Rosalie Deighton (born 26 July 1976) is an English singer and songwriter.

Early life

Deighton was born in

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to an Indonesian mother, Josie and to a British father, Dave Deighton. The family moved to

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when Rosalie was eight years old.

Career

The Deighton Family

Together with her siblings and both parents, Deighton performed as part of

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on albums ''Mama Was Right'' (1990), ''Acoustic Music Meant to Suit Most Occasions'' (1988) and ''Rolling Home'' (1991).

"Intuition" (1993)

In 1993, Deighton and her sister Kathleen recorded an album, ''Intuition'', along with

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and Pat Shaw. The album was released on the Fat Cat Label.

Solo work

As a solo artist, Deighton has released three albums and provided backing vocals on

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's album ''Living''. The album was the second-highest selling Irish album of 2004. Deighton's first solo album, ''Truth Drug'', debuted in 2001, followed by ''21 Days'' on the Echo label in 2007. Her latest album, ''Burning Boat'', was released in 2014. Recorded at the Bearclaw Records Studio facility in Deighton's hometown of

, South Yorkshire, it was produced by Rick Barraclough. The album features guest appearances from

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and M. G. Boulter. It was Bearclaw's first album release.

Other appearances

In addition to performing as one half of the celebrated duo Balsamo/Deighton, Deighton has been an occasional guest ‘Champ’ in the band

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. She was featured on two albums, ''Hearts & Arrows'' (2011) and the critically acclaimed ''Stay True'', (2013) both on

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References

External links

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BalsamoDeighton official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Deighton, Rosalie 1976 births Living people Musicians from Barnsley Dutch women singer-songwriters Dutch singer-songwriters English women singer-songwriters English singer-songwriters Dutch people of English descent Dutch people of Indonesian descent English people of Indonesian descent 21st-century English women singers 21st-century English singers People from Breda