1970's
My mum was a DJ whilst I was growing up in the 70's, so I was drip-fed a diet of pop music and listened to the latest Top 40 vinyl including Bread, ABBA and Earth, Wind & Fire.
1980's
In the 80's I continued to listen to pop music, especially Madonna and Prince, but I also enjoyed soul, acid jazz and R&B.
1990's
I still loved pop music and was inspired by Paul Weller, Sting, Tracy Chapman and The Pretenders. I also loved U2, Radiohead and Pearl Jam.
2000 and beyond
Since I have been playing live acoustic music, I've been introduced to some amazing folk legends, including James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, John Martyn and Jeff Buckley (basically anyone with a name beginning with J!). I am also partial to a bit of Fleetwood Mac.
x Astrid's album WILD RIVER is available to buy! x
WILD RIVER is Astrid's acoustic album, which was produced by the highly talented Rick Parkhouse (Red Triangle Productions) at his studio in Dorset, England. The tracklisting for the album includes:
Killing The Blues (cover)
Returned To The Earth
Easy To Love
Take These Old Memories
Wild River
Hotel LA
Falling For You
The Promise (cover)
A Better Woman
Come Be My Lover
Making My Way CHARITY DONATION: With each physical CD sold, £1 will be donated to Music4Children and £1 to the Country Music Foundation of Sri Lanka. These organisations work to improve the lives of underprivileged kids in Nepal and Sri Lanka.
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ASTRID BROOK is a folk singer songwriter based in London. Over the last 10 years she has progressed in to an elegant solo performer with a warm singing voice which lends itself perfectly to her gentle folk style. Astrid has played hundreds of gigs in the UK and abroad and continues to receive enthusiastic reviews from her audiences.
At the end of 2008, Astrid independently released her debut CD, WILD RIVER. The CD was produced by Rick Parkhouse (Red Triangle Productions) and is an acoustic album which effectively captures the purity of Astrid’s live performances.
Born to a Malaysian mother and an English father, Astrid grew up on Salisbury Plain in South England, in a town close to Stonehenge. Her mother was a DJ whilst Astrid was growing up in the 1970’s, so she was submerged in UK pop music from a young age and started songwriting at the age of 8. She dabbled in music throughout her teens but never really took it seriously and when she finished college she decided to broaden her horizons.
During a 10 year break from music, Astrid completed a degree, embarked on a business career in London and also did some travelling. At the age of 27, Astrid decided to reignite her creativity, so she started to perform at open mic nights in the city and she has been performing ever since.
Through her music, Astrid helps to raise funds and awareness for children’s charities abroad. These include Music4Children a UK-based charity helping underprivileged kids in Nepal; and the Country Music Foundation of Sri Lanka who work closely with Save The Children to help poor kids in Sri Lanka. Astrid has visited Sri Lanka for 3 years running to perform at an annual charity gig called 'Country Roads' to help raise money for children’s projects in the country.
hi Astrid...thx 4 the approve .. tomorrow your mom birthday... and my family will bring her for the celebration... soo..i hope to see you one day..and i really like your music.. i hope you will success in your career....
Hi Astrid sorry to miss Your set in York. I did get to see You sing 1 song @ Least HeHe (0: ...I enjoyed chatting with You briefly,& Thank You for signing the cd for me. Hope to catch You @ a gig real soon. Best Wishes Richard xx
Ciao Astrid , Thank you for the add and the friendship. you are very good, I like your music and the splendid voice. talk to you soon, and all of my best wishes to always listen to your good music. all the best.. from italy neal
Hi Astrid! It's a bit late to wish you a happy weekend so I'll go with have a great Monday! I hear it's been gorgeous in the UK...send some of that over my way, would you??
Hi Astrid! Great to have you as a friend. I see that people tend to have good fun with your name -- 'striddle bee', 'striddle diddle'... ;) I've gotten 'shawnee-wawnee-do-dah' before but clearly, your friends have much more variety to their imaginations! LOL...
Have a great day! We finally have a stretch of Spring settling in. YAY!
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