Rua (CD)

The Rua are Roseanna Brown (voice and guitar), Alanna Brown (piano and backing vocals) and Jonathan Brown (violin, guitar, vocals and backing vocals). The band - two sisters and a brother - were brought up in Windsor, England but have Irish blood flowing through their collective veins; their father hails from Derry, their mother from Tipperary whilst their Aunt is 1970 Eurovision Song Contest Winner, Dana. The band have released two critically-acclaimed albums to date, their 2014 debut Essence - heralded as quot;an astonishingly assured collectionquot; in a 4 star review in Q magazine - and an eponymous follow-up which has shot the band to even greater heights. In recent years the band have primarily targeted and toured the US extensively - with Rachel Platten, Adam Lambert, Michael Frantic and Spearhead, Karmin, A Great Big World, The Score and Third Eye Blind amongst others - and headlined two Florida shows to an audience of 200,000, Indeed, The Rua have taken the US to their hearts to such a degree that they have now visited 43 of it's 50 states and been the subject of a CBS TV special and a PBS nationally televised concert and now are ready to launch in a big way in their home country with the huge Westlife tour of thousands of viewing punters. The Album features several famous Musicians:-Nigel Harrison - bass guitar (Blondie) Manny Elias - drums (Tears For Fears, PeteGabriel) Dani Robinson - lead guitar (Jimi Hendrix Experience)