Indie Music Women’s Artist of the Day is…
Hannah Scott (@hannahscottuk)
Hannah’s music has been played regularly on the BBC with releases supported by Dermot O’Leary and Bob Harris on BBC Radio 2 and Tom Robinson on 6 Music. She’s also been featured by MOJO, The Guardian and Clash Magazine. Recent live highlights include opening for Madeleine Peyroux to an audience of 2000 at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre and travelling across Ireland with Paddy Casey to open shows for him in Dublin and in a tiny Irish speaking village near Galway!
Her arresting live performances have also earned her support slots for artists including Seth Lakeman, Cara Dillon, and 10cc and she has twice travelled to New York festival “Mondo NYC”, receiving PRS Foundation funding and running a successful crowdfunding campaign to fund the trips.
Shape is the first single from her forthcoming Help Musicians-funded album. The song showcases her powerful and personal storytelling, recounting how her maternal Grandmother refused to accept her Mother’s choice of husband, Hannah’s Father, threatening never to speak to her again should she marry him and staying true to her word for twenty years.
Expertly combining organic, live elements with electronic sounds, Hannah and Stefano have struck a perfect balance between her traditional songwriting craft and his unique cinematic production.
Hannah shared with me what it means to her personally to be an indie music woman artist:
“I describe myself as fiercely independent. I love that the music industry today has space and opportunity for everyone who is prepared to work hard. I hope to be a woman in the industry at a time where it’s becoming clear that men have long dominated it and times are going to change. I love speaking to younger girls and women after my performances who tell me they have been inspired to make music after hearing me.”
You can hear Hannah’s new single, Shape, on the Indie Music Women’s Spotify Playlist.
