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How
I came to my music
I have
been on the Leeds Jazz Folk and World music scene for over a decade
and successfully juggled Earth mother duties and a career in music
with ease and finesse!
I came
to this point in my musical career through a lot of hard work and
searching .
I was initially influenced, at a very early age, by the 1940's style
of jazz which I heard my Dad, Mike Coburn, perform with many jazz
bands.
This
is where my name comes from "Sweet Lorraine" sung by Nat
king Cole ……. I've just found Joy being the first line.
I was
discouraged by my Dad to play music as it was a hard struggle for
him, sometimes only getting a few beers and a curry for a lot of
puff and guts doing a long gig in a pub in Bradford.
I sang anyway and can remember songs from when I was 6 in South
Africa staying there for 6 months while my Dad did a summer season.
My first main influence had to be John Travolta ………Summer
loving……….
After
my Dad's early passing I had a desire to play music and this started
with me playing in and then leading the Bradford Samba School.
Where
I play
I have
performed throughout the area including Whitby Musicport 2003, Wardrobe,
Hi Fi and various other Venues.
I
have played throughout the U.K including Glastonbury and other art
centres
I also run school workshops and long term groups including Musical
Arc, which is a group of musicians with physical and/or learning
disabilities. They meet regularly to compose and perform their own
unique music.
The
song - 'Love ain't no sin'
My
songs are inspired by her own life experiences from Keighley to
Spain to South Africa to London and back to Yorkshire.
'Love
ain't no sin' was inspired by the sentiment in the title and written
in a leisure centre with my husband Jesse on an out of tune piano
while the kids were running around in the Foyer.
I
like to make my listener cry in a joyful way.
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