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Alex Reffell @AlexReffell

Vocalist | Songwriter | Composer | Lyricist | Creative Voyager | Writer | Music & Arts Journalist | Mental-Health Gladiatrix | Guinea-Pig Wrangler.

Joined May 2010
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Alex Reffell@AlexReffell
3 Jul 2024
‘Twas a great experience performing #originalsongs from ‘The Sophia Box’ @pizzajazzclub, Holborn on Sun. A treat to perform with James Pearson (piano) & to enjoy music by artists from @Stalkingjuliet’s @PasticheRecords & Create Now Academy. ✨ 📸: Juliet Sharman Matthews
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#HappyHalloween ! Here’s a spooky little blast of ‘Wassail Cremains’ from a #playwithinplay scenario called ‘The Bright Ring of Gwendolen’ from my musical odyssey, ‘The Sophia Box.’ #welshmyth #bards #theotherworld #annwn #awen #creativeflow #newmusical #samhain #ontherocksopera
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🎵 Such a great night watching the phenomenal #bluesrock #harmonicaplayer @WillWildeMusic band performing @StablesMK! 🥁 It was lovely to see my dear drummer pal Steve Rushton (@RushtonMusic) in his on-stage element! 🎧 Looking forward to Will Wilde’s new album (Spring 2025).
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👻 I’ve just uploaded an intimate, at-piano rendition of my #hauntingballad, ‘The Woman in Looking-Glass Dreams,’ on Insta. It’s my #songwriting-competition entry for Casio Sessions 2024 to be in with a chance of winning a much longed-for piano upgrade. instagram.com/reel/C-QWu3SKo…

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🌸👻 Support weird. Come and play! Oddity appreciators, follow me as I trickle extracts of my WIP original #musicalodyssey, The #SophiaBox to your eardrums! Here’s a clip of ‘Summer House’ - performed @pizzajazzclub, Holborn last week. 🎤 @AlexReffell 🎹 James Pearson
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🖤🌊 After the creepy, melancholic opening to ‘The Woman in Looking-Glass Dreams,’ I love arriving at this perky section from the perspective of a shadowy voyeur’s twisted commentary on aquatic-tragedy proceedings. 🎤 @AlexReffell 🎹 James Pearson #londonjazz #grotesqueblues
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🎵A happy throwback to conducting The Dolly Mixtures #choir in a greenhouse café 10 years ago. Many a joyful Monday night was spent rehearsing and many a creative hour spent diving into writing arrangements for my wonderful #womenschoir to sing. . #choirconductor #musicaldirector
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🪞When you take a long, hard look at your reflection in the mirror, who do you see staring back? ‘The Woman in Looking-Glass Dreams’ has many guises… Pics of my recent performance @pizzajazzclub, Holborn for @Stalkingjuliet’s @PasticheRecords & Create Now Academy showcase.
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🪞🖤 “Forgive my decision; time’s tide calls impatiently…” ✨ A pleasure to debut ‘The Woman in Looking-Glass Dreams’ from my #musicalodyssey, ‘The Sophia Box,’ @pizzajazzclub w/ James Pearson on piano for @Stalkingjuliet’s @PasticheRecords showcase. #darkballad #melancholic
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🍕🎵Anglo-American #songwriter Sarah Gillespie (@Stalkingjuliet) brings #beatpoetry-infused goodness to @pizzajazzclub, Dean St, Soho this Sun 30th June @ 8pm (🚪6:30pm). ⭐️The band: @ChrisRMontague, @tomcawley Emma Divine, @conorchaplin & @jamesmaddren. tinyurl.com/52j3mdrx
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🥳 Sunday 30th June: A celebration of original music by female #singersongwriters & poetic wonders @pizzajazzclub, Holborn @ 1pm (🚪12pm). 🎵 Expect songs & #spokenword courtesy of artists from @Stalkingjuliet’s @PasticheRecords & Create Now Academy! 🎫 tinyurl.com/mwnk7tt9
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👀 A super #jazzgig of Sarah Gillespie (@Stalkingjuliet)-shaped magnitude will hit The Spin Jazz Club @tapsocialbrew, Oxford next Thurs 23rd May! 🎫: spinjazz.com/events/p/the-sp… w/ @ChrisRMontague, James Pearson, @ruthgoller & @JoelBarfordDrum.

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✍🏻 A delight to review ‘Half Cut’ by Sarah Gillespie (@Stalkingjuliet) for @CREATRIXmag. 👀 Read my full #albumreview here: creatrixmag.com/half-cut-by-… 🎶 Sarah’s ‘Half Cut’ album (co-composed w/ @ChrisRMontague) is out now on @PasticheRecords. . #musicjournalism #womeninmusic
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🥕 Marking 44 years of planetary pootling today. Apparently, my pootling once took the form of circumnavigating a field dressed as a carrot. I won a £5 book voucher for my sheer dedication to vegetable portrayal! 🏆
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💥 Female artists/musos, register for a FREE place on tomorrow’s one-hour Zoom #creativeworkshop run by Sarah Gillespie (@Stalkingjuliet) of Create Now Academy. WEDS 6th MARCH - 6PM (GMT). Learn the art of #Confidence, #Charisma & #Stagecraft! REGISTER: linktr.ee/alexreffell
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🍕🎙️ Pizza ‘n’ jazz lovers, get thee to The Pheasantry (@pizzajazzclub), Chelsea, London TOMORROW (Weds 6th March @ 8pm) to see the splendid Isobel Pearce Quartet performing ‘Songs from the Heart.’ 🎫 pizzaexpresslive.com/whats-o… . #romanticjazz #greatamericansongbook #londonjazz
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March starts with big decisions to make! Great to run ideas past other artistic women at last night’s Create Now Academy MOMENTUM session led by @Stalkingjuliet! Pass me my hammer ‘n’ chisel - I need to chip away at a block of idea rock to unearth gems for my WIP musical odyssey!
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🤩 Check out this fabulous selection of #musicpodcasts & #creativepodcasts celebrated as part of my Podcast Plugorama season of great listening recommendations! 👇 🔗 Links to all featured shows available here: linktr.ee/alexreffell instagram.com/p/C35Vz1-Kwf4/…
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😅 Time for an end-of-season break from my #PodcastPlugorama #podcast-plugging pursuits so I can focus on writing my #musicalodyssey! 🎵 . Stay tuned for a Wednesday recap of the six great music and cultural podcast episodes I’ve celebrated to date.
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