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Rosie Doonan
Alternative / Acoustic / Folk



Wakefield,
United Kingdom

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   Rosie Doonan: General Info
Member Since6/4/2007
Band Websitewww.rosiedoonan.com
Band Members The Snapdragons:
Rosie Doonan: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano
Katriona Gilmore: Violin
Sarah Smout: Cello


Contact Rosie: rosiedoonan@hotmail.com
InfluencesJoni Mitchell, Free, Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Nick Drake, Stones, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Prince, Blondie, David Bowie, Bob Marley, Sam Cook, The Police, Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Tori Amos, Fleetwood Mac, Robert Palmer, Kate Bush, Sandy Denny, Beta Band, Laura Viers, Lindisfarne, Hedgehog Pie, Damien Rice, Ray Lamontagne, Scott Mathews, Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette, Pink Floyd, John Martyn, James Taylor, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Buddy Guy, Chuck Berry, Ben Harper, Zero 7, Death in Vegas...........
Sounds LikeMy album 'Moving On' is out now. The price is £11 inc pp and can be purchased through my website www.rosiedoonan.com. Thanks, rose.
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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jun 25 2009 8:00P
Sella Bar Leeds
Jul 3 2009 8:00P
Ashover Village Festival (The Snapdragons) Near Chesrterfield
Jul 18 2009 2:00P
Stainsby Folk Festival ( The Snapdragons) Stainsby
Jul 24 2009 3:00P
Warwick Folk Festival (The Snapdragons) Warwick
Aug 1 2009 4:00P
Kendal Calling Festival (Full Band) Cumbria
Aug 8 2009 3:00P
Moor Music Festival Ilkley
Aug 12 2009 7:30P
Broadstairs Folk Festival (Snapdragons) Kent
Aug 29 2009 7:00P
Solfest (Full Band) West Cumbria
Sep 5 2009 3:00P
Purbeck Folk Festival (The Snapdragons) Dorset
Sep 9 2009 9:00P
Harrys Bar - Full Band Wakefield
Sep 20 2009 8:00P
Otley Folk Festival (The Snapdragons) Otley

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   About Rosie Doonan
ROSIE DOONAN - BIOGRAPHY


The truth is, very few new artists deliver a debut album which knocks you for six. Mostly, they’re happy to find an audience, grab their ticket to the rock’n’rollercoaster and hope no one asks too many questions about their stage school past. Rosie Doonan is different. In conversation she readily admits to gaining inspiration from influences as disparate as the Beta Band to Laura Veirs to Free, but musically she reflects such divergences with tunes of such celestial grace you’re left thinking they must be covers. “I grew up listening to The Stones, Joni Mitchell and Free,” she explains.
“But my roots are in the folk scene, so that’s in there too. But I’d like to think I’ve added something extra. It’s a very personal record, and I mean every word of it.”

But there’s more to Rosie than songs blessed with such warmth they’ll halve your winter heating bills. She wants your mind, too. Listen a little closer to Moving On and you’ll hear desolate astral-folk (“Hold On”) pithy social commentary (“Little Boat”) and tales of love-gone-bad to make Amy W sound like a Blue Peter presenter. “It’s fair to say I’ve been through some emotional upheavals in the last couple of years,” she laughs. “A few people have said ‘it sounds like you’ve been through the mill’, but that’s where the best must comes from. It’s a form of catharsis.”

Rewind. Growing up in Wakefield, Rosie found herself “surrounded by music”. Living in a house overflowing with hung over musicians - her dad played uilean pipes in folk luminaries Hedgehog Pie - she was a free festival veteran by fourteen. “I guess you could say it wasn’t your average childhood. We would go to every festival going. All the kids would hang around together and then we’d go and see our parents play in bands. It gave me a good grounding in what being a musician is all about.”

