Rosalie Cunningham

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Rosalie Cunningham is regarded as one of the UK's greatest musical talents. Classic Rock magazine is jubilant: "If Kate Bush and The Beatles had a baby together, it would be Rosalie Cunningham" and Metal Hammer knows: "Rosalie Cunningham is a rock star." In October, the multi-faceted artist will be coming to Switzerland with her fascinating mix of rock, folk, prog, jazz, goth and pop.

Rosalie Cunningahm is a musical all-rounder. At the tender age of 16, the Brit founded the psychedelic rocking female quartet Ipso Facto in 2007, which attracted attention with four singles. This was followed by various jobs as a backing singer and keyboardist for bands such as Magazine, The Last Shadow Puppets, Cathedral and These New Puritans. As a guitarist, she was part of Willy Moon's band and toured as Jack White's support act. In 2011, Rosalie Cunningham launched the psychedelic band Purson, only to break new ground again after six exciting years. Rosalie wrote countless songs, which she brought to the stage under her own name from 2019. Critical acclaim quickly followed, and her self-titled debut album made it into the best of the year lists in several European countries. The "Prog" magazine even voted her one of the ten best female musicians of all time and in a reader survey, Cunningham was voted the best female singer. The music has become more complex over the years, the songwriting does not rely on gimmickry but captivates with a range of sounds and vocal as well as instrumental class. The artist can hardly be pigeonholed stylistically. She also proves this with her current album "To Shoot Another Day", which offers rock between psychedelic and metal with numerous musical flirtations. Betreutesproggen.de wrote: "For all her compositional abilities to make her music sound convoluted or slightly jazzy without really sounding like jazz, it is the singer/songwriter's voice that really stands out. It is variable and can easily swing from almost whispering to powerfully raspy in a way that not many singers can manage." And Saitenkult.de asks: "Why shouldn't anyone like this rock, folk, prog, jazz, goth and pop, this psychedelic mixture of Jinx Dawson and Lana Lane? This psychedelic sound between Music Hall and Birmingham heaviness doesn't need to be categorized. Rosalie Cunningham and her cohorts simply need to be heard."

The Universe By Ear will open the next chapter in their band's history with their fourth studio album in September 2026. The Basel-based heavy psych trio combines the raw power of stoner rock with progressive experimentation, psychedelic soundscapes and sprawling compositions. Massive riffs meet spherical sounds, warm three-part choirs and musical arcs of tension that unfold their full effect live. After a live break in 2025, The Universe By Ear will return to the stage in summer 2026 with new material and plenty of energy.

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