Debbie Cassell

Bio:

Photo by Stuart Wilson (07816 941086)

Debbie Cassell grew up in Shropshire, & was singing before she could speak. She learned piano, then guitar & began writing songs before she entered her teens. A couple of friends invited her to sing with them, & together they played at various local folk clubs. Since then she has performed all over the UK & Europe. She has released two solo albums - Angel in Labour in 1995 & The Boatman’s White Dog in 2007. Debbie & her partner Martin Ansell have also released two albums as the duo Woman Wants Tall Man. She has played alongside many artists including John Martyn, Ian Matthews, Vikki Clayton, & Sally Barker, who has performed some of her songs, & with whom she sometimes co-writes; and she appeared as part of the Women on Stage tour with Sara K, Kerstin Blodig & Linde Nijland. Other projects include Cedusa, with writer/producer Rod Bowkett, Invisible They, and more recently, The Walnut Invention with Martin Ansell, Paul Castle (of The Rosinators) and Beverly Baxter. ____________________________________________________

Photo by Stuart Wilson (07816 941086)

"One of the finest songwriters I've ever heard, topped with a voice to die for." [Peter Doggett, Record Collector Magazine] "The best singer songwriters capture their world with such clarity that the particular becomes the universal....the songs, the voice and the manner in which Cassell tracks emotions to their source is rare in any era." [Mark Cooper, Q Magazine - 4 Star review] "English singer-songwriter who cites a debt to Joni Mitchell and certainly bears comparison for the cool, jazz-inflected sweetness of her music & the restless, bittersweet sensitivity of her lyrics." [Mojo Magazine] ____________________________________________________

Member Since:

January 13, 2007

Members:

Debbie Cassell, vocals, acoustic guitar, piano and banjo with Andy Baker, double bass, Paul Beavis, drums, Kate Riaz, cello, Kerstin Blodig, guitar & bodhran. Kerstin & Linde Nijland added beautiful backing vocals; Engineered by Tony Wice.

UK £9.99+p&p ..........

Europe €14.60+p&p ..........

USA/World $15.00+p&p ..........

Debbie Cassell, vocals, ac. guitar, piano, keyboards & percussion with Martin Ansell, el. guitar & bvs, Chris Rodell, fretless & double bass, Mike Howlett, keyboards, Roy Dodds, drums/percs, Joe Cooper, drums/percs, Simon Taylor, sax, Sarah Allen, accordion, Ian Morrison, el. guitar, Alison Jones, violin, Jim Morrison,violin, Richard Avison, trombone

UK £9.99+p&p ..........

Europe €14.60+p&p ..........

USA/World $15.00+p&p ..........

Influences:

Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Eddi Reader, Gillian Welch, Joanna Newsom, Sufjan Stevens, Elliot Smith, Nina Simone, Madeleine Peyroux, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sandy Denny, Suzanne Vega, Lucinda Williams, Aimee Mann, Alison Krauss, Nerina Pallot, Gwyneth Herbert, Antony & The Johnsons, Jane Siberry, The Arcade Fire, The Blue Nile, Asche & Spencer, Brian Eno, Badly Drawn Boy, Beck, Ben Harper, Ben Folds, Beth Orton, William Orbit, Bic Runga, Bobbie Gentry, Bonnie Raitt, Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Harold Budd, Bright Eyes, Burt Bacharach, Corinne Bailey Rae, Cassandra Wilson, Cat Stevens, Cocorosie, Cocteau Twins, Cristina Dona, Robert Wyatt, Damien Rice, Dead Can Dance, Devendra Banhart, Diana Krall, Dido, Dirty Ray, The Divine Comedy, Laura Cantrell, Dusty Springfield, Elvis Costello, Everything But the Girl,, Eva Cassidy, Fiona Apple, Paul Simon, Emmylou Harris, Incredible String Band, Iron & Wine, James Taylor, Fiona Apple, Jeff Buckley, Jim White, Jewel, Jimmy Webb, Joan Armatrading, Judee Sill, Kate Rusby, Kirsty MacColl, Laura Nyro, Lene Marlin, Linda Perhacs, Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson, Christine Collister, Lo Fi Allstars, Martin Carthy, Eliza Carthy, The Poozies, M iles Davies, Neil Young, David Crosby, CSNY, Nick Drake, Nitin Sawnhey, Norah Jones, Peggy Lee, Peter Gabriel, Jerry Garcia & Dave Grisman, Bill Frizell, Phoebe Snow, Dave Gilmour, Beth Gibbons, REM, Reeltime Travellers, Rufus Wainwright, Ry Cooder, Ryan Adams, Sarah Harmer, Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Stina Nordenstam, Talk Talk, Todd Rundgren, Velvet Underground, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Ygdrassil, Kelpie, The White Stripes Etc., etc.

Record Label:

Pluff Records