Featured Artist - Jodie Marie

Signed to Decca to relaunch the Verve label, 20-year-old Jodie Marie follows a strong lineage of artists - from Nina Simone and Billie Holliday to the Velvet Underground - and is set to transcend trends and convention with her debut album (produced by Bernard Butler and Ed Harcourt) that is due out in March 2012.

Anita Awbi
  • By Anita Awbi
  • 5 Dec 2011
  • min read
'With a pin-you-to-the-wall lyrical candour, she has to be a hot tip for hugeness' - The Sunday Times

'A pure, clear captivating voice…haunting, heartbreaking' - The Times

'Honeyed tones make her one to watch' - MOJO

'Impassioned hollars and big band grooves' - Q

'A rawer, earthier talent' - Independent on Sunday

'Oozes class' - Daily Star

'Classic' - The Independent

'Tipped for a starry career' - Daily Mirror

Discovered by Transgressive Management (the team behind Johnny Flynn, Foals and Noisettes) when Toby L’s father was on a trip back to his hometown in Wales. Speaking about his son’s involvement in the music industry over breakfast, he was instructed by the landlady to check out the local plumber’s daughter’s music.

Signed to Decca to relaunch the Verve label, 20-year-old Jodie Marie follows a strong lineage of artists - from Nina Simone and Billie Holliday to the Velvet Underground - and is set to transcend trends and convention with her debut album (produced by Bernard Butler and Ed Harcourt) that is due out in March 2012.

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