DG Solaris, Hattie Whitehead

DG Solaris has been a familiar face on the London folk scene for years now. Initially performing as Laish, their music changed direction with the sun-glint pop folk of the first DG Solaris album, 'Spirit Glow'. Throughout the pandemic, they undertook another project in Songs from the Blue Room - a series of video sessions that have seen collaborations with some of the pivotal figures of folk in London.

Hattie Whitehead was born and raised in South West London constantly surrounded by music and words. She has been singing since she can remember, taping her first album at the tender age of 3, with her dad on guitar. The daughter of a jazz musician and a poet, she heard a lot of jazz and folk like James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Tracy Chapman and this began to shape her taste in music.

Some years later, Hattie completed a music degree at Leeds University, gigging alongside her studies, and soon after finishing she discovered a passion for writing her own songs. A year later, she brought her band together and began performing her new material around London, to a great response.

Hattie’s love for different styles of music is reflected in her writing where there is a clear folk influence, but other genres are distinguishable, notably Indie and Alternative, with occasional jazz inflections in her vocal melodies.