Acoustica

Sunday 21st of April Substance presents Acoustica Featuring - Erica Jean + ANDR? + Amity + Amy Allard The Spice of Life is a Soho landmark, historic music venue and is in the heart of London's West End. Renowned for having a great live sound The Spice of Life and Substance have worked together for over 16 years to bring the very best new music to the heart of the capital. "One of the best little venues in London" Evening Standard The Line up Erica Jean Erica Jean is a singer/songwriter who lives in Worcester. Erica can be seen busking and performing in the Midlands. She started performing as a solo singer aged 13 and started her career being scouted at a talent show at Big Feastival. This lead her to perform at Carfest and has since also performed at festivals like Lakefest, Woofest, Sunshine Festival, Malvern Three Counties Festivals, Mello Festival, Tewkesbury Festival, Tewkesbury live and more Erica sings, plays the Guitar, Ukulele, Violin and Piano. A song which contains these instruments is her original Horizons, which appeared on BBC Hereford and Worcester. At the end of 2021, she also had a radio interview with BBC H&W talking about her year in music. She is currently studying Performing Arts at Birmingham Ormiston Academy. She enjoys helping people and has supported charities through music like St Richard's Hospice, Cancer Research UK and several Care homes. Through college, she enjoys being a social action ambassador, helping use music for diversity and social change. She has trained in autism and music at the Birmingham Conservatoire in a project to help people with autism to create an Opera. She has recently released her first single 'Self Love' on all streaming platforms. Click the link below to stream her songs and see useful information about upcoming performances. https://www.ericajeanmusic.com/ ANDR? Singer/ songwriter https://www.facebook.com/AndreTajchman/ Amity Amity will be returning to the Spice Of Life this April for a solo set. More shows will be announced soon as part of an ongoing residency at the Spice of Life More about Amity: ?The talent Amity exudes is immense. You?ll all know his name in a couple of years?. Trina Smith EPMG Amity is an award-winning singer songwriter whose dark, defiant and dramatic sound has earned him the backing of the Royal Albert Hall: they recently named him their 2023 Future Maker. Described in The Guardian newspaper as bringing together ?miraculous? vocals with the ?dense surreal lyricism of Regina Spektor?, Amity?s hard-hitting songwriting and emotive performances have earned comparisons to Adele, Nina Simone, and Joni Mitchell in the press, scooping numerous national and international successes, with the SAYS panel of industry judges listing Amity in the UK?s top 30 young songwriters in his category. Recently awarded Best Singer 2023 by RB Entertainment, his raw, powerhouse voice and vivid, moving lyrics have put him in high demand, being talent scouted by numerous major TV shows on both sides of the Atlantic. Praised by Durham Magazine as ?profound, broody and rebellious?, Amity?s empowering lyrics are imprinted by his drive for justice, inner healing, freedom and an overriding determination to lift up those who are struggling, along the way documenting his own ongoing journey from darkness to light. Amity, who is autistic and queer, has written professionally with Dee Adam (Dido, Kaiser Chiefs, Newton Faulkner) and is currently writing with Andrew Kingslow (John Legend). ?Rethink everything you know and love about music? (David Lofts, guitarist with The Orb) https://amitymiller.com/ Amy Allard Shy Girl turned Singer Songwriter Let's follow our dreams together! ??' Lyrics to give you chill https://www.instagram.com/amyallardmusic. The Spice of Life is an over 18?s venue .ID will be required if you are asked. http://www.spiceoflifesoho.com/ http://substancegigs.com/index.php https://www.facebook.com/substance.gigs