Beth Rowley - Gota Fria

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:25
Size: 129,6 MB
Art: Front

(4:25)  1. Shut It Down
(4:30)  2. Howl At The Moon
(3:51)  3. Bronze
(5:15)  4. Brave Face
(2:22)  5. Brother
(4:29)  6. Forest Fire
(5:38)  7. Princess
(4:53)  8. Get It Back
(5:59)  9. Only One Cloud
(3:30) 10. Run To The Light
(3:39) 11. Hide From Your Love
(7:48) 12. Gota Fria

Beth Rowley is a singer who employs a healthy crossover feel of vintage rhythm & blues and gospel music welded onto contemporary pop and jazz elements. She was born in Lima, Peru in October of 1981 to British missionary parents who moved when she was two years old. Raised in Bristol, England, her initial influences included Mahalia Jackson, Emmylou Harris, Neil Young, Roy Orbison, and (through her guitar-playing father) Woody Guthrie. Rowley attended St. Mary Redcliffe and Temple schools before being noticed at an open-mike night in London, and she subsequently formed a funk-soul-acid jazz band, the Apogee, when she was 16. After high school, she studied casually at Weston-Super-Mare College, and formally for a year at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music. Meeting and conferring with vocalist Carleen Anderson, Rowley was inspired to develop her own sound, but gained initial professional experience as a backup singer with Enrique Iglesias and Ronan Keating. Working more on the underground scene, she teamed up with saxophonist Ben Castle of Jamie Cullum's band in 2000 and began writing her own material, influenced as much by country and bluegrass as soul music. Her EP Violets was followed by the full-length Blue Thumb album Little Dreamer, which included songs co-written with Castle and covers of tunes by Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, and Willie Nelson. With backup from Duke Special, the album was also shaped by Blur producer Steve Power with help from Kevin Bacon and Jonathan Quarmby. Upon release, the album graced the U.K. Top Ten and saw Rowley nominated for Best Female Vocalist at the 2009 Brit Awards. The same year, she appeared onscreen in Lone Scherfig's An Education, while also contributing to the soundtrack of The Edge of Love. In 2010, she parted ways with Universal and continued on her own path, playing live shows across the U.K. and performing with Jools Holland & his R&B Band. 2013 saw the release of the Wretched Body EP, and after a move from London back to Bristol, Rowley took time some time off but still performed when she could. After an eight-year semi-hiatus, she returned to the studio to record new material. The resulting album, Gota Fría (Cold Drop), was released in mid-2018 on the independent label Stoopnik and was preceded by the single "Forest Fire." ~ Michael G. Nastos https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/gota-fr%C3%ADa/1369923472

Gota Fria

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Beth Rowley - Little Dreamer

Styles: Pop/Rock
Year: 2007
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:17
Size: 90,6 MB
Art: Front

(3:47)  1. Nobody's Fault But Mine
(3:28)  2. Sweet Hours
(3:46)  3. So Sublime
(3:47)  4. I Shall Be Released
(3:45)  5. Only One Cloud
(3:16)  6. When the Rains Came
(3:11)  7. Oh My Life
(3:49)  8. Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground
(3:05)  9. Almost Persuaded
(4:14) 10. You Never Called Me Tonight
(3:05) 11. Beautiful Tomorrow

Following up on Beth Rowley's debut EP VIOLETS, her first full-length, LITTLE DREAMER, reveals the British singer-songwriter to be a gifted song stylist. Versed in both jazz and soul, like a midpoint between Amy Winehouse's gutbucket passion and Melody Gardot's refined cool, Rowley is a compelling singer with an excellent eye for material. Along with a batch of strong originals, covers include Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released" done in an unexpected reggae take, as well as a more traditionally torchy version of Willie Nelson's "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground." ~ Charity Stafford   http://www.allmusic.com/album/little-dreamer-mw0000797698

Little Dreamer

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