Week 2: Artist in the spotlight

Having gained almost all of her recognition through youtube, Myspace and local gigs, Gabrielle Aplin, is a completely self promoted musician. She now has over 5 million views on youtube and 1.3 million on Myspace. It seems like she must be doing something right!

However it was not her covers that got my attention, but in fact her own written pieces, which include the catchy 'Never Fade' and 'Panic Cord'. Influenced by artists such as Damien Rice and Jamie Cullum (Who she also happened to attend the same school as!) and with a voice comparable to that of Ellie Goulding's acoustic work, she manages to combine fantastic vocals with her guitar and piano playing. However I think it would be unfair to constantly compare her to any particular artists as I feel she has her own unique style, as demonstrated on her first two EP releases (Acoustic EP and Never Fade EP).

The first song she covered that started to draw a wider audience was her cover of 'Liar and The Lighter' by You Me At Six, hitting over 600,000 views on youtube. She went on her first big UK and Ireland tour in May 2011.

I think that Gabrielle Aplin is going to have a huge year in 2012, having already entered the UK, Australian and US charts, with both of her first EPs, and having bought both of them recently I'm definitely look forward to a full album sometime in the near future!


                                           
You can visit http://gabrielleaplin.co.uk/ to download two of her tracks from her acoustic EP, 'Mountains' and 'On Your Knees' for FREE, and both of her EPs are currently only £1.79 each from iTunes!