Monday, December 28, 2015

Balsamo Deighton are on with the great Robert Elms, BBC Radio London jan 5th 2016

Really excited that we are on with the great Robert Elms, BBC Radio London playing a song and having a chat on the 5th Jan 2016! 

Steve & Rosalie


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Monday, December 7, 2015

Friday, December 4, 2015

Balsamo-Deighton videoclip Behind The Song Blue

Please check out our Behind The Song Blue clip. Blue is now streaming on Spotify and Apple Music and downloadable from iTunes as an instant grat track if you pre order the album... here http://www.smarturl.it/BD_itunes 
 x Steve
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Sunday, November 22, 2015

Balsamo/Deighton on Learders American Pie


Balsamo Deighton - Unfolding
Join me this Monday for a great session with Balsamo/Deighton - 9-11pm, 107fm locally, www.meridianfm.com / TuneIn wherever you may be! Here's a little taster...
Posted by Leader's American Pie on zaterdag 21 november 2015



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Saturday, November 14, 2015

Balsamo Deighton "Unfolding", at The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham, on 8 Nov 2015.

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Balsamo Deighton "Blue", at The Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath, Birmingham,on 8 Nov 2015.

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joining Tony Moore today!

We are looking forward to joining Tony Moore for live songs and chatting on his radio show tomorrow - 11am-1pm
Tune in get involved 


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Thursday, November 12, 2015

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Thursday, November 5, 2015

bbc live november 6th 2015

We are on BBC Radio Lancs live tomorrow after 3.00pm with John Gillmore chatting about our album, our gig in Preston with Callaghan, and playing a song or two. You can listen online here


http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p035qfwf#play


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Saturday, October 31, 2015

Ayala show 6th Nov, 2015 IrishTV/Sky191.

We are on the lovely Ayala show 6th Nov, 2015 IrishTV/Sky191.
 Our performance will then be on their Youtube channel. Will post links when we get them. 
If ya feel moved, please share far and wide! Thanks x



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Sunday, October 25, 2015

interview Manx radio october 2015

Huge thanks to Marc Tyley for the excellent interview on Manx Radio tonight. Lots of stories, songs from the past, an acoustic version of Unfolding and the first play of Light In The Dark radio edit. You can listen again by following the link below. It's a fab show, and we are on at 1 hour 24 mins.

http://www.manxradio.com/radioplayer/od/2443/


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Saturday, October 24, 2015

Balsamo Deighton The Dream Song







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Friday, October 16, 2015

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

series behind the songs Balsamo Deighton upcoming album

Howdy friends!

We have made a series of "behind the song" videos talking about the inspiration for some of the tunes on our debut album, Unfolding.
The first is for 50 Foot Jesus




Click here for the full song stream: https://youtu.be/wxAkl_Dv7Ic
...
You can pre-order the album now on iTunes and get "50 Foot Jesus" as instant download: http://www.smarturl.it/BD_itunes
If ya feel moved. please share far and wide. Thank yoooo! x


Steve and Rosalie








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Saturday, October 10, 2015

listen to one of the songs from our debut album, 50 Foot Jesus,










Hi all!
You can hear one of the songs from our debut album, 50 Foot Jesus.
 It is also a live stream track (pre-release) on Apple Music as an exclusive, as well as an Instant Grat on iTunes Store (which means if you pre order the album you can have the track now and not wait until Feb!)
The Amazon pre-order link is :
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Unfolding-Balsamo-Deig…/…/B013SN6ZLI and the iTunes preorder link is: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/unfolding/id1039433547








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Monday, October 5, 2015

Steve tonight oct 5th 2015 on BBC Radio Wales

Dear friends,
I'm on the wireless this eve at 11 pm with the great Alan Thompson on BBC Radio Wales. We had a great in depth chat about music, The Storys and Balsamo/Deighton. You can hear 3 exclusive first plays from our debut, Unfolding. It will be available on listen again too.

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011381r


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shooting video for song Drive on.. some pics from the sidelines


We shot footage for a video for our song Drive On with our mate Rhys of Furball Films yesterday. Here are a few pics from the side lines...




