A letter from Clare

May, 2025

In a world filled with streaming platforms, instant play music, scrolling, playlists and algorithms, I feel a disconnect exists between me as an artist, and you as the listener.   This has bothered me for a long time.   So, I have made the decision that none of my future releases will be released on digital platforms.   They will be physical copies only.  I want my music heard as I intend it to be heard, in the right order, with the spaces and I want it to be something you can truly hold and own.  

I'm also going one step further.   As many of you know, I am at university studying for a law degree with the aim of becoming an intellectual property lawyer, so I'm not playing live at all at the moment.    But, I'm still writing.  I plan to do the occasional gig in future, and I'll be writing some songs that will only ever be heard at those gigs.   They won't be recorded, or released, they will only be shared in the moment with you.  Then they'll be gone again. 

I hope you will join me in the next chapter of my music, and I hope you will be part of its story.

Clare 

The story so far...

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With three internationally acclaimed albums, numerous international tours, international press coverage and airplay on stations all over the world there is good reason why Clare is so highly regarded.

Multi award nominated in The British Blues Awards, The People's Music Awards and winner of the WRC 'Best Acoustic Performance' Clare is a passionate songwriter.

Clare served her time with bands including Misdemeanor (With Matt Schofield, Gini Hobson, Maurice McElroy and Constance Redgrave of Spikedriver fame) she guested with Larry Garner and joined Dana Gillespie on two trips, one to India and the other to be the opening act at the Mustique Blues Festival every night for three weeks. Later Clare joined the band 99lbs.

Then, having finally made the decision to go it alone, she released her debut album “Be Who You Are,” in February 2010. The self-penned mixture of rock, country and blues propelled her into the limelight with excellent reviews in the UK and the USA.

In September 2010, she released the live EP “How It Is,” a four track CD of Clare’s own songs. It also received rave reviews and the limited edition copies sold out quickly. All four tracks from the EP reached the blues top ten with the international distributor CD Baby in the same week. One track (Funky Mama’s Kitchen Blues) reached the final in both the British Blues Awards (Kevin Thorpe Award for the Best New UK Blues Song) and the People’s Music Awards (Best Pop/Rock Song) She won the WRC Award “Best Acoustic Performance of 2011” and 2012 saw her nominated for Best Female Vocalist in the British Blues Awards.

In February 2012, Clare released her second album "Dust and Bones", again all tracks were written by Clare and the album recieved excellent reviews in the press in the UK, Europe and the USA.

The next three years saw Clare tour extensively playing up to 100 dates a year both solo and with her band in the UK and Northern Europe.

In September 2015 Clare released the single 'Sniper Fire' which, again, saw excellent reviews.

Then, in November 2015, Clare had her third baby.  Clare toured again from 2017 until the pandemic hit when she returned to writing and the studio to prepare for a series of new singles.

In 2020 Clare released her latest album 'Where Are You Now,'  which was followed in 2021 by her single 'Call Trade Descriptions.'  Where Are You Now? was the 20th most played album of 2020 on the IBBA chart.

In 2021 'I'll Never Love Again' was released.  

Clare has had her music played on BBC Radio 2, BBC Three Counties, BBC Oxford, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, BBC Radio Norfolk and a host of online radio stations all over the world play her tracks regularly. She has been featured in Guitar and Bass Magazine, PlayMusic Magazine, Gear Magazine, Blues in Britain, Blues Matters, Classic Rock Blues, Blue Monday Monthly (USA), Blues News Norway, Guitar International Magazine and more. On top of this she's made countless live radio appearances.

Clare has also played at Skegness Rock and Blues Festival, Maryport Blues Festival, Upton Blues Festival , Blackburn Blues Festival, Broadstairs Blues Bash, Hebden Bridge Blues Festival, Scunthorpe Blues Festival, Beer Blues Festival, Gouvy Jazz and Blues Festival (Belgium.) She was made the patron of a Belgian venue, The 61, in Lixhe, Belgium. 

Clare is proud to endorse Fret King Guitars, Cort Acoustic Guitars, Twinstomp Effects, and Madison and Fifth Mono Guitar cases.

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Venues played and Awards/Nominations

Awards/ Nominations:

Winner of WRC Best Acoustic Performance 2012

Finalist in The People's Music Awards 2012 (Best New Pop/ Rock Song)

Finalist in the British Blues Awards 2011 (Kevin Thorpe Award for Best New Song)

Finalist in the British Blues Awards 2012 (Best Female Vocalist)

Where Are You Now was the 20th most played album on the IBBA chart

Live Radio sessions for:

BBC Three Counties

BBC Oxford

BBC Suffolk

Classic 21, Belgium

Many specialist blues shows both in the UK and in The Netherlands and Belguim.

Clare has played at (among many, many others):

UK:

Sheffield 02 Academy

Hebden Bridge Blues Festival

Skegness Rock and Blues Festival

Maryport Festival

Swanage Blues Festival

Broadstairs Blues Bash

Upton Blues Festival

StowBlues Festival

Bentworth Blues Festival

Newark Blues Festival

IF- Milton Keynes International Festival

Aylesbury Festival

Blues in the City Festival

Stow Blues Festival

Norwich Blues Festival

Doncaster Blues Festival

Beer Blues Festival

Scunthorpe Blues Festival

Yardbirds Club, Grimsby

Blackburn Blues Festival

Litchfield Blues Festival

Durham Blues Festival

Cleepthorpes Blues Festival

The Apex Bury St Edmunds

The Limelight Theatre, Aylesbury

The Robin 2, Wolverhampton

Ain't Nothin But, London

The 100 Club, London

Litchfield Arts Centre

Colour House Theatre, London

Half Moon, Putney

The Cinnamon Club, Chester

Blakeney Harbour Rooms, Blakeney

Talking Heads, Southampton

Boom Boom Club, London

The Musician, Leicester

New Brewery Arts Centre, Cirencester

The Flowerpot, Derby

Esquires, Bedford

Little Rabbit Barn, Colchester

Overseas:

Mustique Blues Festival (Mustique)

Mumbai - ten dates (India)

Urpop Festival (Netherlands)

Comblain Jazz Festival (Belgium)

Midsummer Blues Festival (Netherlands)

Blues Sphere, Liege (Belgium)

The 61, Lixhe (Belgium) (Clare has been made patron of this venue)

Lou's Bar Liege (Belgium)

La Tipi, Liege (Belgium)

Blues Rock Garage, Geleen (Netherlands)

Cafe De Dwaas, Sittard (Netherlands)

Le Numunster (Luxemburg)

Cafe t'Rozenknopje, Eindhoven (Netherlands)Topos, Leverkusen (Germany)