Whilst the cider flowed, Rosie wrote. Having made her stage debut playing sax in her dads band The Solicitors (don’t ask), Rosie was soon recognised as a natural singer, duly joining local acapella, group Sweet Nothings, whose vocal pre-eminence saw them play at the Albert Hall. For Rosie, however, the capital was already calling. “It was the old cliché,” she laughs. “Me and a friend moved to London thinking we’d make it in six months. We ended up living in a flat in Latimer Road, completely broke, playing gigs on the open mic circuit. It was soul destroying, but at the same time, I learnt a lot about playing live.” Salvation from greedy landlords and unscrupulous promoters came in the form of a call from childhood friend and fellow songwriter Ben Murray. Returning to Yorkshire after eighteen months in the smoke, she poured out her experiences into the sublime Mill Lane, which was duly rewarded with a Radio 2 Folk Award Nomination. Inevitably, however, Rosie felt the urge to strike out on her own once more.

“It was difficult, because Ben and I worked well together, and we were accepted on the folk scene. But I’ve always felt deep down that I had to make a record on my own, so I rang a few old friends and luckily things just fell into place.”

All of which brings us to the low-key marvel that is Moving On. Recorded in Cumbria with producer Joss Clap, you can almost hear the ghosts of Brit-folk’s illustrious past drifting through its eleven tracks. If “Only One” and jaunty rag-time stomp “That Boy” offer two sides of the break-up coin, it’s “I Need You Around” (“Don’t hold on too much too this/It’s the final kiss/And the rain keeps falling down”) which reminds us that we’re studying the rules of engagement from a perspective worthy of Bronte country. Equally, if you thought modern rock was incapable of matching the emotional pull of the past, fast forward to piano lament “Hold On” (“the hurt becomes too much from time to time”) and tell us you’re not reaching for the Kleenex. Not that Rosie has conquered the raging rock’n’roll fevers which led her to decamp to the capitol all those moons ago. “Outside In’ is an otherworldly ode to the questing spirit (“We will travel far and wide/ Search for a holy place”) whilst “A Journey” (“I’m going to escape/Gonna ride from place to place/ Nothing left of me no trace”) is an evocative portrayal of life on an emotional knife-edge. “Little Boat” meanwhile is a gritty vignette of street scenes and human tangles which tackles Margaret Thatcher’s contribution to life in South Yorkshire head on: “Open another box of red wine/You can tell me/ That Margaret was a bitch/Who closed down all the pits/ Who killed off our community”. Everywhere you look the emotions are raw, the playing kinetic; the tunes worthy of break-up pop’s high table: the Joni of Court and Spark; the Richard and Linda Thompson of Shoot Out The Lights; the John Martyn of Grace and Danger.

For Rosie herself, Moving On symbolises where she is right now; at the crossroads, hitching a ride to the future. “I want as many people as possible to hear my music, because it’s got a universal theme” she explains, as night draws in. “At the moment, I play gigs in Wakefield and there’s a big crowd because people know me. That’s great, but the time has come to get out there and play to people who only know me through my music. I’ve put my heart and soul into the record, and I’d like to think you can hear it in the songs.”

Indeed. Whilst her peers scrabble for to sound contemporary, she’s announced herself as a major talent by turning her sorrow into music as joyous and uplifting as Moving On. The past is the past. But the future’s Rosie.

Paul Moody, London, December 2007



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fab1964





Jul 4 2009 9:53 PM

Hi Rosie..Happy Summer!..Have a Great Weekend...Love and Peace to you from Sunny Southport...Billx
Montesa Audio





Jul 3 2009 3:54 PM

Hello from Spain, hola.

We're a residential recording studio for the not yet rich and famous!







Thank you very much for accepting us.
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Jul 3 2009 1:02 PM

HELLO ROSIE,
HAVE A WONDERFUL SUMMER WEEK END :)
CIAO

MARCO




Marco Girolami
PHOTOGRAPHER
Anesthes!a





Jun 30 2009 2:55 PM

Hii
Nice to meet you,
I'm Cristina :)
MARCO GIROLAMI Photographer





Jun 27 2009 8:12 AM

HAPPY WEEK END ROSIE, ENJOY IT :)
CIAO

MARCO




Marco Girolami
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Eden Festival





Jun 26 2009 12:06 PM

The Galloway Drums Are Banging.

