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BiTS INTERVIEW: Alice Armstrong

Alice Armstrong’s meteoric rise began as recently as January 2023 after

releasing her debut single ‘Speed Dial’ (co-written with multi-award
winning Matt Long). She reached the top three most-played list of the

Independent Blues Broadcasters Association and top 20 in Blues
Matters Magazine, was nominated for six different categories in the UK

Blues awards and performed at the 2023 Blues Awards ceremony,

sponsored by Marshall.

Ian McKenzie spoke to her on the telephone.

AA: Hello.

BiTS: Hello, Alice? It’s Ian Mckenzie.

AA: Hi, love, how you doing?

BiTS: I'm doing very well indeed, thank you. You
sound like you're in a train tunnel or something?

AA: Oh, I'm sorry. I'm on my hands free in
my car. I'm driving home from Carlisle.

BiTS: Okay, as long as I know,
that's absolutely fine. Not
a problem. Are

you happy to do this
interview now?

AA: Yes, absolutely, if you are.

BiTS: Yes, let's go ahead.

AA: Lovely.

BiTS: Tell me something, Alice, about your
upbringing. I gather you were brought up in a

family somewhere on the South Coast of England.

AA: I'm actually from the depths of Surrey. I grew
up near Guildford in a little village called Putnam and

I grew up sort of in the middle of the woods, on a hill,
in a very small village [chuckles]. A village that grows
hops for a local brewery, the Hog’s Back Brewery.