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With a quintessentially English voice which is both pure and unique, it wasn’t long before she was being asked to play venues all over the country. After a frustrating period of being too young for most of the venues she really wanted to play, she finally hit the ripe old age of 15 and began playing bigger local shows the odd London acoustic venue when her parents were available to accompany her. At the same time Leddra spent as much time as possible teaching herself piano and keyboards as well as learning to produce demo’s of her songs in a small home-studio her dad built in a room at the back of the families garage. Those early home demos became the songs that started to create more and more interest from key people in the music industry and as soon people started to hear about the buzz surrounding this Essex schoolgirl she was invited to play Britain’s premier new music showcase – Manchester’s ‘In The City’ Music Conference. Leddra played a storming 30 minute set to a packed out crowd at the Warchild Acoustic Showcase and was subsequently chosen as a ‘Best of ITC’ in Music Week magazine who described her as ‘filling a similar space to early Alanis Morissette and Joni Mitchell’.

Going from strength to strength, the young Miss Leddra Chapman is now attending the London College of music and has also had two of the summers of her life performing shows as part of a deal she has with clothing company Quiksilver as one of their European brand ambassadors. The co-promotion has seen her career supported by the company and their new to the market range ‘Quiksilver Women’, and involves modelling and promoting the range as well as performing at events and parties across Europe throughout the year. Staying at the Quiksilver house in the South of France during the Quiksilver Pro France surf championships is one of the highlights of Leddra’s year. 'I get to perform and play my songs to big crowds every night...hang out with some really cool people......play in poker tournaments and generally party. By day I learn to Surf and chill on the beach watching the world go by'…..’what more does a girl need’?

With heartfelt, honest lyrics that come straight from the soul, Leddra-Chapman is truly one of the most gifted young songwriters and vocalists in Britain today. Following months of writing and pre-production sessions with the producer Leddra favoured over everyone she had worked with - the legendary Peter Vettese - Leddra Chapman and Peter Vettese got stuck into making one of the most inspiring debut albums in recent memory. The digital release date for 'Telling Tales' is now set for SUNDAY November 29th and Leddra will be playing shows across the UK and Europe into 2010.

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