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Rosalie Deighton
Rosalie Deighton (born July 26, 1976), is an English/Dutch singer and songwriter. Born in Breda, Netherlands to an Indonesian mother and a British father, Rosalie has been playing music since the age of three. She and her family moved to Barnsley, South Yorkshire when she was Eight.

Career
The Deighton Family - 1979 to 1995

The Deighton Family were musicians and already successful practitioners of an eclectic range of Bluegrass, Cajun, Country and Folk, with Rosalie and her four siblings: Maya, Kathleen, Angelina and Brother, Arthur very much part of this musical entourage. Rosalie played spoons, then mandolin, before finally contributing vocals and her own song-writing skills to a repertoire that featured on five albums released on the Green Linnet Records and Rounder Records labels.

Intuition - 1993

In 1993, Rosalie and her sister Kathleen collaborated with Kate Rusby, Kathryn Roberts, Julie Matthews and Pat Shaw to record an album called Intuition, released on the Fat Cat Label

Solo Artist - 1995 to present day

Independiente signed Rosalie, releasing the album ‘Truth Drug’ in 2001. It garnered favourable reviews and resulted in European Arena support tours with Roxy Music, and Amos Lee , as well as being official tour support for her friend and mentor John Martyn.

Rosalie was invited to sing backing vocals for Paddy Casey on his Multi-Platinum certified album ‘Living’, which was also the second highest selling Irish album of 2004.

In 2007 Rosalie followed up with her second album ‘21 Days’ on the Echo Label.

In 2014 Rosalie released her latest album ‘Burning Boat’. The album was recorded at Bearclaw Records Studio facility in Rosalie’s home town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire and produced by Rick Barraclough. The album features notable guest appearances from Jack Savoretti, and M. G. Boulter.

‘Burning Boat’ is the first album to be released by newly formed UK label Bearclaw Records.

Danny and the Champions of the World - 2010 to present day

From time to time Rosalie appears as a guest ‘Champ’ of the band Danny and the Champions of the World and features on their two most recent albums, ‘Hearts & Arrows’ (2011) and the critically acclaimed ‘Stay True’ (2013) both on Loose Music.

Balsamo/Deighton - 2008 to present day

Rosalie also performs as one half of the celebrated duo Balsamo/Deighton.