Sally Ann Marsh

Sally Ann Marsh is a British singer and actress who came to fame originally as a member of a short lived girlband with Dani Behr called "Faith Hope and Charity" (she was "Hope"). After Faith Hope and Charity, her musical career included the front person for the dance band Xpansions whose major hit single 'Move Your Body' reached Number 8 in 1991 before being remixed and rereleased several times over the nineties due to demand. Sally then became the lead singer of deConstruction house group Ariel who were formed by Tom Rowlands of The Chemical Brothers with whom she appeared on seminal UK nineties TV show The Word. She recorded two Promo Only Singles working with producers Mike Stock & Matt Aitken in 1995 on their Love This Recods label. These were a Whigfield esque cover of the Mungo Jerry hit In The Summertime and a dance version of the classic Windmills OF Your Mind. As an actress she has appeared in many children's programmes as many characters including Vicky in "Bodger and Badger" (in which she played a drumkit), Kitty in "Hilltop Hospital", Lucy in BBC's "Tricky Business" and Cecile Lefevre in "Grange Hill" . She was also the voice of Princess Irene in the 1993 "The Princess and the Goblin".

Her most acclaimed musical venture however is her role as lead singer of "Brand Violet", a London band to whom Marsh was introduced by Rhythm King Records founder Martin Heath in 2002. A powerful live band whose musical references range from the B52s to Blondie, Brand Violet have released two albums (with a third promised) and a number of independent singles, all featuring Marsh. The vocal performances such as on the single "Voodoo" demonstrate Marsh's increasing confidence and range of expression as a lead vocalist in comparison to her 1990s recordings.

In addition to her musical career she is a freelance voiceover artiste who does work for GCap Media and EMAP radio, as well as the Tindle Radio Group.

ingles

*Faith Hope and Charity - Battle Of The Sexes (London Records - 1990) - Vocals (as "Hope")
*Xpansions - Elevation/Move Your Body (Arista Records) - 1990 - Frontwoman
*Ariel - Let It Slide (deConstruction Records - 1993)
*Xpansions - Move Your Body 95 (Arista Records) - 1995
*Sally Ann Marsh - In The Summertime [Promo Only] - 1995)
*Sally Ann Marsh - Windmills Of Your Mind [Promo Only] - 1995
*Brand Violet - Alien Hive Theme (Brand Violet Limited) - 2004 - Lead Vocals
*Brand Violet - Head (Brand Violet Limited) - 2004
*Brand Violet - Voodoo (Brand Violet Limited) - 2004
*Brand Violet - Sputnik Bride EP (Brand Violet Limited) - 2005
*Brand Violet - Legend of Ladybeard (Brand Violet Limited) - 2005

Albums

*Brand Violet - Retrovision Coma (Brand Violet Limited) - 2004 (Lead Vocalist)
*Brand Violet - Akathisia (Brand Violet Limited) - 2005

External links

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* [http://www.brandviolet.com/ Brand Violet]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Xpansions XPansions Discography]
* [http://www.last.fm/music/Ariel Ariel on Last FM]