Alice Armstrong at Blackbox Hastings Friday 3rd November 2023

Alice Armstrong is a singer-songwriter and entertainer from Surrey, UK, known for her impressive vocal range, unconventional lyrics, long red hair, light-sensitivity glasses and enigmatic stage presence. Alice’s voice and songs vary widely in emotional tone, reflecting a complex personal history.

An Alice Armstrong show promises a soulful, dynamic, genre-busting performance packed with world class musicianship and wry British repartee. Her personal and provocative lyrical content is served with an enigmatic physical performance reminiscent of the likes of Janis Joplin, Tina Turner and Lizzo, leaving the awed audience laughing, crying and tapping their feet in equal measure.

Alice has reached the top 20 played lists of the Independent Blues Broadcasters Association and Blues Matters Magazine, has been nominated for four different categories in the UK Blues awardsand performed at the 2023 awards ceremony, sponsored byMarshall.

So far in 2023, Alice has released two singles, ‘Speed Dial’ and ‘Graveyard Shift’, performed and toured across Europe, recorded her first EP and is booked to play Joe Bonamassa’s prestigious Keeping the Blues Alive Mediterranean Cruise. An article in the March edition of ERB Magazinesays this of Alice: ’She’s a born entertainer, with a voice very few people could rival. If you can get to one of her gigs, I would recommend going to hear what could easily be the voice of a generation‘.

Don’t let her success in the British Blues scene fool you: Alice’s music busts the seams of traditional genres, creating a heady amalgamation of blues, soul, funk, rock, pop and country.

Alice’s world-class band consists of some of the finest musicians on the circuit today, including members of award winning acts such as Catfish, Stevie Watts Organ Trio and the Krissy Matthews band. Alice’s debut show at the award winning Tuesday Night Music Club in London sold out, the first of many sold-out shows in 2023 across Britain, Spain, Czechia, Romania, the Netherlands and Poland.

Alice has also collaborated in the past with Matt Long (Catfish) to produce a limited edition live EP ‘Live at the Folklore Rooms’, co-written a critically acclaimed album ‘Mission to the Moon’ with the Stevie Watts Organ Trio and released a single with The Cinelli Brothers, ‘Deep Down Devil’, which can also be found on their album ‘No Country for Bluesmen’, a top 20 IBBA album for 2022.

Thomas Heppell is a talented Berkshire-based musician who performs Blues, Jazz and Rock & Roll. He can perform solo or with his 3-piece band, and he writes his own original compositions. His music is a mixture of familiar favourites and some new tunes that will definitely get you moving.