Introducing Roxanne De Bastion & Her New Single "Rerun"
I first saw Roxanne De Bastion play live a few years back, when I ran another music website and was doing some PR work for The Edgar Broughton Band. She was the support act for the Broughton's at The 100 Club in London. I loved her beautifully pure voice and her haunting folk songs back then. I then went on to see her play live in a pub in Notting Hill and took some great pictures of her. I featured her music on my old website and really hoped that she'd become more successful.
ONE OF THE OLD PICS TAKEN WHEN I FIRST SAW ROXANNE DE BASTION PLAY LIVE
As I was browsing You Tube for music videos last week, I happened to stumble across Roxanne's channel and I was delighted to see that she is still making music and writing great songs. A quick search led me to her Twitter account, and contact was re-established, just in time for us to do a feature on her new single "Rerun" which is released on April 28th in the UK.
Roxanne is already getting good reviews in the music press and on Radio:
“Standout number...astonishingly assured” (Clive Davis, The Sunday Times)
“A real mover and shaker in the independent music world” (Ruth Barnes, Amazing Radio)
“If you ever get a chance to go see her live – definitely do!” (BBC Introducing)
Rerun is taken off Roxanne's new EP, 'Seeing You', which was recorded in London and is produced by Ben Walker (radio 2 Folk Award Nominee). The EP contains 4 new tracks of cutting and clever lyrics, delivered with what BBC6 producer Tom Whalley said to be “one of the most perfect voices [he's] ever heard”.
OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR RERUN BY ROXANNE DE BASTION
So who is Roxanne De Bastion?
Roxanne de Bastion was born in Berlin and grew up both in England and Germany until she set out on her own, leaving Berlin for London, equipped only with her guitar and a one-way ticket. The young troubadour tours throughout the UK, mainland Europe and the United States, all on trains and busses.
She self-released her debut album The Real Thing, produced by Gordon Raphael (The Strokes / Regina Spektor) in 2013 and has since then been championed by Tom Robinson on BBC6, John Kennedy on XFM, Ruth Barnes on Amazing Radio, R2 Magazine and The Sunday Times. With Seeing You, Roxanne de Bastion continues to forge her own style and a unique approach to the singer songwriter genre.
Musically, Roxanne's compositions are routed in the music of the 1960's, but the tone of voice is very much her own and the stories told are expressed in a way that could only be now. Her lyrics range from introspective journeys in Seeing You and Same Moon, through to observations on instant gratification and repetition (Rerun) and the tearing down of the East Side Gallery in Berlin, Roxanne's town of birth (Wasteland). Roxanne celebrates the release of Rerun with a London show at the Old Queens Head on April 28th.
Tickets available via Eventbrite: CLICK HERE
Visit www.roxannedebastion.com for more info
