HANNAH CLIVE
Described as “a cross of soul and country and rock, as if Dolly Parton had a child with Marvin Gaye and the result was the new Janis Joplin”, Hannah Clive is a multi-genre singer songwriter, performer and musician. She’s been writing and recording from an early age and was mentored by the foremost musicians and creatives in the business. She’s either recorded or performed with the cream of British recording talent since the nineties including Ray Charles, Elton John’s The Circle of Life, Kylie, Robbie Williams, Bjork, Jools Holland, Bryan Ferry, Alison Moyet, Right Said Fred, Chris de Burgh and OMD. She toured America with The Who at just eighteen years of age.
Encouraged by her peers, Hannah’s first EP in 2012 was produced by Brian Tench (Bee Gees, Kate Bush), whom she still works alongside, and was mastered by The Who’s Jon Astley. Her influences are wide ranging as are her songs. Whether it’s a catchy Americana Sheryl Crow country-like pop tune, a soulful blues-ey Adele meets Springfield torch song, Lana Del Rey melancholia, a Morisette rock female angst, a simple Janis Ian-style acoustic ‘Seventeen’ or Hannah’s smoky vocal song writing prowess on The Herbaliser’s jazz hip-hop hit ‘The Lost Boy’, she can deliver.