Roxanne De Bastion 'Tales From The Rails' launch
Roxanne de Bastion + Esme Bridie
Entry Requirements: 14+
Roxanne de Bastion reminds us that great lyrics do have a place in pop music. With a nod to 1960’s psychedelia, Roxanne delivers thoughtful social and personal commentary soaked in piano & cello arrangements.
Born in Berlin to a musical, bilingual family, she started composing and performing at the age of 15. Soon after, Roxanne moved to London, equipped with her guitar, her songs and a one-way ticket.
Glastonbury’s legendary acoustic stage, a showcase at Folk Alliance in the USA, opening for Martha Wainwright, Ricky Ross and Thea Gilmore as well as touring in her own right across Europe only account for a handful of events that filled by Roxanne’s diary over the past twelve months. Her debut album and follow-up EP garnered support from BBC6, Xfm, The Sunday Times, R2 Magazine to name a few. In Germany, Roxanne has even made the prime time news together with Taylor Swift in a feature on the future of music as well as receiving national press in FAZ and Intro Magazine. Roxanne de Bastion is no stranger to the independent music scene supporters across Europe.
In addition to her own music, Roxanne is an advocate of artist rights and represents independent artists on the board of the FAC.
One of the most perfect voices I’ve ever heard”
(Tom Whalley, BBC6)
“If you ever get a chance to see her live – definitely do!”
(BBC Introducing)
More on Tales...
"Over that past years, I’ve spent time on trains writing about my musical travels. I realised that ‘Tales From the Rails’ now tell a story that starts from my very first open mic in the UK to performing on the acoustic stage at Glastonbury – a good moment to tie a proverbial bow around it and turn ‘Tales From the Rails’ into an actual book. I’ve revisited, edited and added footnotes to my favourite blog posts in order to tell my story of life as an independent artist.
Every single blog post has been lovingly illustrated by Berlin artist James Gardiner. He’s perfectly captured the magic and absurdity of my travels and I can’t wait for you to see them all.
You can pre-order your signed copy of ‘Tales From the Rails’ now – it will be an A5 soft copy book. In addition to the book, you can order limited edition A3 posters of one of the entries along with their illustration. You can also buy a ticket to my show at The Lexington in London on April 16th together with your copy.
Here’s to many more tales to come in the future… for now, thank you for joining me on this ride so far…"