Introducing, the extraordinary talent that is, Rosabella Gregory. Her delightfully involving songs feature page-turning narratives and piano detail as elegant as classic architecture. They speak as much of classical music and American folk as they do of classic songwriters, fuelled by a personal soundtrack that has embraced both Beethoven and Billy Joel, both Tori Amos and Metallica.That entire cultural DNA makes up the singular style of the Hertfordshire-born daughter of an Egyptian father and Indian mother, who came together from disparate cultural backgrounds and raised the Gregory sisters within a stone’s throw of remote Dartmoor.
Rosabella collaborated with her un-identical twin, Dina, in a partnership that continues to this day. From early on, it was a successful partnership. At a young age, they were winning such prizes as the ENO Original Opera competition in 1992, the BBC Pebble Mill Song for Christmas in 1993, and the 1994 Yamaha Rock and Pop Awards where they consequently beat Chris Martin of Coldplay to 1st prize! Rosabella’s voice has also been used on many popular TV commercials.
Each track takes the listener on an emotional rollercoaster, exploring love and loss and addressing topical issues. For example, ‘Under the Rubble’ was written after she watched a moving documentary on Channel 4 that focused on the Iraq war and a specific man who lost his entire family in a bomb blast. Rosabella likes to see her songs as not auto-biographical but more a narration into her thoughts and the lives of others.
Rosabella’s path could have been a very different one, as her family members excelled in everything academic. But driven by a deep love of her craft, she took the plunge into music and it seems that academia’s loss is brooding piano-pop’s gain.
Watch out for an interview coming soon!
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