2016 Schedule

Interactive: March 11–15  •  Film: March 11–19  •  Music: March 15–20

Violet Skies

Wednesday, March 16
8:00PM - 8:40PM

Lucky Lounge
209 W 5th St

Artist-5575

Listen to One Day, Three Autumns

The word ‘cinematic’ is too frequently used to describe music with all the evocative power of a tax demand. Violet Skies’ music, on the other hand, is too widescreen, sensuous and evocative to be contained by the word. As Violet herself puts it: “My sound balances a love for artists I grew up with, such as Joni Mitchell, Sting and Paul Simon, and the soundscapes of James Blake and Massive Attack.”

Violet is from Chepstow in Gwent. Since her debut single and EP release, dragons, she's played Glastonbury BBC Introducing Stage, a headline London show, opened for Grammy Award winners A Great Big World and played a BBC Showcase at The Great Escape 2015. Violet's tracks have been played by Huw Stephens on Radio 1, Jamie Cullum on Radio 2 and widely supported across BBC Radio Wales, and she has been featured in Hunger Magazine and NME, and many online blogs.

In 2016 she represents BBC Radio 1 as one of two artists selected f...

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Details

Access
Music Badge, Platinum Badge, Music Festival Wristband, Artist Wristband
Genre
Pop
Event Type
Showcase
From
Chepstow, UK-WALES
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