Sophie Bancroft - voice and guitar,
Tom Lyne - bass and backing vocals,
& special guests
Amy Geddes - fiddle
Martin Green - accordion
Influences
many many many, including Bjork, Rickie Lee Jones, Joni Mitchell, Meshell Ndegocello, Sting, Paul Simon, Alison Krauss, all the jazz songwriters, Debussy, Pat Metheny ..............................................
With music in hit TV drama Six Feet Under, jazz-folk singer-songwriter Sophie Bancroft is currently promoting her most recent CD Hot And Cold.
Having grown up in one of Scotlands leading jazz families and serving her apprenticeship in Edinburghs jazz and folk scenes, Sophies musical journey has taken in many sights and sounds including
performances at the South By Southwest Festival, Celtic Connections, Edinburgh and Glasow International Jazz Festivals, Shetland Folk Festival . . .
collaborations with electronic band Spylab, Martin Greens The Green Machine, Corrina Hewats New Voices commission . . .
broadcasts on BBC Radio 1, 2, 3, 4, Scotland . . .
With songs about life, her music can be fun, flirty, heart-wrenching, shocking and beautiful. Sophie has a publishing deal at Bug Music, Los Angeles, and has released 3 CDs on her own label, LisaLeo Records.
Refreshing and utterly magical THE HERALD
Gorgeous, original acoustic music THE LIST
This elegant and meticulously produced CD inhabits the border territory between jazz and folk-country-pop, which suits Sophie Bancrofts cool, rather ethereal voice to perfection. THE OBSERVER
A blissful album that has elements of Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald. Play it on your way out and let it rescue you from the ceiling when you get home. This album is hip, cool and simply beautiful. BIG ISSUE
Sophie Bancrofts voice will send shivers of sensuality down your spine MASSIVE MAGAZINE
Weaving a tapestry of songs over the course of two hours, her smooth and smoky voice lifts above the mellowed beat of the music, washing over the audience, leaving them transfixed. Her eclectic mix of jazz, country, blues and folky rock creates a sound that will appeal to everyone for years to come. THREEWEEKS.CO.UK
Echoes along the way range from Peggy Lee to Joan Armatrading, Alison Krauss to Bjork, in a boldly achieved balance of the classic and the contemporary. SUNDAY HERALD
Sophie Bancroft has an impressive CV that covers jazz, pop and folk. She draws on all these diverse skills, weaving them through a captivatingly moody set of songs. Theres an openness and transparency in her songs that communicate, and after all, thats what its all about. JAZZWISE
Thank you for your message and the 'add', Sophie - just noticed you are teaching in Chomerac, I'm leaving the day you'll probably arrive but maybe I'll get to say hello. Hope so anyway. Ken
Hi Sophie!! I just wanted to say thank you so much for coming and working with our class.... it was sooo nice to do something so different and organic and everyone was quite elated after having our workshop with you!!! I love your music and thanks for the add!!!
Hé Sophie, yep I'll be at CC09, not for the whole festival but defo several days. It's in my calender! need to study the program :) So hope to CU there!! take care lievehugsxx
As a new songwriter I am looking to showcase my new songs with great singers accompanied 'live' to dvd and onto my website in 2009. Would you be interested, it would be an honour to have you sing 1 of my songs.Let me know asap ...thanks, JBarry Edinburgh
Your new songs are lovely! One of my Spanish friends (Josep) has been praising your vocal teaching skills to the hilt! Hope you are very well Sophie. Debsx
Thanks so much for having me back Sophie. After my page got deleted I found I adopted a really laid back approach to trying to find everyone again. It's taking me ages. I love all these new songs you've posted here, and will come back and have a really good listen soon.
The festival is making me nervous, but that's a good thing.
I'm off to see Jen Chapin tomorrow and am really looking forward to that.
