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Drawing influences from Don Maclean and Kirsty McColl, embellished with folk riffs and taking on the punchy riffs of traditional r ‘n’ b, LUCY SPRAGGAN brings her unique brand of ‘Fop’ (the middle ground where pop, hip hop and folk meet) to the Rock City Main Hall. Having finished in ninth place in 2012’s The X Factor, Lucy went on to be the first contestant in the show’s history to score a TOP 40 single and album before the live shows even aired with her independently released ‘Top Room At The Zoo’. She comes to Rock City in November in support of her new album ‘Join The Club’.
Support comes from ANDREAS MOE (pop/rock from Sweden) and SHANNON SAUNDERS who has made a name for herself by posting ever-popular songs on Youtube (over 2.7 million total upload views).
FFO: GREG HOLDEN/LAUREN AQUILINA
Lucy Spraggan appeared on the X Factor in 2012, since then her audition video has been viewed 35 million times on YouTube. She was also the most Googled musician of 2012, after she came off the show and immediately signed to Columbia Records. Her debut album Join the Club was a top-ten success and Lucy has enjoyed sell-out tours since then.
Her latest record We Are was released on her own label, CTRL Records, after Spraggan opted to take the independent route the second time around. The album just missed out on a top twenty position but has been highly acclaimed as one of the best singer-songwriter albums of 2015. Lucy’s music-writing career began with Don Maclean and Kirsty McColl as her major influences, embellished with the folk riffs of Peter, Paul and Mary and taking on the punchy riffs of traditional R and B. A period spent living and playing in New Orleans, sucking in the sounds and sights of that incredible history of music, has brought Lucy to her current style. Her name is now synonymous with the cross-border sound she calls AFLOP; the melodic middle ground where pop and acoustic folk meet, the toe-tapping interpretations of classic sounds and the harmony-heavy ballads that she pulls from modern rhythm and blues, turning the rattle of rap into sing-along folk-style numbers that are hard to forget.
Lucy has made appearances in some of the most prestigious music venues the UK has to offer, including the O2 Arena, Royal Albert Hall and Manchester Arena, and has also packed out tents at some of the UK’s top festivals including T in the Park and V Fest. The intrigue into Lucy Spraggan remains as high as ever.
