Sherry S w/ Raggo 11TH FEB 2022

Live from Bristol
103.7FM + Rinse.fm 
https://rinse.fm/channels/swu/

L i T T L E   i M P  - 'Indie. Garage. Vintage-Pop. Anthemic-Rock'n'Roll' from Natasha 'Tash' Rose Allan, Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist/Vocalist Multi-instrumentalist.  Original 22-20’s drummer and 2013 touring drummer for 80's ska band The Beat.

(For fans of:  
PJ Harvey/David Bowie/Captain Beefheart/Jarvis Cocker/Morrissey/Beatles)

Experiencing a confusing, tumultuous, isolated childhood - moved from abusive environment to abusive environment. From an early age, Academia was not a strong point, nor was socialising.  Tash sought out an escape and aged 11 was rewarded when the secondary school she had just been moved to advertised free drum lessons - 20 minutes per week, during normal school hours! Her drum tutor, Matthew Butler (principal drummer of award-winning, championship brass band, The Foss Dyke Band) saw her natural talent and suggested she take a vacant position as 2nd drummer at Lincoln Hospitals Brass Band to gain live performance experience and to improve sight-reading.
Tash stayed with LHBB for 4 years, performing in many interesting and varied scenarios, including drumming in Lincoln Cathedral aged just 12 to 600 people at midnight mass and in Scarborough, a bandstand in the middle of a lake, band members and instruments transported by row boat! 

Having developed an unhealthy obsession for David Bowie, staying in and listening to her Dad's records, his Q, mojo, etc... music magazines, playing truant to watch MTV and MTV2 - all of which at the time, was documenting and/or celebrating the exciting rise and rise of Britain's own guitar band movement through exciting music videos. The perfect tonic to the depressing, anti-hope, grunge scene of America, playing in many of Lincoln's original guitar bands during her teens was a natural progression that when her parents announced they were imminently moving to New Zealand took her to Sheffield.

Having already secretly been writing her own songs and doing the odd covers gig for money, or band support slot singing and playing guitar, Tash immersed herself in the Sheffield music scene, playing drums, bass, guitar and singing in many bands (7 at one point!) but also  solo live acoustic shows enjoying playing at everything from festivals to performing intimate and (yet sometimes raucous!) at respectable venues such as Sheffield Boardwalk, The Leadmill, Casbah Club, West St Live/ London E3 Brick Lane, Kashmir Klub, Club-Pop to name a few) and ..... and wherever, whenever, however possible for over a decade as LiTTLE IMP with her brother Rob joining on bass for later Sheffield gigs and then with her band until recently ...Tash returned after Rob to reside in Lincoln where she concentrated on getting her own  band together where as a 4-piece played around 250 shows...

After many-a-line-up-change, Collectively – full throttle as a band... 

L i T T L E  I M P  : Best mate Ben Berger on Keys, Synths, Organs (and lifts!) Natasha on guitar and vocals and Damo Waters on drums to perform as a ‘Female-Fronted,Guitar-driven, Ballsy-Anthemic/Indie/Vintage-Pop/Mod-influenced 4-Piece.’ 

- producing a unique live sound with original, genre-defying live sets that go seamlessly from life-affirming balladry to Rock’n’Roll/Garage Belters (usually complete with stand-up comedy inbetween songs and well-humoured audience heckling)! With around 350 live shows to her name -including multiple venues and festivals in Sheffield, Nottingham, Manchester, London (and counting! ...when budget allows!) - The songwriting sets her apart and the personality-packed live performances prove that.



I'm a raving reposter, mostly of dnb and it's family of sub genres, tho branch into bass and psychedelia of all sorts, and mostly long play mixes, podcastes etc to spread the good sound of those awesome producers and dj's out there. Especially women dj/producers and other genders, non binary. Support your live local dj's and producers too 🔥 eyes on like a spider.

EQ50 is a collective of women working towards fairer representation within drum and bass since 2018.

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~ founder of @sapyensrecords
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Sherry S w/ Raggo 11TH FEB 2022

SWU.FM