Amelia Coburn
Amelia began to play the ukelele at the age of 14. Prior to this, she performed in various musicals, one of her earliest roles being ‘Little Cosette’ in Les Miserables aged 9. After attending a local open mic in 2013, she was offered her first gig. Amelia has since gone on to selling out solo gigs across Teesside, as well as supporting the likes of Vin Garbutt and The Southmartins. Think Eva Cassidy if she had spent the whole of 1976 in CBGBs. To categorise what she plays would be futile but her main influences range from classic,sophisticated pop/rock (David Bowie, Kate Bush, early Elton John) through to Punk, New Wave and the first wave of Indie music (The Smiths, The Jam, Blondie).
Going from strength to strength in 2016 her first forays into writing original material. Themes of “The Sea” pervade and there is a folky, dreamlike quality to her own songs and have been played on BBC Radio6 and BBC Radio Tees who have called her ‘Teesside’s Princess of the ukulele’.
About Amelia Coburn
Amelia began to play the ukelele at the age of 14. Prior to this, she performed in various musicals, one of her earliest roles being ‘Little Cosette’ in Les Miserables aged 9. After attending a local open mic in 2013, she was offered her first gig. Amelia has since gone on to selling out solo gigs across Teesside, as well as supporting the likes of Vin Garbutt and The Southmartins. Think Eva Cassidy if she had spent the whole of 1976 in CBGBs. To categorise what she plays would be futile but her main influences range from classic,sophisticated pop/rock (David Bowie, Kate Bush, early Elton John) through to Punk, New Wave and the first wave of Indie music (The Smiths, The Jam, Blondie).
Going from strength to strength in 2016 her first forays into writing original material. Themes of “The Sea” pervade and there is a folky, dreamlike quality to her own songs and have been played on BBC Radio6 and BBC Radio Tees who have called her ‘Teesside’s Princess of the ukulele’.
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