The Call Has Gone Out.

Back To Eden.

Tickets are now available online from here -

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Thanks for all the great feedback folks!

See you in September :)
Natasha Johansson





Jun 23 2009 10:24 AM

Hey Rosie! It's Natasha from Big Session!
You have some amazing songs up here, me and Jocelyn will have to come see you in Leeds some time! Only caught the last 10 minutes at Big Session :(

By the way, I played here a few months back, think it would be a really cool venue for you, I know the guy who runs it so let me know if you're interested :)

http://www.thebandroom.co.uk/

x x x
Al Jordan





Jun 22 2009 9:21 AM

Hi

Just wanted to say how much I loved your set at the Big Session on Saturday! The three of you make a truly beautiful sound. Looking forward to the new album.

Take care
Al
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Jun 20 2009 10:21 AM




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Joe Lannon





Jun 14 2009 10:32 AM

Hi Rosie,

We all enjoyed your fabulous gig and stage banter with Kat and Sarah last night at Etal. Hope you keeping saying Yer Man!

Best wishes in your music and travels,

The Lannons
Max Tosi





Jun 12 2009 5:30 PM

Hello Rosie :)

Very nice orchestra
intro on "Little boat"
I love it !!
Keep in touch.
Max
songwriter as u :)
School of Popular Music





Jun 9 2009 8:16 PM

hey hey nice one - quality tunes
Lucas Campbell Songs for Stars





Jun 6 2009 4:24 PM

WHAT A LOVELY VOICE ROSIE...ALL THE BEST FOR YOUR FUTURE CAREER.
YOURS IN MUSIC
LUCAS CAMPBELL
The Okee Dokee Band





Jun 6 2009 3:39 PM

Many thanks for adding us into your friends Rosie.
Have a great time at Broadstairs.
Looking forward to seeing you.
Appreciatively,
Okee Dokee.
Pippin and his Myspace Jam Band





Jun 6 2009 2:38 PM

Thanks, please let us know what you think of our online jam 'concept' or if you would like to participate

Thanks for your time

Pippin x

The Moccasins





Jun 5 2009 2:40 PM

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Cheers
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Keef Trouble





Jun 5 2009 1:54 PM

Nice one Rosie. Great to be a new friend. Will catch you in the Marquee on the 12th.
Very best wishes,
Keef.
Woody Moran





May 30 2009 9:51 PM

Check out my new disfunctional love song about what it is like to be in love with a strong woman, titled, "She's Ready to Play".

Woody
www.woodymoran.com
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May 29 2009 7:04 AM

HELLO ROSIE,
HAVE A JOYFUL WEEK END :)
CIAO

MARCO




Marco Girolami
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Cool Acoustics Promotions





May 27 2009 8:51 AM

Review now up on
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www.leedsmusicscene.net
Anuhel





May 20 2009 2:46 PM

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Thanks for being my friend!!!! if you like my music please vote me at www.worldsings.com/anuhel (register for free first)  I'm on LOCM Radio too www.locmradio.com you can request my songs at http://www.locmradio.com/samHTMweb/songrequest.html it'easy and fast! Don't forget to visit my website www.anuhel.com Love Anuhel


Sean OSullivan





May 20 2009 1:10 PM

Thanks Rosie, always nice to see you x
Sean OSullivan





May 20 2009 1:22 AM

Hi Rosie, nice to see you tonight, by the way the new profile looks great, love the big pic, keep up the good stuff, great songs, x
fab1964





May 19 2009 11:22 PM

Hi Rosie...Just passing by to wish you all the best with the tour and to thank you for the music...you have such a lovely voice...take care...all the best...billx
Andi Zulu





May 19 2009 12:04 PM

Hi rosie - hope ya well - are u guys still doin open mics at OD's? wouldn't mind havin a go sometime!
anyways take it easy k
AndiZu
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