Beth Rowley

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Beth Rowley

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Img_capt = Beth Rowley performing in 2008
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Beth Rowley
Born = birth date|1981|10| Lima, Peru | Origin = Bristol, England
Genre =R&B, Soul, Pop, Gospel
Occupation = Singer-songwriter
Years_active = 2004–present
Label = Blue Thumb
URL = [http://www.bethrowley.com www.bethrowley.com]

Beth Rowley (born October, 1981) is an English singer-songwriter born in Lima, Peru. She was born to British parents who later returned from Peru in 1982 to live in Bristol, England when Beth was aged two years old.

Career

Early career

She was influenced by her family's love for many different musical styles, particularly blues, country, folk, gospel and Latin American music. When aged 16, Beth formed "The Apogee", an original 5 piece funk/soul/acid jazz group. At age 17 she was spotted at an open mic night in the popular London entertainment club, Ginglik, in Shepherd's Bush.

Beth studied music and art at Weston-super-Mare College and in 2003 went on to the Brighton Institute of Modern Music with the particular help and encouragement of soul singer Carleen Anderson. During her time at the school, Beth toured with Ronan Keating and Enrique Iglesias providing backing vocals.

Beth attended St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School in Bristol.

2000-present

In 2000 Beth teamed up with Jazz saxophonist Ben Castle (son of Roy), well known for his work with Jamie Cullum. She began writing her own material and with Ben's encouragement and assistance she released three EPs, "Beth Rowley" (2004), "Sweet Hours" (2006) and "Violets" (2007). From the "Violets" EP she released a single entitled, 'Nobody's Fault But Mine' which was the iTunes 'Single of the Week' for December 2007.

Beth has collaborated with other artists and bands over the past year, including Crowded House on their Time on Earth album providing backing vocals for the song "Transit Lounge" and Duke Special, who joined her for a duet on her début album, Little Dreamer. [cite news|url=http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/2008/03/21/ten-things-you-need-to-know-about-beth-rowley-91466-20654168/ | title=Ten things you need to know about Beth Rowley | publisher=icwales.co.uk | date=2008-03-21 | accessdate=2008-04-24 ]

Beth Rowley's album entitled "Little Dreamer" was released in the UK on the 19 May 2008 and went straight into the UK album charts at number 6. On 4 February 2008 the lead single, "Oh My Life"(released on 3 March 2008) from the forthcoming album was featured as 'BBC Radio 2 Record of the Week' cite news | url=http://www.bethrowley.com/news/2008/02/06/bbc_radio_2_record_of_the_week?headlines-page=2 | title=BBC Radio 2 - Record of the Week | publisher=bethrowley.com | date=2008-02-06 | accessdate=2008-04-15 ] . The second single of from the album is called 'So Sublime' and was released on 12 May 2008.

Promoting her recent session for them, Beth is featured on the MSN homepage. You can watch exclusive versions of 'Oh My Life', 'Sweet Hours', 'I Would Rather Go Blind' - plus an interview.

Beth attended The Edge of Love world premiere on the 18th June, which marked the opening of the Edinburgh Film Festival. Based on the life of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, The Edge of Love opened nationwide from 27th June. The soundtrack to the film, for which Beth has recorded the exclusive track, 'Careless Talk,

In 2006 Beth recorded a song entitled 'Too much too late' written by Bristol based singer/songwriter Steve Williams in a collaboration featured on the album 'Corners'.

Beth recorded a song called "Careless Talk" for the soundtrack to the new film featuring Keira Knightley called "The Edge of Love". [cite news|url=http://www.bethrowley.com/news/2008/04/10/beth_on_the_edge_of_love_soundtrack | title= Beth on 'The Edge of Love' Soundtrack | publisher=bethrowley.com | date=2008-04-10 | accessdate=2008-04-24 ]

Touring

Beth has supported various artists on tour including David Gray [cite news|url=http://www.bethrowley.com/news/2008/02/11/supporting_david_gray_on_tour?headlines-page=2 | title= Supporting David Gray On Tour | publisher=bethrowley.com | date=2008-02-11 | accessdate=2008-04-24 ] , Tom Baxter and Duke Special. In March 2008 Beth performed at the Play.com Live event inside Wembley Stadium, London [cite news|url=http://www.bethrowley.com/news/2008/03/10/playcom_live | title= PLAY.com Live | publisher=bethrowley.com | date=2008-03-10 | accessdate=2008-04-24 ] . On Friday 4 April 2008 Beth appeared on BBC Radio 2's 'Friday Night is Music Night' performing two tracks with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Mermaid Theatre, London. She has also made guest appearances on 'Top of the Pops', 'Parkinson', 'This Morning' and more recently, GMTV [cite news|url=http://www.bethrowley.com/news/2008/02/27/beth_on_gmtv?headlines-page=2 | title=Beth on GMTV | publisher=/bethrowley.com | date=2008-02-27 | accessdate=2008-04-24 ] . Beth started her first headline tour at London's Bush Hall on 16 April 2008 [cite news | url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/beth-rowley-bush-hall-london-813921.html | title=Beth Rowley, Bush Hall, London| publisher= The Independent | date=2008-04-23 | accessdate=2008-04-24 ]

Discography

*2007: "Violets (EP)"

*2008: "Little Dreamer"

References

External links

* [http://www.bethrowley.com Official website]
*myspace|bethrowley
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