Rumer

Rumer is the professional name of the British female singer-songwriter, Sarah Joyce (born 3 June 1979, Islamabad, Pakistan). Her stage name was inspired by the author Rumer Godden. Rumer's voice has been described by The Guardian as being reminiscent of Karen Carpenter. Supported by leading music industry figures including Burt Bacharach, Jools Holland and Elton John, Rumer was nominated for two Brit awards on 13 January 2011.

Rumer, real name Sarah Joyce. was born June 3, 1979 in Pakistan, the youngest of seven children. Her mother's husband was a British engineer working on the Tarbela Dam project and the family lived in a self-contained expatriate community near Islamabad. Sarah's mother had a relationship with her cook, who was Pakistani and is Sarah's natural father. None of Sarah's six siblings knew she had a different father and she did not discover this until the age of 11, when her parents divorced and the family returned to England. Sarah went to school in Carlisle until she was 16, then studied drama at Dartington College of Arts in Devon before moving to London. She tried her hand in bands and waitressing.

When her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, Sarah moved to live in a caravan in the New Forest to be with her. and started writing songs. Her mother died in 2003 and Sarah had a breakdown. She joined a commune in the south of England for a year, then returned to London to pursue her music career.

Under the name of Sarah Prentice, Sarah sang with a moderately successful London-based folk/indie band called La Honda between 2000 and 2001. In 2004, she formed the band Rumer & The Denials and had released an early version of Come To Me High on 7" in 2007. Their myspace page, now closed, included an acoustic recording of Slow, which was included on the compilation album "A Very Magistery Valentine". A collection of solo material, recorded in 2007, Coffee And Honey, was released under her real name, Sarah Joyce, in South Korea in April 2010.

Rumer's debut album Seasons of My Soul was released on 1 November 2010, produced by her mentor, British composer Steve Brown. Her debut single, Slow, was featured on Smooth FM, and the single Aretha on BBC Radio 2's Record of the Week feature, and she is signed to Atlantic Records. She supported American singer Joshua Radin on his 2010 tour and also supported Jools Holland on his UK tour in the Autumn of 2010 which included a performance at the Albert Hall in London.

Burt Bacharach invited Rumer to his home in California so he could hear her sing and has since written a number of songs for her with lyricist Steven Sater. On 13 December 2010, a Christmas EP Rumer Sings Bacharach at Christmas was released. It featured Some Lovers from the new musical by Bacharach and Sater, Gift of the Magi. A limited edition 7 inch vinyl version was also released with a cover personally designed by Rumer. Rumer also featured on the Boozoo Bajou album Grains, released on !K7 in 2009, performing vocals on the tracks Same Sun, Heavy On Me and Messenger.

In the 2011 UK Asian Music Awards, Rumer was nominated for Best Alternative Act and Best Newcomer and ended up winning Best Alternative Act.

(bron: Wikipedia)

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Waylon vervangt Rumer met het Metropole Orkest

_{Gepubliceerd op: 2011-07-08}

Waylon treedt vanavond op op het North Sea Jazz Festival. Dit optreden komt in plaats van het concert dat Rumer met het Metropole Orkest zou geven. Het optreden van de Nederlandse soulzanger die optreedt met zijn eigen band, begint om 19.00 uur.  Eerder deze week werd bekend dat de Britse zangeres Rumer op doktersvoorschrift rust moet houden, waardoor o ... »

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Rumer - Seasons of My Soul

_{Gepubliceerd op: 2011-03-15}

Het gebeurt niet vaak dat je langs een cd komt waarvan je zeker weet dat je hem over twintig jaar nog steeds zult draaien. ‘Seasons Of My Soul’ van Rumer is zo’n cd. Met haar melancholische en soulvolle stem zet ze nummers neer die tijdloos klinken. Na het beluisteren van de cd blijven niet perse bepaalde nummers in je hoofd hangen, maar het gevoel dat je erbij krijgt wel. Voor mij is een teken da ... »

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