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Clara Kousah is a singer/songwriter from Cambridge in the UK with a spell-binding voice and provocative lyrics which combine to produce music that is raw and refreshing.

Influences range from Tori Amos to Dolly Parton to NIN, sounding like a cross between Joni Mitchell, All About Eve & Suzanne Vega. In 2001, on returning to Cambridge after 3 years of studying Physics, she performed at The Boat Race and was taken under the wings of experienced local musicians including Rob W Jackson (Boo Hewerdine, The Broken Family Band) and Sam Inglis (Sound On Sound magazine, The Morning People).

Late in 2006 Clara was invited by the Arts Council funded group ESCALATOR to join their mentoring scheme on the strength of a demo EP, which in turn lead to meeting acclaimed Napalm Death producer Russ Russell. The pair met and immediately started work on Clara’s debut album. Some initial recording was carried out at Foel Studio in Wales, with the remainder produced at Russ’s new home Parlour Recording Studio in Kettering during 2007 with the help of drummer Ross Andic and bassist Richard Bullen. Just recently finished supporting Mark Morris of the Bluetones on his acoustic tour.

Tour Dates:

August
7th Boat Race – Cambridge
8th Kelvedon Festival – Kelvedon
10th Fordham Festival – Fordham
11th Worlds End – London,
15th Royal Standard – Ely
20th Soho – London

Plus UK tour in October supporting Doug Hoekstra.