{"id":11530,"date":"2017-01-10T11:58:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T11:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/?p=11530"},"modified":"2019-05-02T15:07:20","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T14:07:20","slug":"singers-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/singers-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Singers2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<h1>Singers, soloists and duos<\/h1>\n<h2>from Leicester in 2019<\/h2>\n<p>This page lists singers, solo artists and duos and acoustic acts that we know about for 2017 to 2019.<\/p>\n<p>These acts can be singer\/songwriters, singers who work mainly with covers, rappers, hip-hop artists, instrumentalists and small acoustic groups including duos.<\/p>\n<p>This listing is being updated. Page last updated:\u00a0 2nd May 2019.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Carlos Stein (Leicester) singer and songwriter, loop specialist See Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Courtney Askey (Leicester) singer\/songwriter, Alternative indie grunge and folk. Covers and originals. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/courtneyaskeymusician\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Wright (Leicester) singer\/songwriter, See Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Dully Chowe (Leicester) rapper See Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Emily Carr (Leicester) Singer\/songwriter,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EmilyCarrMusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/emilycarrr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">music on Soundcloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Poole (Leicester) Singer\/songwriter,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gregpooleuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hugh McManners. <a href=\"http:\/\/music.hughmcmanners.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Doyle (a.k.a. Homeless Shakespeare) (Leicester) singer and songwriter and musician <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Homelessshakespeare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See him on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Fryer (Leicester) singer See Facebook.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11188\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11188\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11188\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Jonezy-album-cover-stories-part-2.jpg?resize=600%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Jonezy-album-cover-stories-part-2.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Jonezy-album-cover-stories-part-2.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Jonezy-album-cover-stories-part-2.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Stories Part 2&#8217; album cover by Jonezy November 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jonezy (Leicester) See <a href=\"http:\/\/jonezyuk.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonezy&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Les Eastham (Leicester) singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/les.eastham.7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Luke Broughton (Leicester) \u00a0Folk <a href=\"http:\/\/lukebroughton.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Henshaw (Leicester) singer\/songwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/matthenshaw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Vickers (Leicester) singer\/songwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MichaelVickers.Musician\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/michaelvickersmusician.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Vickers Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nike K. McGregor (Leicester) singer\/songwriter band member <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nkmcgregormusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick J Hart (Leicester) singer and songwriter, classic rock and Americana. Covers and original songs. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.patrickjhartmusicuk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See his website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Paul J Roberts, from Leicester, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PaulJRobertsMusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">see Facebook<\/a>. Singer and songwriter.\u00a0 Indie. Covers and Originals.<\/p>\n<p>Reuben Wisner (Leicester) singer\/songwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reubenwisnermusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13420\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13420\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13420\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Siobhan-Mazzei-band-14th-October-2017-by-Nile-Kaemon-Mcgregor.jpg?resize=600%2C400\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Siobhan-Mazzei-band-14th-October-2017-by-Nile-Kaemon-Mcgregor.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Siobhan-Mazzei-band-14th-October-2017-by-Nile-Kaemon-Mcgregor.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Siobhan-Mazzei-band-14th-October-2017-by-Nile-Kaemon-Mcgregor.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Siobhan Mazzei. Photo by Nile McGregor. at Dryden Street Leicester on 14th October 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Siobhan Mazzei (Leicester) singer\/songwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/siobhanmazzei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Toby Joe Leonard (Leicester) singer\/songwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TobyJoeLeonard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tonkda (Anthony Knott) We learned of the sad death of Tony Knott. A great singer and musician who will long be remembered (April 30th, 2019)<\/p>\n<p>Tony Alles (Leicester) Singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tony.alles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This list was originally published on 19th January 2017.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>See also:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/musiciansingers\/\">Musicians and singers in 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/bands19\/\">Our list of bands in 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Singers and soloists from Leicester in 2019<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":13494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[176,54,143],"tags":[126],"class_list":["post-11530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-176","category-gigs-music-home-page","category-use-for-solo-artists","tag-singers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Michael-Vickers-by-KG.jpg?fit=600%2C392&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73uhX-2ZY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1272,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/solo-singers-celebrated\/","url_meta":{"origin":11530,"position":0},"title":"Solo singers celebrated","author":"Trevor Locke","date":"03\/07\/2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Singers and soloists from Leicester","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Guide to live music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Guide to live music","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/Music\/music-home-page\/gigs-music-home-page\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"obskeen records","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/obskeen-records-logo-600x373.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13401,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/singers-leicester\/","url_meta":{"origin":11530,"position":1},"title":"round 8","author":"Trevor Locke","date":"19\/10\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Going to Gigs looks at singers","rel":"","context":"In &quot;2017&quot;","block_context":{"text":"2017","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/Music\/2017\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"sam idwal","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/samuelidwall_radioLeicester2.jpg?fit=600%2C462&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/samuelidwall_radioLeicester2.jpg?fit=600%2C462&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/samuelidwall_radioLeicester2.jpg?fit=600%2C462&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4998,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/10essays\/","url_meta":{"origin":11530,"position":2},"title":"10Essays","author":"Trevor Locke","date":"23\/10\/2014","format":false,"excerpt":"23rd October 2014 10 Essays on Bands and Singers By Trevor Locke. 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