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Polly Paulusma is a critically acclaimed, English singer-songwriter. In recent years, Paulusma has toured with the likes of Bob Dylan, Coldplay, Gary Jules, Jamie Cullum, Joseph Arthur, and Marianne Faithfull.
Throughout her 20s, Paulusma flirted with a number of occupations, from scholar (she embarked on a PhD after graduation from Cambridge University) to novelist (she was talented enough to bag a literary agent). But raised on a diet of Joni Mitchell and Carole King, music was always Paulusma’s first love. She wrote her first song aged ten, but it took 18 years of denial before she finally listened to her heart and recorded her debut album.
“Music had always been part of my life,” she says. “I’d been in bands, writing songs all along, but I’d just been doing it for the hell of it. It never crossed my mind to try and do it properly.”
It wasn’t until she recorded backing vocals for friends Ben & Jason’s last album that the penny finally dropped. “I had one of these earth shattering moments when I suddenly realised that everything I was doing was wrong and that I should be doing this instead,” she says. “It was like I got hit with an electric current – maybe I did – it was a pretty lo-fi studio so there was always that possibility! I just started crying. I thought, oh buggery fuck, here we go again.”
Throughout her 20s, Paulusma flirted with a number of occupations, from scholar (she embarked on a PhD after graduation from Cambridge University) to novelist (she was talented enough to bag a literary agent). But raised on a diet of Joni Mitchell and Carole King, music was always Paulusma’s first love. She wrote her first song aged ten, but it took 18 years of denial before she finally listened to her heart and recorded her debut album.
“Music had always been part of my life,” she says. “I’d been in bands, writing songs all along, but I’d just been doing it for the hell of it. It never crossed my mind to try and do it properly.”
It wasn’t until she recorded backing vocals for friends Ben & Jason’s last album that the penny finally dropped. “I had one of these earth shattering moments when I suddenly realised that everything I was doing was wrong and that I should be doing this instead,” she says. “It was like I got hit with an electric current – maybe I did – it was a pretty lo-fi studio so there was always that possibility! I just started crying. I thought, oh buggery fuck, here we go again.”
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kainge wrote:
Great stuff!
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folkdevil wrote:
I adore Polly and all her songs. I think she and her husband and children have moved to Canada to do some new stuff. Hope she will come back to making albums again one day. Check out the Guitar Shop Tour videos on youtube (I have compiled them into a playlist!)
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geeluv wrote:
wow, lovely work!!!!
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sandie-cheeks wrote:
Magnificent artist, and voice. Another album, please :)
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bascuuu wrote:
way to good for opening concerts...
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supermanexist wrote:
qué bella voz c:!
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spelunkoddishes wrote:
wow! she is amazing
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kingbelly wrote:
strange that godgrudge isn't higher... it's so amazing...
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mayhewmusic wrote:
hi Polly! Amazing songs, can't wait until we support you in Edinburgh :)
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sabret00the wrote:
Haven't seen her live yet but will be on the lookout for a chance.
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SiameseAngel wrote:
great voice -
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ollyriley wrote:
Go cuz!
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Ko1988 wrote:
Is she the daughter of our national hero, Piet?
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Melancholic wrote:
PIET!!!
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cyclorenzo wrote:
Per tutti i fans italiani, a questo link trovate tutte le info sulle date in Italia di Polly per ottobre 2007 http://www.cycpromotions.com/biograf/paulusma_bio.htm
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LAWMy wrote:
Live in Lancaster on 25th September, see http://www.lawm.co.uk
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lemmy87 wrote:
a comet acceding. i'll hurl that bottle down so far that it can't hut me. one day, one day
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Yomogi-aren wrote:
over the hill really is quite lovely, gives me a nostalgic feeling just listening to it
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freeboprich wrote:
The album is awesome, if you see her on Tour you can get a hold of one at her gigs, and believe me, you won't regret goin! Rich*****
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raydirector wrote:
If y'all haven't already heard, her new album is coming in May. You can hear clips from the album at her website:Polly Paulusma Website. I'm pretty stoked about this new album.
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End of the year.....
12 Dec 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/pollypaulusma
Hello everyone. I'm glad this year is winding up. It's been
one of consolidation, the kind of year I know one has to do every
now and again but the kind I find most boring. We had to find a
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