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THE BiTS INTERVIEW: ELLES BAILEY

Born in Bristol, Elles Bailey is an English blues roots, rock singer,
songwriter, and pianist. She has recorded three studio albums including

her debut album “Wildfire” in 2017, “Road I Call Home” in 2019 and the
chart topping “Shining In The Half Light” in 2022 winning several awards

for her work.

Apart from her own headline appearances, Bailey has provided the
opening act for Jools Holland, Don McLean, Van Morrison, Eric Gales,

Mike Farris, the Kris Barras Band and King King. She is a presenter on
Planet Rock Radio.

Her stunning new album “Live at the Fire Station” has just been released
and Ian McKenzie spoke to her at her home.

EB: Hello.

BiTS: Elles? Hello, it's Ian McKenzie. How are you?

EB: Oh, I'm good. How are you?

BiTS: Are you okay to do the interview now?

EB: I'm just having AirPod issues. Have you
got me?

BiTS: I can hear you, but you sound very
distant.

EB: Can you hear me now?

BiTS: Ah, that's much better.
EB: Yeah, the AirPods were clicking

on and off. I’m sat mixing my new
album, and basically, it's amazing. I
can plug into my producer's studio.

BiTS: Oh wow!

EB: Yeah, via something called
Audiomovers. So I'm sat in my
studio and then we've got Zoom on.
But because of that, there's like so
many different headphones attaching
to different pieces of technology, and
I've just had to swap it all over
[chuckling].

BiTS: It's utterly incredible what you
can do these days, isn't it?