Dana Gillespie
Smoky, theatrical blues with a glam-rock heart. A seasoned voice that carries the weight of the West End and the grit of a late-night London club.
Smoky, theatrical blues with a glam-rock heart. A seasoned voice that carries the weight of the West End and the grit of a late-night London club.
Dana Gillespie's music feels like a long, storied night in a London basement club where the air is thick with history and expensive perfume. Her sound is a sophisticated blend of traditional blues grit and the polished theatricality of a West End veteran. There is a weight to her voice - a husky, lived-in quality that suggests she's seen it all and lived to sing about it with a wink.
What truly sets her apart is her ability to bridge the gap between the raw emotion of the blues and the stylistic flourishes of the 1970s glam and art-rock scenes. Having worked closely with David Bowie and Mick Ronson, she brings a certain 'MainMan' era swagger to her blues recordings, making them feel more cinematic and daring than standard genre exercises.
Start with her 1973 album 'Weren't Born a Man' to hear the Bowie influence at its peak, then move into her later work like 'Blues It Up' to experience her full evolution into a blues powerhouse. It is music for people who like their soul with a side of grit and their blues with a touch of theatrical drama.
Richenda Antoinette de Winterstein Gillespie (born 30 March 1949), known professionally as Dana Gillespie, is an English actress, singer and songwriter. Originally performing and recording in her teens, over the years Gillespie has been involved in the recording of over 70 albums, and appeared in stage productions, such as Jesus Christ Superstar, and several films. Her musical output has progressed from teen pop and folk in the early part of her career, to rock in the 1970s and, more recently, the blues.
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