Joiners Promotions presents...
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Mon April 5, 2010 at 19:30
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At The Joiners Southampton
LISBEE STAINTON
Acoustic |
Blues |
Folk |
Indie
Lisbee stainton
+ The Widowmaker
+ Tom Moody
+ Adam Asunder
More about Lisbee stainton
Lisbee was discovered by BBC 6Music DJ Tom Robinson when he came across her MySpace page. Describing Lisbee on air as “a serious young talent”, it was Robinson’s subsequent support which led to her single, ‘Red’ eventually being playlisted at BBC Radio 2 in January 2009: only the third ever unsigned artist to be Radio 2 playlisted after Katy Melua and Eva Cassidy. Both of her next two singles, 'Just Like Me' and 'Never Quite an Angel' where subsequently play listed on Radio 2 as well. That support from Tom has continued ever since, with Lisbee returning to play a live session on Tom’s show in April 2009: in Tom’s words “Wow! Sensational! Absolutely Mint!' The success of ‘Red’ subsequently saw Lisbee making numerous radio & TV appearances, as well as being tipped in the press as ‘one to watch for 2010’.
In January, Lisbee released her new album, 'Girl on an Unmade Bed'. Produced by Rupert Christie (U2, Greenday, Lou Reed, Echo and the Bunnymen) & recorded at Abbey Road, the album has already received a series of great reviews in publications such as MOJO, Uncut Magazine, The Independent on Sunday, the Daily Express and The Mirror.
Lisbee's single, 'Just Like Me' was the Record of the Week on the Radcliffe and Maconie show on BBC Radio 2 in April 2009 and is available to download from itunes and other music downloading websites, alongside her most recent single, 'Never Quite an Angel', released in January and playlisted on BBC Radio 2 for 6 weeks.
In 2006 she collaborated with Guildford-based producer, Rain, and released her first album, 'Firefly', which you can find on itunes or Amazon. She was the first unsigned solo artist to perform in the O2 Arena in 2007, and Lisbee currently performs regularly, mainly in and around London. She can also be regularly heard on the airwaves of BBC Radio Worcester and Hereford and COAST 106-106.6 Fm and has played live sessions for both BBC 6Music and Radio 2.
Lisbee has just completed a four-month support slot from March to July 2010 around the UK and Europe for Joan Armatrading as part of her world tour and is now preparing for her own tour at the end of this year; in September Lisbee will be embarking on a headline tour of the UK, Europe and parts of Scandinavia. Dates are coming through now so get booking for your tickets!
Watch this space...
This one.
'A serious young talent.' - TOM ROBINSON
On 'Girl on an Unmade Bed':
'At 21, Lisbee Stainton already has the ear of Radio 2, BBC 6 music, and a song destined for United Nations Peace Day next year. Her appeal is clear and simple: slowly revolving rhythms, wistful English melancholy with a soulful undertow and a sweet folk-pop voice. "Peace and quiet is not a London thing/This is why birds migrate to sing." she croons on Practice Room, a song about the art of song-writing. Produced by Rupert Christie, this debut is augmented by warm, subtle strings, and the odd mandolin. Some tracks sound affected (Harriet is marked by a Lily Allen-style whimsical 'charm') but the strongest songs are her simplest, the focus on Stainton and her 8-string guitar, as in the quietly moving Wait For Me. More like this, and we will.' - MOJO MAGAZINE
'What's it made of? Cultured folk-pop arrangements built around the thrum of Stainton's guitar, gently cushioning her unaffected toy-soprano mini-voice. How is it woven? Intimately, subtly, sophisticatedly and with a keen ear for the play of the language of very young women. She wears it well.' - INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
'Lisbee Stainton's sun-kissed guitar pop made a rainy night in Soho feel like a sunny Glasto afternoon.' - Andy Jones, thelondonpaper
'If you thought folk music was all bearded men with long fingernails wailing about another bad harvest, think again. Angel-voiced Lisbee, 20, proves that folk has undergone a young, fresh makeover.' **** - New Magazine
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The Widowmaker's Official MySpace Page
Tom Moody's Official Website
