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Described by Perez Hilton as ‘one of the most exciting things to happen to British music since Amy Winehouse’ 21 year-old Jose Vanders’ ‘prodigious talent’ has marked her out as the next Regina Spektor.
Jose started playing classical piano aged three, and over the last few years has built up an impressive repertoire of songs. She first showcased them in a local pub in Greenwich back in 2006; since then Jose has played extensively across the UK and Europe alongside acts such as Jay Jay Pistolet, Little Boots, Adem, Johnny Flynn, Noah and the Whale, VV Brown, Sam Duckworth, Supergrass and Air Traffic.
She has received substantial airplay, having been chosen as Xfm’s unsigned artist of the week and invited to perform a live session on Rob da Bank’s Radio 1 show after he was ‘totally blown away‘ after hearing her music. Her songs have also featured on the recent series of E4′s Made In Chelsea.
Jose has self-produced and independently released five EPs, which have sold over a few thousand copies, and has over 2.5 million plays across MySpace and YouTube. She was appointed as the new ‘face’ of BBC3 in 2008, presenting the continuity links on the channel every night.
Jose has since embarked on a number of headline tours across eight countries, recorded a collection of her songs at Abbey Road Studios and played in New York and at SXSW, Texas.