Junior Star Singer Songwriter makes itself at home in the home of music

Few cities around the world can lay quite as big a claim to changing the face of music as Liverpool. As the birthplace of the Beatles, the city has made a lasting impact on the music scene, with many of today's musicians still citing John, Paul, George and Ringo as major influences.

We were therefore delighted to be able to add Liverpool to our list of cities in our UK tour. 

We are even more delighted to be lucky enough this to be included in one of the shows for the Liverpool International Music Festival Radio Station. This is held over a period of a month during the year, and is the very first of a grand new project launched by the organisers of the Liverpool International Music Festival. 

The radio station broadcasts locally on 87.7Fm, as well as online.  As a tribute to the city's contribution to modern music, the station reflects both the past and present Liverpool music scene as well as featuring artists and bands who will be taking part in July's event.

The radio station also has an array of presenters and DJs, highlighting the festival's commitment to new talent and the local scene and industry on a global scale.  LIMF radio will also provide training for young people who want to enter the industry.  Sessions are led by BBC Radio 1 presenter Adele Roberts, former founding manager BBC 1 Xtra Ray Paul and Laura Lukanz who is the former music manager of BBC 1Xtra and EVP of First Access Entertainment.

Junior Star Singer Songwriter had two amazing contestants from Liverpool this year.  The first was Tabitha Jade who has already been crowned in London in 2015 for the National Song Writing competition in front of a capacity crowd and panel of judges from Sony and Universal.  

Tabitha Jade

Tabitha was also finalist in two other national talent competitions (TeenStars and OpenMic UK).  She was the youngest ever to play at Liverpool Sound City and has since played at other major festivals in the calendar like Hope Fest, Soul Fest with Gabrielle, Jermaine Jackman (Voice 2014 winner).  Watch when we met Tabitha Jade in Liverpool outside the Cavern Club for an exclusive Junior Star Singer interview.  

Our next Liverpool contestant was Eleanor Nelly, a 16 year old singer/songwriter from Liverpool.  In just three years, Eleanor has played numerous venues and festivals all around the country. 

Eleanor Nelly

Eleanor plays with her newly formed backing band and has amazing strong vocals.  Good luck to both the contestants for Junior Star Singer Songwriter radio tour competition!

For further information on the tour, and information on the coming shows, please see Junior Star Singer - a singing talent competition for 10-16 year olds