Helen Watson - Jazz and Blues singer

"Keeping R&B alive and positively kicking."

Helen Watson is a unique performer whose versatile voice and idiosyncratic songs blur the boundaries between blues, soul, jazz and folk. Throughout her long and varied career she's collaborated with some of the best musicians in the business - Albert Lee, Little Feat, the Eagles' Bernie Leadon, Andy Fairweather Low - toured with the legendary Joe Cocker, sung with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt and worked with some of England's finest, including Christine Collister, Chris While and Julie Matthews.

Helen's albums have always been warmly received - especially the Fledg'ling label trilogy of Somersault, Doffing and Lifesize - but she's a singer who's at her best in front of an audience where her natural warmth, sense of humour and vocal virtuosity combine to produce her trademark powerhouse performances. More recently she's also been gigging with Burden of Paradise (Snake Davis sax, Dave Bowie double bass, Mark Creswell guitar) and last year teamed up with Mark Creswell to produce Headrest, her first new album in six years. It features blues, ballads, dance, rock, country and more - and in an industry that's increasingly geared towards producing the next 'just-add-water' pop star is another reminder that the remarkable Helen Watson is one of a kind.

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"There's no arguing with claims citing Helen Watson as one of the country's premier jazz blues singers."
- Live review from RONNIE SCOTTS

"Helen Watson is a long neglected gem who's keeping R&B alive and positively kicking for anyone willing to listen."
Siobhan Long - HOT PRESS

"Helen Watson, blessed with excellent phrasing and control she slips effortlessly from breathy, seductive jazz to gritty R&B."
- FOLK ON TAP