A LONDON based artist is making her debut visit to Reading next week.
Club Velocity and New Mind have teamed up to bring Gemma Rogers to The Face Bar on Wednesday, November 30.
Her debut album, No Place Like Home, was released in July, and been played on BBC 6 Music and championed by Steve Lamacq.
Promoters say she is somewhere between Any Winehouse, Lily Allen, with the wordplay of Mike Skinner and the class of Kirsty MacColl.
Joy Zine said: “Gemma Rogers’ voice is strong and true, packed with estuary inflection and an honesty that is rare in pop nowadays”.
Support comes from Jopy and Uncle Peanute.
Jopy is the brand-new band from Jo of the Keep Cats. The three-piece deal in Thames Valley Shoegaze of the highest order.
While Uncle Peanut, a Reading legend, is a one-man punk rock act.
The show starts at 8pm, and tickets cost £8.
For more details, search for Club Velocity on www.wegottickets.com
