Oxfordshire 18-year-old music prodigy to release debut album

The first effort by Martha Rooke, a singer and songwriter from Wantage, is to be published on August 1.

Called ‘When Daylight Comes’ it features five original tracks, with five accompanying videos, and will be released on all major platforms.

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A spokesperson for PolSing Music Management said: “She has spent the best part of a year finely crafting the songs, and the singles ‘A Long Way From Rome’ and ‘The Rolling Stone’ are as near as perfect indie pop singles as you will find anywhere and guaranteed to leave you humming them all day.

“Combine that with the atmospheric and anthemic title track, as well as a stunning piano ballad and an acoustic track, and you have a debut Extended Play [album] that is going to make big waves.”

Martha Rooke, 18, from Wantage is releasing her debut album (Image: PolSing Management)

Ms Rooke has been playing in pubs and other venues since she was 13.

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Indeed, earlier this year, a demo copy of ‘A Long Way from Rome’ was sent to John Lewis and they subsequently invited her to play live in store for one of their store promotions.

They then invited her back in December to be part of their in-store Christmas campaign.

The spokesperson added: “She has paid her dues and learned her craft the hard way.”