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Rose Kemp
is an English singer and guitarist who performs in a variety of genres.
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Personal details
Kemp was born in
Carlisle on
11 December 1984. Her parents are
Maddy Prior and
Rick Kemp of the folk-rock band
Steeleye Span.
Singing career
Kemp began her singing career performing live with
Steeleye Span while still in her teenage years. This led to her being invited to contribute vocals to several albums by various folk artists. In 1996 she sang with
The Carnival Band on their Carols at Christmas CD. In 2002
Park Records released the a cappella folk album
Bib and Tuck by 'Maddy Prior And The Girls', a trio composed of
Maddy Prior, Rose Kemp and
Abbie Lathe. Kemp wrote, and sang lead vocals on, several of the album's tracks.
Kemp's first solo album
Glance
, an acoustic pop record, was released on
Park Records in 2003. She subsequently toured with
The Oyster Band as part of
The Big Session, appearing with them across the UK and Europe.
2004 saw a considerable change in the direction of Rose's musical output. She recorded a mini-album, originally entitled 'The Free To Be Me E.P' but later renamed simply 'Mini-Album', at Warehouse Studios in Oxford with members of
The Fourers. The new recording was very much a rock record, with Kemp playing electric guitar and taking charge of the arrangements and production for the first time in her career.
Kemp signed an album deal with
One Little Indian Records in July 2005, and recorded her second full length album, 'A Hand Full of Hurricanes', at studios in Bristol and Cardiff with producer
Charlie Francis. This album was released in February 2007. She has spent much of the time since its recording touring the UK and Europe. A new studio album, Unholy Majesty was produced by
Chris Sheldon and was released on September 1.
Other projects
Jeremy Smoking Jacket
Kemp also performs with
SJ Esau as part of the experimental, often improvisational pop trio
Jeremy Smoking Jacket. The group recorded an EP entitled 'Now We Are Dead (and Other Stories)' which was released jointly by
Enormous Corpse and
Fact Fans in August 2005; Max Milton left the group in October 2006, but Kemp and Sam continued as a duo, recording a live session for
Huw Stephens' show on BBC Radio 1 in November 2006. They have performed at the
Glastonbury Festival and at
Tate Britain. The pair are currently working on their first full length album.
VILNA
In February 2006 Kemp joined an instrumental
Post-rock band called Snakes on a Plane as their lead guitarist. Originally a five piece, second guitarist Matt Williams aka
Team Brick left and the band changed their name to
VILNA, after a piece of music by the French band
Weidorje. The four piece, whose other members are Joe Garcia, James King and Alex Bertram-Powell gradually moved into more progressive/doom metal territory. Although VILNA ceased to be in 2007, Joe Garcia and James King are now in Rose's band and played on the 2008 album 'Unholy Majesty'.
STONES BARN
Kemp, with Maddy Prior and Abbie Lathe, co-facilitates singing workshops at Stones Barn in Cumbria (http://www.maddyprior.co.uk/sbindex.htm).
Discography
- Carols at Christmas
(LP/1996/Park Records PRKCD45) - as Rosie Kemp singing with The Carnival Band
- Bib and Tuck
(LP/2002/Park Records) - as 'Maddy Prior And The Girls' with Maddy Prior and Abbie Lathe.
- Glance
(LP/2003/Park Records) - as 'Rose Kemp'.
- Mini-Album
(EP/2004/Self Release) - as 'Rose Kemp'.
- Now We Are Dead (and Other Stories)
(EP/2005/Enormous Corpse-Fact Fans) - as 'Jeremy Smoking Jacket' with SJ Esau and Max Milton.
- Violence
(7"vinyl single/2006/One Little Indian Records) - as 'Rose Kemp'
- A Hand Full of Hurricanes
(LP/2007/One Little Indian Records) - as 'Rose Kemp'
- Ammonia
track on Idolum
by Ufomammut (Supernatural Cat Records) - ''Ufomammut feat. Rose Kemp'
- Heavy Black Snow
collaboration track with HUMANFLY on Brainwash Records compilation
- Unholy Majesty
(LP/2008/One Little Indian Records) - as 'Rose Kemp'
- Unholy Majesty
(VINYL LP/Aurora Borealis Records) - as 'Rose Kemp'