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Kirk Sommer (agent, William Morris Endeavour Entertainment) : When I first saw her she was like a guitar-on-back indie-folk-electro act.
I can tell you that the first time she came over, she was filling 500 capacity clubs in New York and Los Angeles without even having a record out here. Those shows were selling out instantly, though a combination of word of mouth and online. There are a lot of young girls in her audience - I refer to some of them as shriekers - but where do they come from, how do they know about this?
In North America we have a pop radio format, which is where most kids hear music, but Ellie had an audience without any of that. Her shows were exciting.
(Source : interview with Johnny Black for Audience magazine, Feb 2014)
Jon Caramanica (reviewer, New York Times) : A young British singer with a scrappy but pretty voice, she makes music that
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I can tell you that the first time she came over, she was filling 500 capacity clubs in New York and Los Angeles without even having a record out here. Those shows were selling out instantly, though a combination of word of mouth and online. There are a lot of young girls in her audience - I refer to some of them as shriekers - but where do they come from, how do they know about this?
In North America we have a pop radio format, which is where most kids hear music, but Ellie had an audience without any of that. Her shows were exciting.
(Source : interview with Johnny Black for Audience magazine, Feb 2014)
Jon Caramanica (reviewer, New York Times) : A young British singer with a scrappy but pretty voice, she makes music that