RGG May 2015 - p.12
Leddra picked up a guitar and wrote her first
song before she became a teenager; what
followed has been the growth development
and evolution of a young singer songwriter
building to a point in December
where
she released her first album ‘Telling Tales’
After working alongside some of the best
music collaborators the UK music scene has to
offer the collection of tracks was acclaimed as
‘pitch perfect acoustic pop’ (The Independent)
Debut single ‘Story’ a track championed by Sir
Terry Wogan throughout his final months
presenting the Radio Breakfast Show was
playlisted by BBC Radio (the UK’s biggest
radio station) This period of time culminated
a televised live performance of the single on
ITV’s This Morning Follow up singles Summer
Song and Edie achieved similar radio success
also playlisted by BBC Radio Refusing to rest
on her laurels Leddra and her live band
followed that media activity by heading out
around the UK for two extremely successful
nationwide tours as well as selling out
renowned venues across the capital
Summer
saw Leddra personally invited to
perform as main support to Tom Jones at three
sold out concerts in London Essex &
Manchester Playing to
people over the
three nights Leddra performed to a rapturous
reception In between these dates Leddra also
for the second year running played at Signal
FM’s live event in Stoke on Trent – performing
‘Summer Song’ and also new EP track ‘Where
You Want Me’ (written with and produced by
Jake Gosling (Ed Sheeran)) to an audience of
people
Outside of the UK Leddra embarked on a
series of dates in Holland and Belgium
performing to a sold out Paradiso crowd in
Amsterdam before appearing on live TV in
Belgium
LEDDRA
CHAPMAN
