blues @ temperance | Rebecca Downes (stripped back trio)

Rebecca will be performing a very intimate show with her trio as the first leg of her Autumn tour. She will be supported by Jason Hunt. Doors 7pm. Start 7:30pm.

Rebecca Downes – Stripped Back

Birmingham-based Rebecca is a fully independent artist creating original blues/rock music with her co-songwriter Steve Birkett and releasing it on her own label Mad Hat Records. She usually plays live within a 5-piece band, performing tracks mainly from her superb second album Believe and the stunning third album More Sinner Than Saint, along with new material and one or two classic covers. Rebecca was voted Female Vocalist and Emerging Artist of the Year at the British Blues Awards 2016 and Female Blues Vocalist of the Year in the FORM UK Blues Awards 2018.

Rebecca was born and grew up in Wolverhampton. She started performing live music when aged 13 and as a teenager wrote and performed her own material. The current music began when she linked up with co-songwriter Steve to write blues-infused material – a partnership that ‘clicked’ right away to deliver their excellent first album, Back To The Start. The second album Believe was released in 2016 and the live album BeLive in 2017.

The 2019 album More Sinner Than Saint contains material honed with advice from producer Chris Kimsey, famous for working with the Rolling Stones and Peter Frampton, and the tracks were mixed by California-based producer Bill Drescher and Thunder’s bassist Chris Childs. The album received considerable critical acclaim and the second single – Hurts – was playlisted by Planet Rock Radio UK. The next studio album The Space Between Us will be released on 11 November 2022.

In April 2021 Rebecca released Stripped Back, an album containing ten tracks from Believe and More Sinner Than Saint each reimagined and re-presented in a laid-back style, together with two previously unreleased tracks. In the ‘Stripped Back’ shows, Rebecca and Steve, usually along with drummer Neil Ablard, perform the music of the album together with other original and cover tracks delivered in the same style, producing an warm, embracing set that is best suited to intimate venues.

Doors 7pm. Support at 7:30pm.

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