Linda Wood

If Kate Bush had balls she might sound like this. With wholesome sassiness and musicality reminiscent of Doris Day merged with Rickie Lee Jones, Linda delivers melodic, eclectic 'quirk-pop'. Spacious, groovy and organic. :: If you want to mosh with the kids, wear large gold medallions or listen to guitars so compressed they feel like they've been splattered on the inside of the speaker box like an egg thrown against a window, go somewhere else.

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If you want to mosh with the kids, wear large gold medallions or listen to guitars so compressed they feel like they've been splattered on the inside of the speaker box like an egg thrown against a window, go somewhere else. But if you're looking for intelligent, thought provoking lyrics, music with a sense of space, lush vocals and instrumentation that is unusual but groovy enough to dance, then this is probably up your musical alley.

That alley is not dark and foreboding. It's the sort of alley you may find traces of Doris Day, Dusty Springfield, the Andrew Sisters and Ella Fitzgerald. It's a place Rickie Lee Jones and Tori Amos might meet for a drink and have a jam. It would have lots of colour and funky little chairs and cafe tables. And you could sit in that alley for hours listening, chatting, dancing or reading a book. In fact, make yourself at home!

Linda's 'left-of-centre' pop style songs mix hip-hop, blues and jazz with very groovy music, great story-telling and a hint of characterisation. And a contemporary cabaret style performance, the product of her background in musical theatre as well as rock, soul and pop covers bands, has inspired such descriptions as ?silk to the eyes, ears and throat? the audience love her as she is warm, friendly and vocally wholesome ?. A complete package.? (Iain McGuire, Artistic Director of Mad Cow Theatre Company)