Shetland-born Astrid Williamson started to dream of a career as a musician when she was just eleven, having played the piano, guitar and fiddle since early childhood. She continued on the classical music path and gained a music degree from the Royal Scottish Academy in Glasgow.

Then she started Goya Dress in the mid-1990s, but despite being critically-praised,the John Cale-produced album 'Rooms' ( Nude 1996 ) failed to achieve commercial success. Her first solo album,produced by Malcolm Burn in New Orleans, 'Boy for you' ( 1998 ) having faled too, she found erself without a deal.

Struggling to regain her confidence and her muso, she finally launched her own record label, Incarnation, and released 'Astrid' ( 2003 ) and 'Day of the lone wolf' ( 2006 ). "Even if it turns out to be the last album I ever record," she says, "I will not regret anything about it. There's more of me on this album than anything I've done before."

Singer/songwriter in the vein of Catpower,Laura Veirs or Lisa Germano, you can listen to her beautiful voice on her website or at her myspace.

Releases

• Day Of The Lone Wolf - album, out 07/06/2007 on Incarnation. (post review)
• SHHH - single, out 28/08/2006 on One Little Indian. (post review)
• superman 2 - single, out 15/05/2006 on Incarnation. (post review)
• day of the lone wolf - album, out 01/05/2006 on Incarnation. (post review)

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