Drawing influence from the storytelling lineage of folk music, whilst also bringing in ambient sounds and classical vocal influences, Pippa’s music draws inspiration from the likes of Anna B Savage, Laura Marling, This Is The Kit and The Weather Station. Pippa Blundell is a rising singer-songwriter already recognised by the Scottish Album of the Year Awards in their ‘Sound of Young Scotland’ nominations across 2023 & 2024, and by BBC Radio Scotland’s Vic Galloway as one of his ‘artists to watch’. Utilising songwriting as a form of therapy and connection to herself, her lyrics draw on themes of love, grief and womanhood. Since releasing her debut EP ‘sisters’ in 2023, she has supported the likes of Mercury Prize-nominee corto.alto, 10cc, Rachel Sermanni, Kaia Kater and Nubiyan Twist.
Pippa graduated from the Royal conservatoire of Scotland in 2022 with a degree in Mezzo-Soprano voice, initially aspiring to be an Opera singer her passions naturally led her to song-writing and composition. She found her true belonging in the pubs, clubs and venues of Glasgow’s thriving contemporary music scene. On June 6th she released her debut album ‘common thread’ She shares: “These songs explore the many ways we love. From the toxic kind, such as addiction and dependency, to the freedom of loving the simple and the mundane parts of our everyday life, the land, the nature and of course the people, and in the final track on the record – the self. All our experiences are woven together in one thread to make us who we are – the ugly and painful with the beautiful and loving.”
Emily Pilbeam (BBC Radio 6) – ‘When I listened to this I thought it was breathtaking. It was one when I was listening to it I was just a bit open mouthed. I think her voice is just really, really special and commands your attention’
MK Bennett (Louder than War Magazine) – ‘Imagine a game in which you had to review an album in ten words or less for some arbitrary reason: aliens were landing, or various world leaders had lost their tiny minds, and we were limited to online daily word usage. The review for Common Thread would read “ Sits between Joni Mitchell and Jeff Buckley. Exhilarating and astonishing.” You could take out the surnames to be extra succinct if necessary’
Tallah Brash (The Skinny) – ‘Blundell’s first album is a journal of tender lyricism’
Poppy Ham (God is in the TV magazine) – Common Thread does not necessarily re-invent the folk soundscape, but it has no need to, as it embraces a whole host of influence from places and people, melting them together in a heart aching and heartfelt album
Doors from7pm, Support from 8pm