Elia Davidson, Scotland On Sunday, 4 October 2020
Elia Davidson | Academy of Music & Sound Artist of the Week in Scotland On Sunday, 4 October 2020
Words by Derick Mackinnon and Olaf Furniss. Read on Scotsman.com
We first met Elia Davidson back in 2016 at an Off The Record youth event we hosted in her native Dumfries, not too long after she had won the Amnesty International Youth Awards songwriting competition. She went on to further hone her live skills locally while finishing school, before moving to Edinburgh a couple of years later. There she has emerged as a most impressive talent. On 23 October, Davidson self-releases her EP, Hit & Run, a collection of four stripped-back songs carried by her resounding vocals and melodies, which possess an almost hymnal quality. While a traditional live launch might be off the agenda at the moment, for obvious reasons, she is set to record a performance at the Theatre Royal in her home town which will be streamed as part of the Dumfries Music Conference on 17 October. In the meantime, get a flavour of what is to come with her most recent single release Driftwood. http://eliadavidson.weebly.com
Olaf Furniss and Derick Mackinnon run music industry seminar and social night Born To Be Wide visit www.borntobewide.co.uk
Academy of Music & Sound sponsors Artist of the Week in Scotland On Sunday
The Academy of Music & Sound was founded in 1994, and has welcomed over 5000 students into courses in popular music, production and music business over the years. The academy has launched a NEW Rap/Hip-Hop course and continues to provide full time courses, HND, BA(hons) and MMus in Music. Visit http://www.academyofmusic.ac.uk/ for our courses
* For consideration as our Artist of the Week please visit https://www.newfoundsound.co.uk/scotland-on-sunday and review the checklist of what we NEED in order to feature bands / artists in Scotland On Sunday. Then email Derick Mackinnon with all of the information required (derick@newfoundsound.co.uk ) Scotland On Sunday