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Eddi Reader 'Roses' 26 May 2009 in Eddi Reader
This is Eddi’s latest single ‘Roses’. It’s a beautiful song and has been taken from her 9th studio album ‘Love Is The Way’, further info on which can be found here. Team Rough Trade no doubt be singing along when we see her sold out show tonight at Queen Elizabeth Hall on London’s South Bank.
‘Roses’ is currently available as a digital single from
iTunes.
Eddi Reader & the Songs of Robert Burns 12 December 2008 in Eddi Reader
Robert Burns, or Robbie Burns to the Scottish is going to be 250 years old this Burns Night, (25th Jan). Who is this Rabbi you may be asking, well, he was the poet and lyricist who famously reminded the world that the best plans of mice and men often go astray and of course Eddie Izzard is that man who asked the question, what plans do mice have exactly?
Well along with the rest of us they’re probably planning on singing Auld Lang Syne this New Year which is of course Burns’ most famous creation, but there are plenty of other equally incomparable pieces to be found in his sizable oeuvre. As you might expect a man celebrating his 250th birthday might need a little help giving voice to his music and so this is where our helpful singer songwriter Eddi Reader steps in.
Eddi Reader has known the songs of Robert Burns since she was a child, but has recently found herself emersed in a much deeper relationship with the man, as she found comfort in his words after the loss of her father. The resulting emotional complexity involved when Eddi approaches a performance of Burns obviously...
Biography
Where to begin, where to begin. Eddi Reader MBE (born 28 August 1959) is a Scottish singer, known both for her work with Fairground Attraction and for an enduring solo career, which in 2003 saw her showcase the works of Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns.
Eddie was born in Glasgow, the daughter of a welder, and the eldest of seven children (her brother, Francis, is vocalist with the band Trashcan Sinatras). She began playing the guitar at the age of ten, and started her musical career busking, first in Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street, then in the early 1980s around Europe (where she also worked with circus and performance artists).
http://www.eddireader.co.uk/
