Millie Mountain
Schedule
Fri Jul 12 2024 at 07:30 pm to 11:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
The Sunflower Lounge | Birmingham, EN
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Yampy Promotions Presents Millie Mountain & Guests24 year old Millie has been gigging all over London on the Neo Soul / Jazz circuit and has received BBC Introducing London support from Jess Iszatt. ‘Blurred Out Faces’, her Debut EP has been rated highly by listeners globally with an outreach of over 100 countries. Millie has also received support from Global Soul, featured in the Global Soul Chart, and has performed for Global Soul.
Millie has recently completed headlining shows at the Troubadour in London, Band on The Wall in Manchester on 13th March and for Pizza Express Jazz Club on 14th March. And was interviewed on BBC Radio Manchester, BBC Radio Sounds by Karen Gabay.
Her full band consists of Vocalist (Millie Mountain), Drummer (Tomos Williams), Bass Guitarist (Stuart Whitehead, founder member of Secret Nightgang,) Keyboard/Synth player (Ben Pickering) flute/Sax player (Helena Summerfield - Jazz Camp for Girls, awarded the Jazz Educator of the Year award at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2022) & Bella Band (multi-instrumentalist, known mainly for her work as a flute player in the UK rap scene (Nafe Smallz, Dave & M huncho as well as having toured with Grammy Award winning reggae artist Koffee)
‘Feel’ Millie Mountain’s collaboration track with The Mouse Outfit and Gemini Candid, is approaching 284K streams on Spotify alone. This has also been remixed by Creatures as a Drum and Bass remix that is popular in the dance clubs in Manchester and elsewhere. Her recent collaborations with Mr Harry on 'How We Like' and 'The Bubble' have had a similar reaction taking up his funk groove with her own unique style. 'Running' the first single taken from the forthcoming debut album was featured on New Music Friday and Orbit Spotify Playlists with combined likes of 921K, and it was added to Fresh Finds and Chilled Ministry of Sound Playlists. In addition it received critical acclaim in C-heads blog; Notion Magazine Undiscovered Feature; Wordplay Magazine and The Pit London. The reaction to Mountain’s latest single ‘Shades’ has received a similar reaction being featured as Jazz FMs Single of the Week on Tony Minvielle’s show. All this has contributed to a growing fan base within the Neo soul and jazz community. Mountain performed throughout last Summer as a member of The Mouse Outfit on their recent tour over the UK. Performing sold out shows in popular venues, to being on big stages at festivals, such as Boomtown Chapter 2: The Twin Trail, supporting UB40 at The Homecoming in Birmingham, supporting Sister Sledge at Sundaes In The City in Bristol, Love Summer Festival in Plymouth and more. In addition, to the latest single ‘Ease your mind,’ Millie is in the process of writing and recording new material for her album, due for release in the summer of 2024. She is currently in the studio working with several established and successful co-writers, some of whom have collaborated with Brit Award and Ivors Award, platinum selling artists. Mountain has been releasing a string of her own singles in the lead up to the album release. The album will be a bringing together, of a rich and diverse range of styles that she has made her own, a combination of warming Neo-Soul vibes mixed with Jazz, Hip-Hop & R&B.
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Where is it happening?
The Sunflower Lounge, 76 Smallbrook Queensway,Birmingham, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
