With the stripped down sound of vocals over piano I draw on the beauty of the ordinary and comment on the idiosyncrasies of human nature. I try to create worlds of meaning in my songs. I also play violin and sing harmonies to add layers.

6 MP3 Songs in this album (20:27) !
Related styles: Pop: Piano, Folk: Folk Pop, Solo Female Artist

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I am Rebecca Leach, a singer-songwriter from the West Midlands. I have always sung and I have always written poetry, this much I know. Right from when I was a tiny little girl and Mum was playing Joni Mitchell and James Taylor in the car, it felt natural. Over the years I have changed but one thing has remained consistent, music.

I was trained classically on the violin for a number of years but I am self-taught poet, pianist and vocalist. I began to write original music when I turned 18 and moved away from home. It seemed a natural transition to blend my poetry with music and soon enough songs were flowing from pen to paper. I began to upload videos and basic recordings onto the internet in an effort to share my creativity. This âsharingâ has always been really important to me. It is the reason I perform live gigs, the reason I collaborate with others and ultimately the reason I have made my music available for download.

The way I see it, I write for the little poet in all of us and I love to tell a good yarn. With the stripped down sound of vocals over piano I draw on the beauty of the ordinary and comment on the idiosyncrasies of human nature. I try to create worlds of meaning in my songs, like pausing time or using a viewfinder to focus metaphorically on the physical and emotional. In my music the raw unseen moments that fleetingly pass in our shadows are captured and imprinted, treasured and restored like photographs in an exhibition.

The âNight Owlâ EP came about due to my hunger to hear what my songs could sound like on a more professional level. Getting into The Session Studios in Worcester was a great opportunity to finally make this happen. It has been a great experience from the writing of the music right through to the recording.

I have tried to give the EP a balance of both happy and emotional songs. These are songs that have travelled with me, often in my pocket scribbled out on old receipts or envelopes, and grown over time. To me, the songs are like poems put to music.

I hope that you can find something in my music that touches you and that you can relate to in some way. Thank you for reading!