Marli Buck

Marilena Buck (stage name Marli Buck), born 1975 in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England is a singer songwriter who also plays piano, violin, clarinet and guitar. She is of Eritrean, Italian, Welsh and English extraction.

She started writing songs at the age of 11, after being bullied at school. After attending Blackpool and The Fylde College's School of Performing Arts she pursued a career in nursing and moved to London to work at the Florence Nightingale Hospital for eating disorders.

Musical career

Fame Academy

In 2002, after two record deals had fallen through, she successfully auditioned and was chosen to appear on the BBC talent show Fame Academy 1. She impressed the judges in week one by singing the Ednaswap song "Torn", made famous by Natalie Imbruglia, which garnered her Star Pupil. She was also praised for her duets, "Fields of Gold" (Eva Cassidy) with Malachi Cush and "Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)" (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel) with Ainslie Henderson. She was put on probation and was voted out of the academy in week five after singing "Tracks of My Tears". This song and the duets are included on the Fame Academy album which reached #2 in the UK compilation charts. She gained notoriety in the press after leaving the Academy when she was seen kissing personal tutor Jeremy Milnes in a nightclub.

ubsequent career

After leaving the academy she failed to get a recording contract, but continued to write and record as an independent artist, performing live at various venues in London and the UK. In 2005 she supported The Christians on their tour of the UK. In September 2005 "Song 4 Lovers", a song she co-wrote for Liberty X, reached #5 in the UK singles chart. In November 2005 she performed at the Royal Variety Performance in Cardiff, singing backing vocals for Ozzy Osbourne.

In 2006 she played a one off show in the Carling Academy Islington with Sandi Thom, before embarking on a sell out tour of the UK supporting Journey South, (from the 16 September to the 9th of October) performing stripped down versions of her songs with her band (Mark Pusey, James Sims (Jim E. Sims) and Jason Huxley).

Album

Marli Buck is currently signed to Sony BMG and her debut album is due to be released in January 2007.

Several of the songs have already been premiered. "White Light" and "Disciple" on her website, and "Been There Before" on her MySpace page. She has also released a 4 track single, which contains the songs "Be The One", "May Not Be Love", "Farewell My Friend", and "Dirt".

External links

* [http://www.marlibuck.net/ Marli's Official Website]
* [http://www.marlimania.com/ Marli's Official Fanclub]