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Sunday, October 4, 2015

Balsamo-Deighton at the annual Do Not Go Gentle Festival oct 23 and 24 2015

Euros appearance is an early forerunner to the annual Do Not Go Gentle Festival, which takes place this year over the weekend of October 23 and 24. This year its acts include
Billy Rowan, aka the undercover hippy, poet Luke Wright, fresh from the Edinburgh Festival, Dylan Thomas Prize winner Rachel Trezise, Captain Cat and the Sailors, Steve Balsamo & Rosalie Deighton, and a screening of Set Fire to the Starts, telling the story of Dylan Thomas' visit to the New York, followed by a Q & A session with actor Celyn Jones.
The festival, in Dylan's childhood home, is intended to celebrate the poet, and whose bill is loosely intended to feature acts Dylan may have enjoyed.


Read more: http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Euros-Gentle-Festival-starter/story-27898069-detail/story.html#ixzz3naVDTAP5


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Saturday, October 3, 2015

Pre order cd unfolding

Hi all, we're excited to share some album pre order links...

The Amazon pre-order link is : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Unfolding-Balsamo-Deighton/dp/B013SN6ZLI and the iTunes preorder link is: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/unfolding/id1039433547

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

This Sunday oct 3rd 2015 at 11pm Steve will join Alan Thompson on his BBC Radio Wales show

This Sunday at 11pm Steve will join the great Alan Thompson on his excellent BBC Radio Wales show to talk about our debut Balsamo Deighton album. Tune in to hear exclusive first plays! Those of you not in Wales can listen via the link below, or on catch up if ya miss it




http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011381r








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Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Steve Balsamo has been made an Honorary Fellow of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David


Steve BalsamoSwansea-born singer/songwriter Steve Balsamo has been made an Honorary Fellow of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David in Swansea (14/07/15).
Steve Balsamo came to prominence in the late 1990s after playing Jesus, to great critical acclaim, in the West End revival of Jesus Christ Superstar. After winning a Variety Club award for the role, Steve signed to Columbia/Sony records, made an album and won best male solo artist at the Welsh Music Awards all in the same year.
In 2004, Steve formed The Storys, a West Coast-influenced harmony band. Their debut album came to the attention of Elton John who publically declared it ‘fantastic’ and invited the band to tour with him for three summers. The Storys have also toured with Joe Cocker, Celine Dion, Santana, Van Morrison and Tom Jones to name a few. The Storys' songs have been featured in the US teen drama One Tree Hill and hit Brit-flick The Bank Job, in which the band also made a cameo appearance playing two of their own songs.
Steve was also the singer and co-writer with legendary keyboard player and founder of Deep Purple, Jon Lord, for five years until his death in 2012.
Aside from this, Steve is a prolific songwriter, having scored hits around the world with several Pop Idol singers, Meatloaf and former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash. He feels blessed to have had many adventures in music which have allowed him to sing on stage with the likes of Roger Daltrey, Robert Plant, Mario Frangoulis, Justin Hayward, Lara Fabian, Madeleine Peyroux, Glenn Hughes, Steve Harley, Lulu, and band members from the Rolling Stones, the Eagles, and Pink Floyd.
He is currently finishing an album with folk singer Rosalie Deighton for a duet project called Balsamo Deighton. They will release their debut album, Unfolding, in September 2015.
When he's not making music, Steve tries to be a good dad, paints, swims, reads and listens to Radio 4.
Steve Balsamo said: “It’s an absolute honour to be here and to be recognised in this way, thank you. Congratulations to the graduates on their amazing achievement.
“I have no idea how seemingly unconnected paths have led me to here talking to you today. I was lucky that I realised my passion very early on and decided to see where music and my voice could take me. However, there was no real plan, there was no real map, just a series of synchronistic events that I paid attention to and sometimes acted on.”

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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

filming at Oakwood church studios

Great day filming at Oakwood church studios yesterday - now getting ready for two solo shows supporting my mate Boo Hewerdine at the green note in Camden - come down!

 Rosalie


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Sunday, September 6, 2015

Welsh talents take to stage for fundraiser

september 4th 2015




SOME of the biggest names in Welsh music are due to take to the stage in Llanelli tonight. Steve Balsamo and Sian Evans, formerly of Kosheen, are just two of the big names set to entertain the crowds at the Selwyn Samual Centre to raise vital funds for Cariad Defibrillators Wales.Steve and Sian spoke to the Star ahead of the highly anticipated performance, which also includes appearances by Lemar and Wynne Evans.

