Freya Ridings is here to stay.
Freya Ridings is a 23-year-old singer-songwriter from London. She’s opening for Ray LaMontagne in Dublin and has just sold out Whelan’s Upstairs. Her debut single ‘Blackout’ and a cover of the legendary ‘Maps’ by Yeah Yeah Yeahs got her over one million streams on Spotify, since it’s release.
She has just announced her brand new live album, ‘Live At Omeara’ which is out now on Good Soldier Records. The album was recorded at London’s Omeara on 23rd January 2018 as Freya kick-started the New Year by playing to a packed out venue. It was an unforgettable night for the 23-year-old North London musician, safely cementing herself as one of the names to watch this year.
Contending with being incredibly shy and feeling isolated at school, Freya found her extraordinary, vibrato-rich, pin-drop voice when she was in just Year 7 at school when she was invited to perform at an open-mic night.
Freya explains, “I sang quite low for a little girl, I did this whole raspy thing. Suddenly, though, I’d found my own way. To this day, I still can’t believe I got up there. The whole room went crazy. And that was the moment where I thought: ‘Maybe I can take this thing that’s my own private thing, that I’ve done on my own, and actually share it with other people.’”
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Currently touring the states with Ella Vos and playing her own sold-out headline shows in LA and NY, next month Freya embarks on a huge headline European tour, which includes dates supporting Ray LaMontagne, plus festivals including Zermatt Unplugged, The Great Escape, Barn on The Farm, Montreux Jazz Festival and Lollapalooza.
If you’d like to learn more about Freya and her music, you can check out her website right here.
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