Rory B

Singer-songwriter Rory B made his breakthrough in 2013 with the single I Can’t Cope from the debut album Striped Highway Trousers (2012). Following singles included a cover of Marc Bolan’s Jewel in 2014 and the soul-searching sadness of Treading Water two years later. Three singles were issued in 2017 – Ninety Miles an Hour (Down a Dead End Street), Stay With Me Tonight and In The Precinct (It’s Christmas). The same year Rory B’s second album Permanent Memory of Tripped Status was released with a three-year hiatus to his third, Even Liars. Rory B issued one single in 2018, Black and White Line, and one in 2020 – It’s a Heartache. 2021 saw a slow cover of Elvis’s Burning Love to reflect Covid-19 times, his own 1974, a cover of Hot Chocolate’s I Believe (In Love) and one of Bolan’s Eastern Spell. In 2022, Rory B issued his 9m 59s tribute to his great, late friend Kevin Faure called Beat This, My Friend followed by another cover version, the Leonard Cohen composition Tower of Song done in the style of T.Rex’s Raw Ramp. 2023 saw two more singles – a 10th anniversary reimagining of I Can’t Cope and a remaster of J.D. Love Fax. In 2024, Rory B’s first compilation album was issued – A Selection From The Collection, followed by Cover Blown, a covers album that featured Miss You Nights (made famous by Cliff Richard), The Traveling Wilburys' Tweeter and the Monkey Man and a glorious melding of Close To It All and Dry Your Eyes (written by Melanie and Neil Diamond respectively).