Steve Balsamo:
You are due to appear in Cariad's star-studded charity show this weekend, are you excited?
Very much so. I haven't seen (charity founders) Anthony or Sherilyn since I played in Laugharne last year in the old tin shed.

It was brilliant. I asked her if she was still singing, and she said yes, and we have stayed in touch since then. I always said to them if they wanted me to do anything I would, so that's how I got involved in this show.

Lemar, Sian Evans formerly of Kosheen, Wynne Evans and many others are taking part on the night, have you performed with any of them before?
I met Lemar years ago through management and he is great. I have sung with Wynne before too and it will be nice to see him again. It will be really great to hear everyone sing on the night and see a lot of people I haven't seen for a long time.
As a musician it's fantastic to be able to share the stage with these acts and to be involved with a cause like Cariad which does such great work.


Are you pleased to be supporting the charity?
Absolutely. I am always willing to help Cariad as the work they do is so worthwhile and could save lives.

What projects are you currently working on ?
I am currently working on a duets album with Rosalie Deighton called Balsamo/Deighton. Rosalie used to be in a band with me called The Storys, so I have known her for about 10 years. When the band came to an end we decided to make an album. We are so excited to put it out. We have made a record we are incredibly proud of. We have recorded it in various places, in London with teams who have worked with U2 and ended up finishing it in Llangennech with Tim Hamill. It's nice to know that there are people all over the world of this calibre who have been involved.

What type of music can people expect in the album?
It's Americana, kind of a country, folk , pop sound. It has been influenced by musicians like Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris, and Crowded House.

Has your lengthy working relationship with Rosalie allowed you to produce some really interesting songs on this album?
The song writing process has been really easy. At the time we were writing she was living in Sheffield. I would be writing a section and she would ring me with another idea and it would just finish it perfectly. It would just sit in the song really well. We known each other really well and we work well together, so it felt really easy to try to write the best songs possible for this album. We have just had such good fun. After the band ended we all took some time, but this is the record that has been percolating for some time now. To see it finished is great and we are so proud and happy with it.

When is the album due to be released?
There will be an official announcement this week, so watch this space.

You have such a varied career, having appeared on the West End stage, written songs for hit TV shows including One Tree Hill, and worked with some musical legends, which experiences have you preferred?
All the experiences I have had have been amazing in their own right. Playing in the West End (in Jesus Christ Superstar) was brilliant and it all came about by accident. We toured a lot with Jon Lord of Deep Purple and I had been working with him before he died. I ended up singing at his funeral which was an honour. Then I got to sing at a concert celebrating his life at the Royal Albert Hall. It was an honour to perform at this event to remember one of my musical heroes.

You have also toured with world renowned artists such as Celine Dion, Joe Cocker, Tom Jones and Van Morrison, do you have any great memories from this?
Everyone we have worked and toured with has been lovely in their own way. Elton John was amazing, and he was a really amazing support to us (The Storys). He rang me at home in Swansea and said he had loved our album and wanted us to tour with him. He started singing one of our songs down the phone to me, which was so surreal but amazing. He was an absolute gent and an incredible musical talent.
Joe Cocker was a really lovely man too. We have had some really good laughs whoever we've been working with. It certainly hasn't been boring.


Did you always want to be a singer?
No, I started singing really late. I had wanted to be a psychologist. I was given a fellowship to the University of Wales Trinity St David's. I have always loved writing and academia. Observation and different thought processes really help in song writing.



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Thursday, September 3, 2015

release new cd febr 5th 2016!

Official word from our lovely label earMUSIC


"Singer/Songwriter duo Balsamo/Deighton release their debut album ‘Unfolding’ February 5th 2016. Steve Balsamo and Rosalie Deighton - both respected vocalists, musicians and songwriters in their own right – have joined forces to record a collection of ‘grown up songs on the human condition’.


Steve and Rosalie












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Sunday, August 23, 2015

Balsamo Deighton Light in The Dark

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Balsamo Deighton Unfolding

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Balsamo Deighton The Ghost of Me and You

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