Hannah Rose Platt

Hannah Rose Platt is a young, north of England Emmylou Harris in the making. She has the songs, the attitude, the voice and the looks to really do something in music. All she needs now is the luck required and then her career will rocket forward as many, including me, are expecting already. - Sid Griffin
This is a really beautiful album...I hope it does incredibly well it deserves to! - Ric Sanders (Fairport Convention)
"With captivating vocals...Hannah specializes in lyrical story telling... instilled with optimism and an uplifting vibe"
- Maverick Magazine
What an incredible talent, one to watch for sure! We are proud to be selling her beautiful Nashville-recorded album in-store and online
- Union Music
Hannah Rose Platt is an enchanting singer-songwriter and talented guitarist who specializes in Americana / folk music, with storytelling at its heart. She recorded her debut album Portraits in Nashville last year (produced by Michael Bonagura- Baillie & the Boys) where she worked with some of the industry's leading names, Grammy award-winning musicians Mark Fain, (Ricky Skaggs, Dolly Parton) Stuart Duncan (Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, The Nashville Bluegrass Band, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss) and Jeff Taylor (The Time Jumpers, Elvis Costello).
Her melodic, poetic and accessible music offers self-written narratives to ordinary people who had no one to unfurl their stories; tales of luck, stoicism, loneliness, love, heartbreak and hope. While avoiding clich™s, she warmly builds characters like an author, penning songs that almost eavesdrop on other people's lives. 1954 is told through the eyes of an elderly woman suffering from dementia who waits every night for her husband to pick her up as she recalls their first date, while Birthday Card is a tender letter from a mother written to her daughter from prison. Lyrics are the mainstay of her work, while subtle acoustic arrangements and beautiful guitar hooks form an uplifting backdrop. Hannahs stories get under your skin...she plays with sentiment without being saccharine, focusing on optimism infused with realism and honesty.
Born and raised in Liverpool, Hannah began playing the guitar when she was five, teaching herself how to play. Her musical education came from her stepfather who would encourage her to listen to a wide variety of music, scouring his extensive record collection for inspiration for her. Having played gigs around the country and in the USA, she launched her debut EP in 2013. The title track has received considerable airplay on BBC Radio Merseyside, Wrecking Ball Radio and Europe's leading country radio station CMR Nashville. Her support slots to date include Roddy Frame, Gina Villalobos, Lisa Redford, Jarrod Dickenson & David Ford among others.
Hannah is now based in London and is gigging with a fantastic five-piece band, Kate Robinson on fiddle (Sam Smith, Elbow, The Shires) Ryan Trebilcock on double bass, Nicholas Smalley on Drums and Ryan Williams on electric guitar/mandolin. Hannah releases Portraits independently in the UK March 16th 2015. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.