I hope you have had a good week! I’ve had one of those weeks where I am a bit grumpy and I couldn’t put my finger on why!! My friends laugh at me saying that though – because I am usually laughing when I tell them I’m in a mood and they don’t believe me – but inside – I REALLY am!!! I hate being grumpy!!

Anyway… as promised, here are the videos of the Haiti fund-raising gig at Manchester Apollo a couple of weeks ago….

This first song is the track I wrote for Haiti… ‘What if we wait’

This is my song ‘ Beautiful’ from my Falling album. This is the ‘loops’ version without the other 13 members of the band!! – Just me!

I have had quite a weekend of gigs – Bristol last night, the Lowry Hotel today and Windamere tomorrow.  I am quite looking forward to that – apparently it’s a beautiful and really chilled out ‘retreat’ hotel called  ‘Gilpin Lodge’.  Looking forward to going to the Lake District – you know what I’m like about amazing views in the English countryside!!!

Much love – I hope you haven’t been as grumpy as me!!

Hannah x

Hope this finds you well! Latest news is that you can now remix me!! And very easily! So if you want to have a go – or you know anyone who might want to…. go ahead and let me have a listen!!

Download your files for You Make Me Fly below remix them into any style you like then drop them back to me.

You can download the files below

You Make Fly ReMix Files by  Hannah Atkins

This week has been a little easier to get back on top of things – I have a gig tonight at Zanzibar, Liverool and a chilled out back-ground gig at The Lowry Hotel in Manchester tomorrow.

I am awaiting the Haiti fund-raising event videos – which I am told will be with me next week!! I’ll let you see them as soon as I do!

Much love,

Hannah x

Hope this finds you well!

So…. had a really busy week last week with 6 gigs!! This week is a bit more chilled! So… One of the highlights of the week has got to be being part of the Haiti fund-raising gig at Manchester Apollo! It was an amazing experience! I have played there a couple of times before – but in a band – not ON MY OWN with 2500 people in the audience!!! It was a privilege to be a part of such an event – raising over £62,000 for Haiti and raising 70 new children sponsored sponsoring through the Compassion Charity.

Here’s a little video of me loving my own dressing room!! V glam!! (until I saw Stephen Baldwin’s dressing room a few of us went to hang out in later – his was more like a palance and mine a school toilet’s – but it was still a first for me – and I loved it!!)

Good thing is… you can see how it went too! I did two tracks including one I wrote last week for Haiti. I had a hillarious experince of being rolled on, on a podium!! Was V Funny!! There was a whole camera crew recording the event and I will have the footage to share with you in the next week or so

On Friday – it was awesome to be a part of the Mustard Tree fund-raising event in Didsbury.  Check out their charity – they’re clientel consists of about 6000 of the most needy people in Manchester inclusing homeless people and assylum seekers.

On Saturday – I was part of the Green Bohemia’s 6th Birthday party celebration. I was on a chilled spot on Saturday afternoon. Saturday night was at The Lowry Hotel – playing their lush grand paino and being bought £30 glasses of port – it’s a hard life!!!

On Sunday – WOW!!! We wnet to see Imogen Heap!! She is one of my musical heros!!! Check out this video…

It’s ace because she makes me feel pretty normal in my thinking on stage – as in…. she’d a little mad and TOTALLY speaks her thoughts out-loud, saying stuff like…”ooo, how does this one start again?? What key are we in??!!” That’s what goes trhough my head sometimes too – mmmm what instrument to I pick up in this bit – is this the right button!! BUT while I do the madness in my head – Imongen Heap says it all out-loud to an audinece of about 1500 people!!! It was V Funny – really endeering too though. I think everyone was in love with her by the end of the show!!! I’m a bit jealous of her grand piano though – and her cool tree!!

What a cool week! I’m not trying to catch up on everything I didn’t dolast week – like applying to festivals, my e-mails…blah blah – boring stuff really!

Hope you’re having a good week!

Hannah x

Here’s my V-blog for this week… I have loads on…

• Tuesday – I have an interview with The Guradian about hosting Raza – a Shepherd from Iran who is seeking assylum in the UK.
  
• Wed – The Sanctuary – a creative night, food and performance for homeless people inManchester
• Thursday – BIG GIG at Apollo Theatre – rasing money and awareness for Haiti disaster… more info to follow.

• Friday – GIg at Mustard Tree fund-raising event (Charity working with homeless people in Manchester)
  
• Saturday – GREEN BOHEMIA’s 6th Birthday party gig at The Green Room Manchester!! (See posetr below for details)
  

• Sunday – chill out behind the grand piano at The Lowry Hotel for chilled Sunday afternoon teas 12:30 – 3pm
  

Hope to see you at one of those!!

Love Hannah xx

Happy New Year – slightly belated! Had a manic Christmas and have only just recovered and got my head round the new year!!

Went away for the first weekend to rest in the Lake District – check out the snow!!

Done a little ‘Happy New Year V-Blog for you…

Check out my gig schedule for the next few weeks at www.myspace.com/hannahatkins if you’re up for coming along!

Hope this year has started well for you

Big love,

Hannah x

If you still haven’t seen my new web-site … check it out! …I am giving a track away for free as my Christmas present from me to you! You can listen & download it from www.hannahatkins.com.

I’ve just got back from  Hampton Manor - been a fun drive from Birmingham to Manchester – amazing in the snow! Fjona Wei-Ling is an amazing photographer based at Hampton Manor and on Saturday, she took a whole bunch of photos with some new lights… www.fwphotography.com….- here’s one…

So… here’s a little Vblog of my highlights from the last couple of weeks…

Just in case you haven’t seen this too … here’s my 12-piece and playing You Make me Fly!!

Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year!

Hannah xxx

So… I’m in Birmingham right now – just about to get ready to perform tonight at Hampton Manor ! It’s a lovely gig – the hotel is set in amazing grounds in South Birmingham, UK. Been all over the place – fun, but busy!

This week has been a little crazy – as most weeks have leading up to Christmas! I am having a technology nightmare – in a few weeks my lap-top died, my software on the lap-top I am now borrowing corrupted my phone and I managed to loose 2000 contacts and most of my diary on my phone!!! I have most of them back now I hope!! AND my sat-nav broke!!! RUBBISH!! So… it’s been a nightmare – makes me realise how much I rely on technology for appointments and directions – and not my brain!!!

I have a new web-site which is exciting!! Check it out! Also… great news … I have a new video of my HUGE 12 piece band that I used for my launch – so if you missed that… here is ‘You Make Me Fly’

Loads of love from me!!

Hannah xxx

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I have a few videos to put up …  with all the goings-on… radio sessions, gigs, crazy art projects, songwriting workshop in a psychiatric ward in Wales! Random and fun – all at once!

I’m playing at The Zanzibar Club (www.thezanzibarclub.com) tonight!

Will have the vids up for you in a jiffy

Hope you’re well,

Hannah