HOLLIE STEPHENSON performs the song "POINTLESS REBELLION" for BalconyTV.
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PRESENTED BY LOUISE HOUGHTON
From the age of three, Hollie Stephenson has been obsessed with jazz, blues and soul. That passion goes some way to explaining the staggering quality of Hollie’s singing skills. She’s been immersed, soaked, marinated in those genres for as long as she can talk.
Hear the brace of songs that Hollie subsequently wrote in her early- and mid-teens and you’d be forgiven for thinking that she knows everything about the heart, and the age-old musical genres that best expressed them. Hollie Stephenson feels like the real deal.
Dave Stewart thought as much when he first encountered her. “She had that gift, that gift to write songs. But she needed experience. I told her to write at least 16 or 20 songs that she really felt were connected to her in every way, and that she really meant.”
The next steps: releasing her first single, Pointless Rebellion this summer, and the as-yet-untitled album, and a UK tour. The shows will feature just Hollie and a second guitarist, with funding coming via a Pledge Music campaign. With a talent as young as this – as rare as this – there’s no need to throw either caution out the window. Hollie’s voice, and Hollie’s songs, will do all the hard work, no extravagance, hype nor EDM remix required.
“I think it’s important to do it right and be patient,” thinks this preternaturally wise, preternaturally gifted girl. It’s a refreshingly old-fashioned view from a proper, old-fashioned talent. How future-perfect is that?
Social Media Links:
http://facebook.com/HollieMusicLondon
https://twitter.com/hollie_b7
https://instagram.com/hollie_b7/
https://soundcloud.com/davestewartent/hollie-stephenson-pointless-rebellion/s-Rsm9r
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M2fsBOGnDE
www.holliestephenson.com
CREDITS / SPONSORS
THANKS TO:
Hawley Arms, Camden
Producers - Louise Houghton / Tina Edwards
Sound Ops - Lauren Deakin-Davies
Camera Ops - Toryn Westcott
Runner / Social Media - Will Clempner
Photographer - Paul Black
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