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.
INTERVIEW: @thewanderhearts on their whirlwind year since signing with @DeccaRecords and their upcoming album! https://t.co/94RYnJnptA pic.twitter.com/KpNGy05xYi— Your Life In A Song (@LifeInASong_UK) 5 September 2017
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.We're with @LifeInASong_UK today, watch out for the interview coming soon! 👀 pic.twitter.com/z4QMgb0UXs— The Wandering Hearts (@thewanderhearts) 31 August 2017
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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)We're ready for you @BBCRadio2 @WhisperingBob 🤠 Listen 🎧 https://t.co/PbedzWrNz0 pic.twitter.com/IkTXlmpCV1— The Wandering Hearts (@thewanderhearts) 7 September 2017
ABOUT The Wandering Hearts
About the members and how they came together
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
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| 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 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.
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| AJ (R) plays ‘Ray’ in Dreamboats and Petticoats |
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
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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 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
When you're not together but celebrating making @BBCRadio2 playlist! Thank you for adding #Devil!😝😍😱 #saywhaaatt #goodnewswednesday pic.twitter.com/ICjnJzN3eH— The Wandering Hearts (@thewanderhearts) 16 August 2017
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.
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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