Wallis Bird (born 29 January 1982 in Wexford) is an Irish musician. She lives and works in Mannheim, London and Dublin.
| Spoons | ||
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| Studio album by Wallis Bird | ||
| Released | October, 2007 | |
| Recorded | 2006 | |
| Genre | Singer-Songwriter / Acoustic / Rock | |
| Length | 52:22 | |
| Label | Island / Universal Records UK | |
| Producer | Marcus Wuest Wallis Bird |
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Biography
The first time Wallis Bird came into touch with music, was when she was six months old and she got her first guitar from her father. Born left-handed, after losing 5 fingers in a lawnmower accident (and having four sewn back on again) on her left hand, she became used to playing a right-handed guitar upside-down, which adds up to her unconventional style of playing. After school Wallis moved to the Irish capital of Dublin to study songwriting at Ballyfermot Rock School. During that time she kept on playing in small clubs or pubs as well as on major festivals. She moved to Germany for an exchange program in 2005. Prolonging her Germany trip she met other musicians and formed a new supporting band. After concerts in Berlin, London, Frankfurt and Mannheim she decided to stay for a semester at a music college in Mannheim, where she lived for a year and a half.
Music
Wallis Bird is often compared to famous singer-songwriters like Ani DiFranco, Fiona Apple or the young Janis Joplin. In her songs she fuses elements of traditional folk music, blues and funk with an energetic handmade rock sound. Her exceptional voice allows for an already huge repertoire from soft folk ballads to rousing power songs. Accompanied by her band colleagues, the brothers Christian and Michael Vinne and Aóife O'Sullivan, she is touring through Europe. In April 2006 her debuting EP "Branches Untangle" was released both in the UK and Germany by her own label "Bird Records". In October 2006 Wallis signed a worldwide recording contract with "Island Records Group UK". Island Records will re-release her EP in the United Kingdom. A second EP Moodsets was released for download on July 30 2007 and her debut album Spoons was released on August 6 2007.
Discography
- "Branches Untangle" (6 track EP), Bird Records, 2006
Concerts (sel.)
- 2006: Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Worms, Baden-Baden (all: Germany)
- 2005: Berlin, Frankfurt, Mannheim, Hammelburg (all: Germany), Budapest, (Hungary), Roermond (Netherlands), Dublin, London
