Ronaldo has been living, writing and playing in London for six years while honing his sound and gathering even more influences to add to his Brazilian flair. The songs are memorable and poignant and his live performances are warm and generous. He's presently working on a new EP. Be prepared for harmonic's, smooth lyrics and painful melodies.
Mary Spender is an 18 year old singer/songwriter from Salisbury, Wiltshire. Influenced by a diverse range of music, Mary’s style of song writing and her singing voice have been compared to the likes of KT Tunstall, Debbie Harry and Kate Bush.
Mary has recently been in the recording studio with producer Gareth Henderson (HL Studios, Southampton) and Geoff Swan (Swanton Bomb Productions, Salisbury) creating her new record, Melancholy Parade EP. This is available to buy at Mary’s shows, but is also available to download on iTunes.
Mary plays most shows with her bassist (Dominic Guasch) and drummer (James Gilbert). Together they have recently played at the Dare 2 Festival, Guilfest 08 (headliners included Blondie, Bowling for Soup and Fightstar) and their most important gig yet at the Larmer Tree Festival (also playing were Jools Holland, Kate Rusby and Seth Lakeman). The band has played at Salisbury’s City Hall, Arts Centre, the Old Ale House and The Talking Heads in Southampton.
Acoustically, Mary has played at The 100 Club (Oxford Street, London), The Halo Club (Bristol), The 12 Bar Club (London), The Lights (Andover), The Railway Inn (Winchester), Candle Club (Southampton), and the acoustic tents at Guilfest and Larmer Tree Festival. She also took her guitar to New York and played at Dominie’s Hoek (Long Island city).
Mary is keen to collaborate with other artists and has already recorded with The Cavaliers and Rob Johnson (see her Top Friends). She has appeared on radio shows for BBC Wiltshire, Spire FM with Stuart McGinley and recorded a live acoustic set for the station for Dave Woollatt's show 'Live & Local' and also been interviewed by Athens International Radio (Greece).
Mary Spender’s ‘Melancholy Parade EP’ is now available on most iTunes music stores.
2 February (Monday) - RONALDO RODRIGUES, MARY SPENDER, CAPELLA
