Rianne Downey
Track: Rianne Downey – Lost In Blue
Rianne Downey has shared the first taste of her eagerly anticipated debut album with the track ‘Lost In Blue’ via Run On Records. A country tinged, dreamy but upbeat charmer, Rianne calls the song ‘a sad girl anthem’ and who doesn’t love those! “I was claiming my identity back after losing it to this toxic situationship,” she says. …
Track: Rianne Downey – Dancing In The Rain
Backseat Mafia favourite Rianne Downey has shared her latest single ‘Dancing In The Rain’, all about marking the memory of lost love by celebrating youthful abandon. The track is taken from her third EP, ‘Method To My Madness’ which is due on the 9th of June before a summer of hotly-anticipated live dates including her just-announced …
Track: Rianne Downey – Songbird
Following up on her UK sell out tour, Rianne Downey has shared news of a third EP ‘Method To My Madness’ due on the 9th of June. Along with this news Downey has shared her new single ‘Songbird’ taken from the new EP. Along with the release of her third EP, there will also be …
Live Review: Rianne Downey – Oporto, Leeds. 19.03.23
Scottish singer-songwriter Rianne Downey enchanted a sold out Oporto in Leeds last night with her intricately crafted songbook and sweet but confident performance. Downey’s music draws on a wide variety of influences – at once conjuring up the sounds of Amy Winehouse, Fleetwood Mac, as well as the likes of Flyte and Taylor Swift. It …
EP Review: Rianne Downey – Come What May
Scotlands Rianne Downey has released her second EP ‘Come What May’ the follow up to her successful debut EP ‘Fuel To The Flame’. This time life finds her looking back through her own record collection, citing new loves Flyte and Taylor Swift as inspirations, alongside and her all time No.1, Paolo Nutini. The wonderful bright vocals on …
Meet: Scotland’s New Shining Star Rianne Downey
With the release of her second EP out now ‘Come What May’, Rianne Downey is rightfully generating some serious interest. We wanted to sit her down and introduce her to the small group of people who may not yet have heard of her. Give us a potted history of yourself My name is Rianne Downey. …
Track: Rianne Downey Shares Video For Track ‘Alright’; Second EP Out Now
Rianne Downey celebrates the release of her second EP ‘Come What May’ by sharing the video for the stomping, live fan-favourite track, ‘Alright’. Downey says of the single: “This came from a place of darkness, a struggle with my mental health and being able to articulate how I felt. I was acting impulsive and irrational, distancing myself …
Track: Rianne Downey looks ahead to new UK Tour dates and upcoming EP with the release of latest single ‘Hard’
Ahead of her 6 date headline tour, Glasgow’s Rianne Downey has shared her new single ‘Hard’. The track is taken from Downey’s forthcoming EP ‘Come What May’ due on the 17th of February. Downey says of the single: “It’s a love song and the first straight up love song I’ve released. It’s about trying to …
See: Rianne Downey seizes the day with the honeyed country of ‘Do Or Die’
INVOKING the righteous bluegrassy, feminine country strength of a fine line of songwriters that stretch back through First Aid Kit and Shelby Lynne, and right on back to Dolly back herself, Scottish country chanteuse Rianne Downey is back and proud with her strumsomely lovely new single, “Do Or Die”, in which she moves on from …
Track: Rianne Downey – ‘Stand My Ground’; Scottish country riser keeps both feet firmly planted
COMING armed with a clutch of proper old-skool, downhome country tunesmithery from the east of Glasgow, Rianne Downey is singing proud and strong on what’s only her second single drop, “Stand My Ground”, the proper rootsy pop inflections of which you can hear below. It’s as if our very own Dolly P had got her …