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Meet Chloey Rose, a singer songwriter from Lincolnshire.

9th Dec 2021 — Leave a comment
Chloey Rose

Chloey’s latest single Butterfly teaches us that no matter your start in life you can become who you were always meant to be. A cocoon may be a difficult space, it’s dark, suffocating and lonely but from it is born greatness, after all is it what we make of the darkness that defines us.

The song is about embracing yourself and flying despite your flaws. On my podcast episode with Chloey she said “Each butterfly has different wings but all are beautiful”, a postive sentiment toward self image but it’s more than that she continued to say the song was “about never giving up, we all have to go through our caterpillar stage to find our wings”

Butterfly ,which was a collabortive effort from Chloey and Harry David, also serves as a milestone in Chloey’s evolution as a music artist after releasing her single Golden dreams secured a promising step to fame reaching 14,000 views on BBC radio Lincolsnhire’s page, it is no suprise that her songs have won her awards including Best Original song and Most Talented Songwriter.

The music video for Butterfly is very etheral with a bohemian atmosphere the song allows you to feel reborn, a new sense of self and purpose. Escape from what other people are telling you to be to find your own narrative.

Butterfly msuic video released November 6th
Chloey Rose

Chloey continues to amaze her audience, she shared with me that it took her just three weeks to write two songs the one which is soon to be released in time for the festive season and the other, titled Hopes And Dreams should see us in to January of 2022.

For many of us the central image of christmas is the tree, by a roaring log fireplace with mug of hot chocolate, board game pieces scattered on the floor as the Queen’s speech plays in the background, but there is one key piece of this christmas scene whcih is usually overlooked. The importance of the dinner table and not just the food on it but the people around it. Our families passing the cranberry sauce, squabbling over the last roast potato and coming togther for the turkey wish bone. The Christmas kitchen, being with family, served as a big inspiration for Chloey’s up coming Chirstmas Single.

The song also knods at previous christmas classics making it a refreshing take on familar themes, the nostaliga that we love about chirstmas is definitely felt throughout the tune whether we are on our drive home or gathering round the tree it is sure to be that this tune will be playing.

Listen to it here whilst you’re wrapping your presents.

On my podcast episode with Chloey things get deep and personal but the bubbly nature of her personality allowed us to discuss certain topics such as the loss of a friend, poetry and allowing yourself to be who you are whilst remaining respectful we were light hearted leaving us both postive afterward, have a listen to see if you feel the same.

Chloey Rose

Her music has been described as “magical and mysterious” With her recent singles, Sky Is Falling and Hearts On The Line both being named “Song of the week” By BBC radio Lincolnshire.

Listen for yourself and see why

You can find out more about Chloey Below

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Meet The Rills, an indie trio from a small town…

18th Nov 2021 — Leave a comment
The Rills from left Mason Cassar, Mitch Spencer and Callum Warner- Webb

Whether you’ve seen them at Reading or Leeds fest, heard them on BBC Radio One or scrolled past them on your TikTok ‘for you page’ this small town band are onto some pretty big things which I discuss with frontman Mitch on my podcast.

Made up of Mitch Spencer singer and guitarist, Mason Cassar on drums and Callum Warner-Webb on bass guitar the Rills have broken the borders of secured living by captivating audiences with energetic live performances, engaging with fans on TikTok and releasing indie anthems that anyone with a dream and a drive can resonate with.

The Rills

Small towns are self explanatory, it’s easy to go places in them but its a challenge to get anywhere which is why few years after meeting in a skatepark, Mitch Spencer and Callum Warner-Webb set off to Sheffield to work on their music, where they eventually met Mason Cassar and morphed into the trio we now know as the Rills.

Pyro by The Rills

Since releasing their debut single Pyro in 2017, the band have gone on to release three more singles, their latest being Skint Eastwood a character ,that frontman Mitch has, described as “a Lincoln loner. A BMX bandit who lurks on the streets, with just their rucksack on their back and loose change in their pockets”

The leather on a cowboy is much like the metal on a knight beneath both guises ,we are vulnerable. This hard exterior mixed with what we hide, the”cowboy cliche has been used to describe the lost boys and girls of our generation” explains Mitch. Those that get left behind due to the narrow pathways used to navigate Suburban life.

Skint Eastwood by the Rills released October 27 2021

James Joyce’s poem Ulysses serves as a great influence over the mind of Mitch, inspiring him to wrote songs from different perspectives, exploring the psyche of characters you’d find in a small town. The songs are almost as though you have walked in to your local pub and listened to all of the distinctive voices that define small town life, yet you realize they actually have something important to say, they become interesting proving that no matter where you come from it is what you make of your experience that defines the success of your journey.

And what an experience the band are having, from a supporting tour with Bloxx to their own UK headline tour in December the Rills are further proving that small towns can lead to success if you just work for it, and maybe move to a larger town.

Buy tickets for their tour here before they get any bigger so you can brag about it when they do.

Meet The Tenters, An Indie band from Lincolnshire

14th Sep 2021 — Leave a comment
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The Tenters

Many of us find ourselves in songs, coming to terms with who we are whilst emmersed in rich jazz tunes or dancing to a guitar solo, some of us lose ourselves along the melody. The film Good Will Hunting explores similar themes, the complexity of self and the fragility of potential which is why it inspired The Tenters to write their latest song Good Will but it could also be because two of their band members are called Will, give it a listen and decide for yourself.

Good Will

On this episode of The Lincoln Ear podcast I had the pleasure of speaking to Will Munton and Robert Lester about what it’s like to play live, what they have learned about themselves whilst playing as a band and who they would/wouldn’t trust to be in charge of the aux on tour, who would have throught you’d hear Slipknot and Sugarbabes in the same sentence.

Podcast

Listen to the podcast here.

Will spoke to me about some of the inspiration behind upcoming songs such as watching a fishing programme, proving that with the right mindset and creativity you can create art from anything.

Their debut song Alexander, relased in July of this year, has been described on their Spotify as a song about whatever for whoever, which is the music we all need, something we can relate to, interpret in our own way and resonate with. Listen to my podcast to find out why it was the hardest song for them to release.

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Formed in 2019 the band were faced with the adversity of 2020, but this didn’t hold them back; having released two songs, being featured on BBC Radio Lincolnshire and an upcoming live performance with the hugely talented ‘Little Comets’, this Sunday tickets available here, it will be exciting to discover where else this band gets their inspiration from and to see what they do with it.