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Never the Bride
In the very heart of the notorious London rock and roll scene exists a whirlwind duo of female energy and ecstasy, please meet Never The Bride.
Their live performance is to be held in awe, purely in anticipation of the live operatic architecture they consistently unfurl upon their willing audiences. Having invaded venues ranging from The Royal Albert Hall (on multiple occasions), playing alongside Elton John at the Royal Albert Hall, Touring UK & Australia with The British Symphony Rock Symphony alongside, Roger Daltrey, Paul Rogers, Wembley Arena supporting The Who, Glastonbury Festival with Dame Shirley Bassey, Various with Eric Clapton, The Viper Room in LA and Euro-fests galore - to intimate spaces like The Green Note in Camden, Never The Bride have amazed and floored audiences and peer groups alike over their 25 years of service – these ladies are true rock and roll royalty.
Never The Bride have released seven studio albums to date, with their latest outing, due to be released in April 2018.
Gemma Dorsett
Born and raised in Surrey, Gemma began her musical journey singing in the church choir as a child which developed into playing solo acoustic sets, treating the congregation to tracks by her greatest influences at the time (and still today)– Bette Midler, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Karen Carpenter, to name just a few.
Later, Gemma explored her passion for New Country music and became especially influenced by the vocal force and style of Wynonna Judd. Covering and recording Judd's “Why Not Me”, it was released in the European Hot Disc Chart Top 40 in 2002, leading to her recording a Nashville album in 2003, working with some of Nashville’s finest musicians leading to airplay on BBC local radio.
Gemma has spent the past 15 years developing her voice across rock, blues and soul finding influence in gut-punching artists such as Melissa Etheridge and Joe Cocker. Gemma currently leads blues/rock band Eleven:11, who play the music of Joe Bonamassa, Etta James, King King, Susan Tedeschi and more.
Gemma has recently teamed up with Crazysexycoool Entertainment as part of the Gospel Blues series at Pizza Express Live and The Unplugged Sessions at The Toulouse Lautrec, Kennington, performing a range of soul and blues covers.
Gemma is currently writing songs with her Never The Bride mentors and vocal coach Nikki Lamborn and Catherine “Been” Feeney, and is set to record her EP later this year.