Thursday 14 September 2017

The Wandering Hearts: Interviews, Artist Spotlight & Background + UK Tour & Headline show dates


(6 Sept 2017) INTERVIEW: The Wandering Hearts

Dan Wharton the Founder/Editor/Interviewer of Your Life In A Song (Website) / Marketing with Sonnet Music) introduces The Wandering Hearts nicely to the public.

To paint a picture of The Wandering Hearts, Tara (Tara Wilcox), Chess (Francesca Whiffin), AJ (Alexander John Dean-Revington) and Tim (Timothy Prottey-Jones); Folk Americana vocal harmony group) one would need to find their most blood red hard earned brush. An Americana / Country music group from London that came together almost in defiance of the current zeitgest of rhinestone hats and Fender guitar UK country-rock that has jumped onto the proverbial bandwagon in the last two years.
The Wandering Hearts demeanour, work ethic and lyrics echo the struggle of a group of musicians who've lived the hard pavements of North London.
They have all jobbed it as musicians, and the standard is there to be seen, earned through nights of sweat on string, scraping by but smiling alongside the communal friendship that the life brings. 
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INTERVIEW: THE WANDERING HEARTS
INTERVIEW: The Wandering Hearts discuss their whirlwind year after signing with Decca Records including high profile festival and support appearances, and look ahead to their album release (coming early next year!)
Posted by Your Life In A Song on Tuesday, 5 September 2017



ICYMI: The Wandering Hearts were in session on Bob Harris Country: Hot new UK country band (label mates of The Shires) Wandering Hearts joined Bob Harris in session on BBC Radio 2.
Listen back from 12 mins BBC Page: They sang "Devil", "Burning Bridges", "Carry On My Wayward Son" (Kansas cover; originally released Nov 19, 1976; #11 Billboard Hot 100) live in the studio and their debut "Wish I Could" was played.
"Wow, that was fabulous you bring a great energy...it's a wall of harmony sound... all the luck in the world to The Wandering Hearts..a wonderful live session" - Bob Harris (OBE)

ABOUT The Wandering Hearts 
About the members and how they came together

They played the Country To Country C2C 2017 Festival, their Saturday 10am slot at the C2C Fans Lounge was scrapped but they later played The Roadhouse Building Six (13:05-13:35) and also performed The Big Entrance Stage on Sunday March 12, 2017 (11:25-11:55):



The Wandering Hearts - Devil (Official Music Video):
 


CHESS
Chess (Francesca) Whiffin is a singer songwriter/actress. she started writing and playing guitar at aged 16.
Since then she trained in musical theatre at Arts Educational, London. She toured with a show but then focused back on her music. Watch her cover >> "Chandelier" (Sia).
Height 5' 7" Hair Dark Brown Eyes Dark Brown
Singing: Soprano*, Strong Belt*
Dance: Jazz*, Ballet*, Tap*, Pas de Deux*, Contemporary, Street Jazz*

Francesca Whiffin performed in The 'Cats' UK/ European Tour playing Jennyanydots
Francesca Whiffin (Chorus Grizabella) 7th September 2013 Image | Image
Francesca Whiffin as (2nd cover) Bombalurina Image | Image

Francesca Whiffin: The 'Cats' UK/ European Tour 







































TARA WILCOX

Tara Wilcox performs "Creep" Published on Sep 28, 2015:
2014: CMT & Technical Singing Teacher at Mountview Academy
Went to Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls
Lives in Colchester, Essex
From Birmingham, United Kingdom
Tara played Tracy Beaker in The Musical Tour of “Tracy Beaker Gets Real”.
She has worked with BBC Philharmonic as the featured soprano soloist. 
Tara also worked as a backing singer for Martine McCutcheon for BBC Children in Need.
She performed at the Opening of the Common Wealth Games, in addition to performances in Paris, Vienna and Ghent.

ALEXANDER JOHN DEAN-REVINGTON

A J DEAN (Birthday Dec 9) trained in drama at St Mary’s University, Twickenham (2004 – 2007).
He had been singing for as long as he could remember and frequently played gigs across the country. 
A self-confessed rocker, AJ was raised on the likes of Elvis, Buddy Holly and Del Shannon, and still collects vinyl records of his heroes to this day.
 AJ (R) plays ‘Ray’ in
Dreamboats and Petticoats
It followed therefore that AJ was delighted to play ‘Ray’ in Dreamboats and Petticoats (Wiki | Getty Image), which was also his theatrical debut. Having been with the show since the very beginning, AJ played in both the initial tour and hugely successful West End run.

A.J Dean was the lead singer and a member of The Bluejays (Website) offer the UK’s finest vintage rock ‘n’ roll experience for any type of event – private parties, weddings, corporate functions, theatre shows and festivals. Bookings available worldwide.

The group formed in 2013, after years of performing together in West End rock ‘n’ roll theatre shows such as ‘Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story’, ‘Million Dollar Quartet', ‘Dreamboats & Petticoats’ and ‘Return To The Forbidden Planet’.
Their set is made up of hit after hit from the likes of Elvis Presley, Eddie Cochran, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, The Everly Brothers, Gene Vincent, Little Richard, Ritchie Valens, Dion and many more.
Published on Jan 30, 2015:



He has taken part in a special Friday Night Is Music Night: Bill Kenwright's 50 Years in Showbiz! BBC Page


Sam Palladio (L), AJ Dean (C) and Mike Kantola (R)





















Dreamboats and Petticoats reunion AJ Dean (The Wandering Hearts), Sam Palladio (Nashville) and Stuart Ward (Once The Musical) very special performance of Elvis's “Peace In The Valley” >> YouTube for Light The Night Tennessee charity event 21-10-2016
The Nashville Cast performed LIVE on several occasions in Nashville. AJ joined Sam Palladio and Stuart Ward for a 'Light the Night" concert, 3rd and Lindsley, Nashville, October 21, 2016 (See - Nashville Forever Facebook Videos).

