the event.
So it is with a great level of anticipation that we enter this new year as a band, I have to say, I am very blessed to have the guys that are in my band, having been in and around this industry for sometime I am yet to meet individuals as talented, loyal, passionate and warm hearted as these guys! as a band we are all working towards the same goals on our journey and we all want the same things, we have a chemistry and bond that makes us great friends as well as colleges and I know that people have said that really shines through on stage, so a big warm hearted THANK YOU to you guys BRING ON 2011!! Shan-Bass, Nick-Guitar, Jake-Drums, Pete-Keys, BabyG- Bv's Liz-Bv's and Amanda-Bv's, I love your faces xxxxxxx
So, I hope this new year will bless everyone one of you with good health, love, friendship and many moments that make you smile! Hopefully see you soon at a gig! come and say hello! and don't forget the album launch on the 3rd March!! see you there beautiful peoples :)
Big love T xxx
