Ripon singer songwriter Billie Marten is set to perform at Glastonbury Festival this summer.
The 24 year old indie-folk singer is set to make her Glastonbury debut on ‘The Field of Avalon’ stage, an area the festival describes as “representing the best in the world of contemporary, roots and folk music”.
She was born in the village of Risplith, just outside Ripon, and was introduced to music at a young age thanks to her parents who surrounded her with the music of Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, Joan Armatrading, Kate Bush, and northern folk artist Chris Wood.
Billie attended Ripon Grammar School and won a record deal alongside studying and released ‘Ribbon’ her debut single in May 2014 aged 14.
She was then signed to Chess Club Records, an imprint of Sony. Not long afterwards, she was nominated for the BBC Sound of 2016.
Billie Marten, image Chuffmedia
Her critically acclaimed debut album, ‘Writing of Blues and Yellows’ was also released in 2016, when she was just 17. The following year, she moved to London, where she worked on her 2019 album, ‘Feeding Seahorses By Hand.’
Towards the end of 2019, Billie left Sony and chose a new management team. She signed to Fiction records, a division of Universal, in lockdown via zoom where she released her 2021 album ‘Flora Fauna’.
Since then, she has toured frequently throughout the UK and US becoming known for her soft vocals, however, she has not yet performed to a crowd as big as Glastonbury.
My very first! @glastonbury pic.twitter.com/p8KcgiuAqj
— billie (@BillieMarten) April 16, 2024
Billie released her latest record ‘Drop Cherries’ at the start of the month on April 7 via Fiction Records.
Recorded entirely on tape in Somerset and Wales late last summer, ‘Drop Cherries’ marks the very first time that she has both written and co-produced one of her records.
The 24-year-old is set to perform on the same stage as Kate Nash, Lulu and Caity Baser at Glastonbury this summer.
The festival runs from June 26 to June 30.
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5 things to do in and around Harrogate this weekend5 things to do in Harrogate and the district this weekendMusic line-up for Deer Shed Festival announced
The family-friendly Deer Shed Festival has today announced its full music line-up for 2024.
The event, which takes place at Baldersby Park, Topcliffe from July 26 to 29, features diverse acts ranging from the African rhythms of KOKOKO! to LVR, whose members include Poet Laurette Simon Armitage.
Other headline acts include UK singer-songwriter Katherine Priddy, feminist quintet Nana Benz Du Togo and Leeds-based Deadletter plus Flamingods, The Coral, Bombay Bicycle Club and CMAT.
Deer Shed 2023
Also announced today are Oneda, Jessica Winter, Chalk, Lizzie No, Frankie Archer, The Itch, Dana Gavanski, Ellur, tinyumbrellas, Morgan Harper Jones, Lily Lyons, Aayushi, Our Man in the Field, Kathryn Williams and Withered Hand, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Katie Gregson-MacLeod, Group Listening & Niki Stevens.
The comedy line-up, shows, films, science, sports, workshops, wellbeing and literary and spoken word are all still to be revealed.
Deer Shed has stages, tents, workshops, sports activities and outdoor fun for children and families to enjoy together. Tickets are on sale now.
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Knaresborough’s 10-day arts festival set to begin — despite Facebook hack
Knaresborough’s annual summer arts festival Feva will begin on Friday with a 10-day programme of about 80 events.
Feva has become one of the town’s main events of the year, with many shops decorated in promotional pink as part of a window competition organised by Knaresborough and District Chamber.
First held in 1996, this year’s line-up include a talk by book editor Ana Sampson on the hidden history of woman writers, an outdoor performance of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and Status Quo tribute act Status Faux.
Picnic in the Park, a free afternoon event at Knaresborough House featuring bands and DJs, takes place on August 19.
With Knaresborough Lions‘ three-day beer festival taking place on the same weekend, the town will be in celebratory mode.
Shop windows are decorated in Feva pink for the festival.
However, preparations have been hit by the Feva Facebook page being hacked,
Gwen Lloyd, chairperson of the Feva committee, said it had done everything possible to take back control of the site or even get it removed but Facebook had not acted.
A new Feva Facebook page with details of events is available here.
Ms Lloyd said:
“It’s been very frustrating. We’ve had to set up a new page and getting people to realise has been tricky.
“The old Facebook page is now under the control of someone in Vietnam. We can’t even get Facebook to close it down.”
Feva, which was founded by the late Derrick van Zelst and his son Robin, includes a combination of free and paid-for events.
It was initially called Knaresborough and was more of a folk festival, but changed its name to Feva — which stands for ‘festival of entertainment and visual arts — in 2001.
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