Gwyneth Herbert - Sarah Gillespie

An acclaimed jazz vocalist who has been called 'Britain's answer to Norah Jones' by Jazzwise. Many would argue that she is much more. Her music education included playing in a punk band, studying the French horn and fronting a hip-hop outfit, as well as learning how to truly inhabit jazz songs. Inspired as much by Janis Ian and Joni Mitchell as by Billie Holliday or Nina Simone, she's been writing her own material for years and has recorded a CD of originals and well-chosen covers ('Bittersweet And Blue') with help from musical collaborator and co-writer Will Rutter. This wealth of experience makes Gwyneth Herbert an assured performer who fully deserves the accolades being thrown at her.

Greenwich-born folk and blues singer-songwriter with a songwriting style frequently compared to the likes of Beck, Fiona Apple and Bob Dylan, and a voice reminiscent of Joni Mitchell and The Cranberries's Dolores O'Riorden. Sarah delivers a melting-pot mix of urban-folk and middle-eastern blues.

Expect emotive ballads and raucous gypsy swing incorporating pre-rock elements of blues and vaudeville - all with her trademark lyricism that knits everyday banter with raw poetry.