Beatie Wolfe
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Beatie Wolfe in her Musical Jacket
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| Background information | |
| Born | London, United Kingdom |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels | Indie |
| Website | www |
Beatie Wolfe is a London-based Anglo-American singer-songwriter, described as "a pioneering songwriter" known for "seeing music differently" and creating new tangible formats for music, which include the 'World's First 3D Interactive Album App' for her debut album 8ight, the first NFC deck of cards and a musical jacket for her latest album Montagu Square. These innovations have gained her critical acclaim in both the music and technology field. Wolfe is also an Ambassador for Innovation for London Tech Week and the co-founder of a "profound" research project looking at the Power of Music for people living with dementia.
Wolfe has performed album tours in the United Kingdom, United States, and Europe and has given Keynote speeches at CeBIT, Wired UK's Conference, Apple's Global HQ Town Hall & Digital Life Design (DLD). She has spoken & performed often on BBC Radio 4, KCRW, Sky News, Monocle 24 & East Village Radio amongst others.
Beatie Wolfe was born in Fulham, South London, to an English mother and American father. She attended the Young Blood Theatre group at the Riverside Studios between 2000 and 2004 where she wrote and performed in a number of plays at the Riverside Theatre and Lyric Theatre. Wolfe attended from age 3 to 16. Following Ibstock, she attended Goldsmiths, University of London where she studied English Literature. For her final year dissertation, Wolfe wrote about Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, which she received a first for and it was subsequently published online. This led to her musical interpretation of Cohen's poem "Thousand Kisses Deep".
On 10 – 12 November 2007, Beatie Wolfe was invited to play the Jack Kerouac Festival at the Marquee Club alongside American performers Carolyn Cassady, Saul Williams and David Amram. David Amram, who declared Wolfe to be "the Baroness of bob", invited the London singer songwriter to perform at his residency night at the Cornelia Street Cafe in New York. On 7 April 2008, Wolfe performed her first of several shows with Amram at Cornelia Street Cafe, alongside The Sopranos star John Ventimiglia and poet Penny Vlagopoulos. She also performed at New York clubs Rockwood Music Hall, The Living Room, Pete's Candy Store and on East Village Radio.
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