LUCY ZIRINS – ELECTRONIC PRESS KIT  

Lucy Zirins & Gingersnap Music 2015

London based singer-songwriter Lucy Zirins hails from the small town of Burnley, Lancashire. With visits to Italy and France under her belt by the time she was 18 years old, Lucy began gigging solo at just 16. She picked up the guitar aged 12 after inheriting one from her late Uncle and began songwriting early on.

Her first album “Chasing Clocks” debuted in 2013 to good reviews and airplay from national BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 6, with respected country magazine, Maverick Magazine saying: "There are not too many debut albums as promising as this” (4 stars) and R2 Magazine praising the album for it’s “modern folk-tinged country” sound and Lucy’s vocal delivery.

Featuring pedal steel legend BJ Cole and Richard Causon (Tom Jones, Ryan Adams) on keys, the album’s original material was written and arranged by Lucy, and produced by mentor and long time friend, Michael Messer, who she met at the European Blues Association week, aged 15, after receiving the Sam Mitchell Scholarship. They made the bold decision together to record the album in an analogue environment at Liam Watson’s (co-producer) Toe Rag Studios, recording the album live with minimal overdubbing.

In November 2015 Lucy releases “What’s in Front of Me”, a six track follow up E.P to “Chasing Clocks”. Featuring Lucy’s live touring band “The Southern Company” including Andy Crowdy, Simon Price and Pete Billington, it features an eclectic mix of vocals, double bass, guitar, strings, keys, organ and drums and percussion. The E.P encompasses a mix of genres, from country stomper “Changing Ground”, to the celtic folk inspired “You Won’t Remember Me”, to the blues rock influenced “Worry and the Wine”. Self penned and produced, the E.P was recorded and mixed by Jim Knight (Leona Lewis, The Kooks) of Knight Time Studios in Ealing.

Lucy has received a number of accolades including being picked by the PRS as one of their “Class of 2010” for her promise as a young UK songwriter at just 18 years old. She was a UK Country Radio songwriter finalist in their 2014 awards and has been nominated for the British Blues Awards in various categories both as a songwriter and artist for the past 4 years, winning in 2013.

Lucy continues to tour in both solo, duo and band formats and begins work on her next studio album in 2016.

LUCY ZIRINS – ELECTRONIC PRESS KIT  

Lucy Zirins & Gingersnap Music 2015

• “Lucy Zirins is a young lady going places” – The Yorkshire Times

• “Songs so delicate that they could make a grown man cry” – BBC Radio Lancashire Introducing

• “Move over Carole King and Joni Mitchell, there’s a new sheriff in town” – Classic Rock Presents The Blues Magazine

• “Shot through with naturalness and purity” – Keith Ames, The Musician

• “Lucy’s songwriting displays an astonishing maturity and confidence which belie her youth... a young artist who is clearly going places” - FATEA Magazine

• "There is not much higher praise you can give other than to say that there are not too many debut albums as promising as this" - Maverick Magazine on “Chasing Clocks”

• “(A) beautifully produced debut album... Modern folk-tinged country that perfectly suits the singer’s voice...In Zirins’ voice there’s a delicacy mixed with strength and an authentic country twang. Her delivery is impeccable and well judged for one so young” - R2 (Rock ‘n’ Reel) Magazine on “Chasing Clocks”

• "Seriously brilliant" – Nick Dow, BBC Radio Lancashire

• “The music produced by Lucy has a special magic that is more than just talent. The guitar and voice meld into a harmonious outpouring of music” – Blues Matters Magazine

• “Listening to Lucy Zirins is like hearing a fairy tale for the first time. Her voice has an ethereal purity while her songs weave stories like spells” - Blues In Britain Magazine

• “Great British music weaving great musical traditions together, creating a modern fresh sound... Lucy’s songwriting skills are awesome.” – Blues Matters! Magazine

• “Listening to Lucy is like sampling a fine wine after drinking the regular stuff. Beautiful songs, beautifully sung.” Man in the Hat Blog

LUCY ZIRINS – ELECTRONIC PRESS KIT  

Lucy Zirins & Gingersnap Music 2015

Website: www.lucyzirins.com

Email: contact@lucyzirins.com

Tel: Gingersnap Music – 07920177362

Social Media:

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www.twitter.com/lucyzirins

Available Booking Formats:

Solo – Acoustic Guitar & Vocals

Duo/Trio – Acoustic Guitar, Vocals and/or Double Bass and/or Keys

Full Band (4 Piece) – Lucy Zirins & The Southern Company – Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Double Bass, Keys, Strings & Drums