- Lorraine Bowen
Lorraine Bowen is a singer, songwriter and musician. She was born in
Cheltenham ,Gloucestershire in 1961.She studied music at the
University of Surrey and then busked around London. She was a member of two bands in the 1980s:See You in Vegas andThe Dinner Ladies as well as performing regularly withBilly Bragg on stage and on record. She has also made many appearances onBBC Radio 4 including John Shuttleworth's showRadio Shuttleworth .She performs solo shows under name of The Lorraine Bowen Experience and her songs are quirky, funny and often with a sense of kitch. Themes include: food, film stars (one of her most popular songs is about
Julie Christie ), mobile phones and launderettes. They have catchy choruses and she encourages audience participation.Lorraine Bowen also worked as a part-time music teacher in schools across Hackney.
Lorraine is currently the assistant musical director of the
City of Brighton Gay Men's Chorus .Discography
* "Greatest Hits Volume One" (1995)
* "Greatest Hits Volume Two" (1998)
* "Bossy Nova" (2000)
* "Vital Organs" (2006)Lorraine's song "Julie Christie" appears on the
Better Than Chocolate soundtrack.External links
* [http://www.lorrainebowen.co.uk/ Lorraine Bowen's Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/lorrainebowenexperience Lorraine Bowen's Official Myspace Website]
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