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H LLY

EB NY

"Thoughtful & sensitive. Assured & evocative. Surprisingly potent...

It's a hit."

****RnR Magazine,

Rychard Carrington

"Esoteric, elusive, steeped in the poetic. Kindred spirit to 'Spell Songs'. A truly intoxicating debut."

Fatea, Mike Davies

“Envelopes in easy excellence”

Arts Culture Magazine

"Raw, honest songwriting. You know when you can feel that powerful emotion & passion coming through music?

I got that"

BBC Introducing South West,

Daniel Pascoe

H LLY

EB NY

born for these times

Bio

A powerful, evocative voice, honey sweet & peaty raw as the Dartmoor landscape she hails from, singer-songwriter Holly Ebony writes creative activism that soothes, moves & resources.

2023 debut album, ‘Born For These Times’ was recorded at Pembrokeshire's StudiOwz, edited & mixed by Mothwing Music & mastered by Grammy award winning Lewis Hopkins at Stardelta Audio, with funding support from Help Musicians, A Uk tour took performances to St Mary's Totnes, The Folklore Rooms Brighton, Exeter Phoenix, Dart Music Festival, The Canteen Bristol, Dartington Hall & Plymouth Barbican and led to supporting Jesca Hoop for Cabaret Voltaire and Lady Nade.

Featured on Invisible Folk, Siren Folk, Acoustic Routes & Fatea showcase, ‘See’. Made album of the week on Beyond Folk & Acoustic Show & Along the Tracks, Blues & Roots Radio, ‘Born For These Times’ seeks to connect people with nature & cultivate resilience.

This is potent Female vocal-led folk of serene harmony & elemental ferocity. Inhabiting the edges where music & ecology blur, she follows in the footsteps of Spell Songs, Merlyn Driver and Sam Lee who included her on the Singing With Nightingales 2023 Homecoming broadcast.

Follow Your Feet Out 08.04.24

Rooted in Dartmoor adventures amidst high blown tors, bouldered rivers, rich peat and and lush Atlantic rainforest -

This ‘ Love letter to nature’ (BBC Introducing) is a joyfully defiant female led folk anthem inspired by Right to Roam: A movement upholding and promoting land access rights in England.

Known for poetic lyricism and agile vocal style, Holly is Joined by fellow folk artist and banjo player, Anna Anise; cellist, Clarissa Carlyon; drummer, Oli Haines and bassist James Stewart for this sing-along foot stomper, featuring a rousing community chorus of campaigners’ voices.

Recorded at Sorting Rooms Studios, with striking artwork by Nick Hayes; Right to Roam campaigner, illustrator and author of Sunday Times Bestseller, 'The Book of Trespass’.

All proceeds from the release of the single will be donated support of the Right to Roam campaign.

Phoenix Archive

Project Commission

A bag full of old 16mm film reel was delivered to Exeter Phoenix as a donation, by someone who knew themselves to be in possession of something precious, but couldn't preserve it. Exeter Phoenix Digital digitised the film and in doing so rescued a rare archive of home video footage from 1930s - 1960s, which tracks one family’s travels and activities through this turbulent period. From daily life and family outings to major historical events and world travel, the archive represents an exciting historical record.

Considering this is a good forty years ahead of the commercially available family camcorders of the 1970s and almost 90 years in advance of the smart phone, live stream, social media selfie culture era we now inhabit, this insight into the birth of domestic documentary is completely fascinating.

I'm incredibly grateful for the opportunity to create a song cycle in response to the Phoenix Archive. It's been extraordinary reflecting on this exceptional informal and intimate footage of the Parrish family and their friends over 30 years. Witnessing this fragmented, decontextualised and informative piece of social history brings a generative mix of tenderness, discomfort, beauty, humour and fascination which has been a rich seam to delve into as a songwriter!

Three live performances offer the opportunity to hear this brand new body of work performed live by myself, cellist Clarissa Carlyon and drummer Oli Haines, ahead of an exciting recording session later this summer.

The Phoenix Archive Project has been made possible thanks to support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and The Radcliffe Trust. The Premiere of these works will be hosted by Exeter Phoenix on July 16th Free Entry.

www.hollyebony.com

All enquiries: holly.ebony@live.co.uk

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Short Copy:

"A powerful, evocative voice, honey sweet & peaty raw as the Dartmoor landscape she hails from, singer-songwriter Holly Ebony writes creative activism that soothes, moves & resources.“

Long Copy:

"A powerful, evocative voice, honey sweet & peaty raw as the Dartmoor landscape she hails from, singer-songwriter Holly Ebony writes creative activism that soothes, moves & resources.

'Truly intoxicating debut' (Fatea) 2023 album 'Born For These Times' led to Holly supporting Jesca Hoop for Cabaret Voltaire. This 'surprisingly potent' (RnR) Female led folk of 'Easy Excellence' (Arts Culture), serene harmony & elemental ferocity inhabits the edges where music & environmental campaigning blur, following in the footsteps of Spell Songs, Merlyn Driver and Sam Lee who included Holly on the Singing With Nightingales 2023 Homecoming broadcast.

Latest single release 'Follow Your Feet' is an anthemic fundraiser for Right to Roam featuring a rousing campaign community chorus and artwork by Sunday Times bestseller illustrator, Nick Hayes."

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