TIM PROTTEY-JONES

Tim Prottey-Jones is a multi-faceted musician, vocalist, actor, composer and producer. Tim played the role of ‘Billy’ in the West End production of ‘Once’ the musical alongside Ronan Keating.
His next role saw him joining the original West End cast of ‘Kinky Boots’ at the Adelphi Theatre.
Tim Prottey-Jones: TV Show Superstar "Tim's Best Bits"
















Tim was a finalist in the hit ITV show, ‘Superstar’ where Andrew Lloyd Webber sought to find his Jesus Christ Superstar for a UK Arena Tour.
Tim Prottey-Jones performing 'Dream On' on ITV's Superstar! Published on Aug 1, 2012:


Tim Prottey-Jones singing >> “Bui Doi” from Miss Saigon at a Boublil & Schoenberg Concert in Birmingham, October 2010.
As a writer, Tim never shied away from pop sensibilities or the commercial elements that make songs memorable with hook laden, catchy choruses.

Birmingham-based Tim Prottey-Jones is an experienced professional guitarist, drummer and vocalist with a music degree from the University of Wolverhampton and as a young composer blended musical theatre with an exciting pop/rock edge.
This led to song placements through Sony Europe and Warner Music Nashville. With a number of albums, EP’s and various singles under his belt, Tim had a proven record of being able to write industry standard tracks in a number of styles, including: Rock, Pop, Country, Dance and Musical Theatre.
Tim Prottey: Profile shot in 2013























The albums MORE WITH EVERY LINE (6 Dec 2010) and SURROUNDED BY THE SOUNDS (released 3 Oct 2011 Amazon UK | iTunes) The album featured some of the best West End & Broadway voices including Twinnie (Twinnie Lee Moore) both consisted of original material from two new pieces of musical theatre sung by the best voices that Broadway and London’s West End have to offer.
As a musician and vocalist, Tim has shared stages with artists as diverse as The Blackout, Mel C, Tim Minchin, Chris Moyles, The Libertines, Paul Young, Ruthie Henshall and Albert Lee.
On 7 Sept 2015, he released a 15-track album To Do. To Be. (Amazon UK; Folk/Musicals & Cabaret). Track 11 "Robert Louis Stevenson" featured The Paper Hearts.

SEEDS OF THE WANDERING HEARTS
The seeds of the band were sown in late 2015 when Tim Prottey-Jones and Tara Wilcox found themselves singing at the same gig, and immediately hit it off over their shared background. Both were hard-bitten pros: the heroically bearded Prottey-Jones was a multi-instrumentalist, singer, and actor who had worked extensively in musical theatre and as a session musician; Wilcox, with years of experience under her belt, had her own singing school.
Shortly thereafter, they were introduced by mutual friends to singer/guitarist A.J. Dean, an alumnus of "the U.K.'s premier rock 'n' roll band" the Bluejays; and Francesca "Chess" Whiffin, also a former musical theater performer. Deciding to get together at Tim's apartment over G&Ts to play some songs he had written, the quartet clicked at once.
Christening themselves the Paper Hearts, they recorded two demo songs, "Today Is Ours" and "Sunshine," which they uploaded to SoundCloud, leading to a flurry of immediate interest.
Within a month, they had been invited to audition for Decca at a London showcase, who signed them on the spot.
Rebranded the Wandering Hearts, probably to avoid confusion with any of numerous other acts with the same name, they played a number of high-profile festival shows in 2016, and released their debut single, the bittersweet "Wish I Could," on May 5, 2017. The track has had over 500,000 streams on Spotify and currently logging 77K monthly listeners.

Their music is a British twist on everything you love about the classic Fleetwood Mac sound, with folk and country influences from the likes of First Aid Kit, The Lumineers and Chris Stapleton in their too, plus some of the finest harmonies of any emerging act that you’ll have heard in years. 

Their first London show at St. Pancras Old Church (26th April 2017) was sold out, and single Wish I Could was championed by Michael Ball and his team at BBC Radio 2.

They played in the Den at the Cambridge Folk Festival in July.

On the BBC Radio 2 Playlist for the week commencing Saturday 19th August 2017 their single "Devil" was added to the BBC Radio 2 "B" Playlist.
It was played on Chris Evans' BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show (who has lost almost half a million listeners in the past year). on Tues Sept 5th BBC Playlist
They were the featured cover artist for the August/September 2007 issue of Maverick Magazine.


The Wandering Hearts will be opening for Marty Stuart in October.

Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives + support The Wandering Hearts
Wed 4th October 2017 - Cadogan Hall, London (5 Sloane Terrace, Chelsea, SW1X 9DQ)
Fri 6th October 2017 - Town Hall, Birmingham (Victoria Square, B3 3DQ)
Sat 7th October 2017 - Sage 2, Gateshead (St Mary's Square, Gateshead Quays, NE8 2JR)
Mon 9th October 2017 - Oran Mor, Glasgow (Byres Road, G12 8QX) Ticketmaster UK
Tue 10th October 2017 - Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester (124 Oxford Road, M13 9RD)
The Wandering Hearts Headline Show
When: 24 October 2017
Where: The Borderline, London (Orange Yard, W1D 4JB) £10 Event

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