Roxanne de Bastion’s second studio album, Heirlooms & Hearsay, will be launched in London at the legendary ROUNDHOUSE (Sackler Space) on May 3rd 2017. Tickets available here
Roxanne de Bastion at Glastonbury 2016
I enjoyed every second of that half hour. For me, 2016 will forever be the year I got to play Glastonbury, hopefully for the first time. I couldn’t share it publicly, but the opportunity of playing at THAT festival was hanging in front of me like an illusive carrot for a good six months… maybe …
Hosting the FAC Open Artist Session with Hal Ritson: The importance of being on time, spreading risk and believing in your vision
“Making it is just the start of your problems, how to sustain career for 10 – 20 years is what it’s really about” Hal Ritson, FAC Board Director and creator of The Young Punx, shared his experience with a group of FAC members on a rainy Tuesday evening. Hal is a songwriter, music producer & …
NEW SONG out now & off to GLASTONBURY!
I’m very excited to share my new song TRAIN TRACKS with you. It’s a bit of a surprise release, but with the Glastonbury gig ahead, I just wanted to share some new music with you and give you a small taste of what album number 2 will sound like. It’s a song and sentiment close …
5 things I have learned on tour
This is the first full weekend I have spent at home since the beginning of February. As London is showing itself from its best side, it’s chocolate side, as one might say in German, with sunlight streaming into the living room, I’m reflecting on the many lessons learned over the past ten weeks. 1) At …
Roxanne de Bastion at Re:publica
Following my talk on Female is Not a Genre (How the decentralization of the music industry is a good thing for gender equality), I’ve been featured in FAZ.de this morning (national German newspaper): I’m performing at Re:publica on tomorrow evening – Stage 3, 21:00. Sorry I’ve not had a chance to tell you about my …
Tales from the Rails – back to the beginning
The Germany tour is nearly over, as is February 2016, all 29 days of it, and not a single blog post composed to accompany my travels. This is due to the fact that I have never before commenced a tour with a jet-lag. Over the last 20 days, I’ve flown to Amsterdam and back, flown …
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2015 and what I did with it (…but mostly stuff about Paul McCartney)
And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make On Sunday the 21st of May I got to see Paul McCartney live in concert and for that reason alone, 2015 has been the best year of my life. I appreciate that you may role your eyes at that statement, …
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Tales from the Rails – John Lennon & all the whisky
I’m just listening to John Lennon’s Mind Games and it’s really hard to hold back tears. It’s so beautiful and I’m so tired. I’m not a fan of celebrating “death days”, I’d rather post a John Lennon song on Facebook to commemorate his Birthday. I can listen to him every and any day though, so …
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Tales from the Rails – friends, strangers and snacks
In the words of John Lennon, shouting at the end of Helter Skelter, “I’ve got blisters on my fingers!” That’s what you get from walking through Lübeck with an electric guitar in a hard case in one hand, a suitcase in the other and an acoustic guitar strapped across your shoulders.. That’s right, I’m up …
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