Rose Kemp
Rose Kemp (born in Carlisle on 11 December 1984) is an English singer and guitarist who performs in a variety of musical genres. She is the daughter of Maddy Prior and Rick Kemp of the folk-rock band Steeleye Span.
Kemp began her singing career performing live with Steeleye Span while still in her teenage years. This led to her being invited to contribute vocals to several albums by various folk artists. In 1996 she sang with The Carnival Band on their Carols at Christmas CD. In 2002 Park Records released the a cappella folk album Bib and Tuck by ‘Maddy Prior And The Girls’, a trio composed of Maddy Prior, Rose Kemp and Abbie Lathe. Kemp wrote, and sang lead vocals on, several of the album’s tracks. Her first single, “The Milkman Makes Eggs” was an airplay favorite.
Kemp’s first solo album Glance, an acoustic pop record, was released on Park Records in 2003. She subsequently toured with The Oyster Band as part of The Big Session, appearing with them across the UK and Europe.
2004 saw a considerable change in the direction of Rose’s musical output. She recorded a mini-album, originally entitled ‘The Free To Be Me E.P’ but later renamed simply ‘Mini-Album’, at Warehouse Studios in Oxford with members of The Fourers. The new recording was very much a rock record, with Kemp playing electric guitar and taking charge of the arrangements and production for the first time in her career.
Kemp signed an album deal with One Little Indian Records in July 2005, and recorded her second full-length album, ‘A Hand Full of Hurricanes’, at studios in Bristol and Cardiff with producer Charlie Francis. This album was released in February 2007. After a large amount of time spent touring the UK and Europe in support of the record, she began recording in summer 2007 at State of Art studios, Bristol.
In December 2010, a Rose Kemp cover version of the Cardiacs song “Wind and Rains is Cold” – recorded in collaboration with electronic musician Rarg – appeared on Leader Of The Starry Skies: A Tribute To Tim Smith, Songbook 1, a fundraising compilation album to benefit the hospitalised Cardiacs leader Tim Smith. Kemp has also been known to cover another Cardiacs song, “Fairy Mary Mag”, in concert as an a capella version.
Discography
Carols at Christmas (LP/1996/Park Records PRKCD45) – as Rosie Kemp singing with The Carnival Band
Bib and Tuck (LP/2002/Park Records) – as ‘Maddy Prior And The Girls’ with Maddy Prior and Abbie Lathe.
Glance (LP/2003/Park Records) – as ‘Rose Kemp’.
Mini-Album (EP/2004/Self Release) – as ‘Rose Kemp’.
Now We Are Dead (and Other Stories) (EP/2005/Enormous Corpse-Fact Fans) – as ‘Jeremy Smoking Jacket’ with SJ Esau and Max Milton.
Violence (7″vinyl single/2006/One Little Indian Records) – as ‘Rose Kemp’
A Hand Full of Hurricanes (LP/2007/One Little Indian Records) – as ‘Rose Kemp’
Ammonia track on Idolum by Ufomammut (Supernatural Cat Records) – Ufomammut feat. Rose Kemp
Heavy Black Snow collaboration track with HUMANFLY on Brainwash Records compilation
Unholy Majesty (LP/2008/One Little Indian Records) – as ‘Rose Kemp’
Unholy Majesty (VINYL LP/Aurora Borealis Records) – as ‘Rose Kemp’
Golden Shroud (LP/2010) – as ‘Rose Kemp’
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