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| About Devlin Love Devlin Love sings, performs plays guitar, piano ,melodica, writes ,produces, and arranges. From the age of 14 has been professionally singing and recording with various acts and producers. Singing with Gaz Mayall's 'THE TROJANS' was a huge turning point in her youth, and led to her working with the likes of Prince Buster (pioneer of Jamaican Ska), and meeting many inspirational figures in her life.At 17, she joined Alabama3 as a backing singer with the Alabama 3 Acoustic Band, and now fronts both Alabama 3 Acoustic and the main Alabama 3 big band with Larry Love, bagging 5 Rocking years with them to date. Gigs to date include: T-in the park (main stage)
Ronnie Scotts Glastonbury- Jazz World Glastonbury Guardian tent (solo.) Rockness (main stage) Cambridge folk festival (headline act-A3 acoustic) Secret Garden Festival (main stage) Brixton Academy (headline act-A3) SXSW Austin Texas- La Zona Rosa The Colony Room Club (!) ...to name a few
She has worked with a myriad of artists, from Mick Jones (the clash/carbon silicon), Alabama3, Alabama3 unplugged, Matt Dairy (dance), The Qemists (drum and bass), Felix Howard, Paul Simms, Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction, The Ronnie Scotts All Stars, (ronnie's in house band.)...etc. Has recognition from the likes of Alex James (Blur);'Where did you get her from?' Noel Gallagher (Oasis)'She's fantastic', Suggs, Irvin Welshe, Lisa Stansfield... to name a few. Currently working with Alabama3, Alabama3 Acoustic & Unplugged, The Trojans, Ronnie Scotts All Stars. Her solo music is currently performed with Devlin on guitar, accompanied by HarpoStrangelove on Harmonica, and takes a Jazz/Blues/Pop stance... Her solo album is currently cooking with those same elements, plus ELECTRICITY... so watch this space... Before this will be something completely different a Live Jazz Album recorded at Ronnie Scott's Club in Soho London full of some old time standards from the likes of Billy Holiday, Pinkard/Taubey/Tracey composition Them There Eyes, Stracey & Marvell's These Foolish Things. Check this album out. There are some gems here with three original compositions from Devlin Love with an added bonus of a completely unplanned performance from one of the greats of the Herbie Hancock, Billy Holiday era, Mr Eddie Henderson, a trumpet player of awe inspiring stature who , during Devlin's rendition of God Bless The Child started playing a solo off stage and walked on to give up one of the most spine tingling trumpet solos you will ever hear anywhere. Check out the cheeky jazzed up take on Woke Up This Morning with a heavily improvised and inspired offering from Ronnie Scott's Musical Director & Pianist Mr James Pearson. 88 x 10 chances to get it wrong and he doesn't.
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