ABOUT

BBC Introducing favourite Lauren Rycroft is a 21-year-old singer-songwriter, originally from Lincoln but now based in Leeds. Still a relatively new act, 2016 has been a whirlwind year with Lauren going from strength to strength moving from small-town stages to headlining her own shows at established venues in London, Leeds, Sheffield and Manchester.

After a busy summer playing festivals, including Dot to Dot, Live at Leeds & Tramlines, as well as being invited to do a tour of London’s coffee shops with Coffee House Sessions (following in the footsteps of the likes of Nina Nesbitt, The Shires & Luke Sital-Singh), Lauren caught the attention of BBC Introducing across the country. This year alone saw her invited in for her own live BBC Introducing sessions in Leeds, Nottingham and Lincoln. All three putting her forward for national BBC Radio play resulting in numerous works of hers being broadcast nationally on “The Mark Forrest Show”. After being played on every BBC Introducing station in the country, Lauren caught the attention of BBC Introducing star Izzy Bizu, who during her own BBC Introducing session mentioned Lauren and her songs claiming she "Absolutely Love’s it”.

The end of 2016 saw Lauren embark upon her own UK tour with her backing band supporting her self released 6 track debut EP titled “Tide of the Mind”. The EP was produced by Dave Sanderson at the legendary 2fly Studios (Arctic Monkeys, Pulp, The Long Blondes) in Sheffield. The EP has been a resounding success with BBC’s Melvyn Prior choosing it as his “Album of the week” the first unsigned act to be chosen by him. This Christmas Lauren has been invited to sing Christmas songs on Melvyn’s own BBC show “Melvyn in the morning” on the 24th December. Lauren’s debut EP has also been put forward to be featured on BBC Radio West Yorkshires “Best of 2016” Christmas show. The BBC’s support for the EP and reviews of “Tide of the Mind” confirm Lauren’s remarkable talent for songwriting, Fierce Panda Records have even quoted that the EP is “Sweetly Epic.”

Lauren’s Live show history is astounding. Not only has she gigged profusely up and down the country in 2016 with her own solo or full band shows, she has supported some of the most well known names in the industry on tour such as Newton Faulkner and Janet Devlin. Lauren is taking the music industry by storm and 2017 is looking to be an equally if not more successful year.

"Lauren has wowed the crowd every time she has appeared at our nights and is making quite an impact on the local scene"- Nick Simcock, High & Lonesome, Dead Young Records

“She is amazing” Izzy Bizu

"Sweetly epic" - Fierce Panda Records