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Sandi Thom Profile |
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Birth Date: August 11, 1981
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Birth Place: Macduff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
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Birth Name: Alexandria Thom
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Height: 5'2"
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Biography |
Sandi Thom is a Scottish singer-songwriter from
Macduff in Aberdeenshire. Thom has sold over a million
albums and a million singles worldwide, and released her
second album entitled The Pink & The Lily in May 2008. Thom
first became famous for webcasting gigs from her basement
flat in Tooting.
While being educated at Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen,
Sandi was in a covers band called The Residents between the
ages of 14 and 17, where she sang and played keyboards. Thom
says she owes much of her musical knowledge to the years she
spent with The Residents as this is where she formed a love
for bands such as Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, The Beatles and
artists such as Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and
Janis Joplin. Thom and the band travelled across Scotland,
playing in pubs and clubs.
At the age of 17, Sandi attended the Liverpool Institute of
Performing Arts otherwise known as LIPA. While at the
Liverpool Institute, she sang in a gospel choir called Love
and Joy. It was with this choir that Thom sang You'll Never
Walk Alone to 40,000 football fans at Liverpool's Anfield
stadium. During her time at LIPA, Thom formed her own 7
piece band. The band entered a BBC Talent urban music
competition, which was produced in association with BBC
Radio 1, and made it to the semi-finals. They also recorded
an EP, "Time To Breathe", at Parr Street Studios. Two of the
founding members of the band, Craig Connet and Marcus
Bonfanti, remain in Thom’s band to this day. The band also
included Jake Field on keyboards; he went on to co-produce
her first two albums. |
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since July 24, 2008