Katie Marie comes from Stoke Gabriel in South Devon and started songwriting as an 'angst teenager'.
Take a listen to 'Have My Love' and tell Katie Marie - and us - what you think.

How did you get into the music scene?
I started playing piano when I was six and, to be honest, I hated lots of it as I was just being made to do grade after grade.

I would try and play songs I'd heard on the radio or just make up my own stuff. So in the end I gave it up (which I've regretted ever since) and started to teach myself guitar instead.

So was childhood a bit angst for you?
I was a very troubled teenager - but, hey, who isn't? I found that songwriting was the only way to express all the feelings and emotions I wasn't able to when speaking.

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When I was about 16 I started jamming with friends and other musicians and really wanted to learn how to play drums. Not long after this, I was walking past a skip when I spotted what looked like a severely wrecked hi-hat cymbal - when I took a closer look there was a whole kit in there!

It wasn't much - but enough to get me started.

And when I was 18 I started to learn bass guitar and gigging regularly with local bands.

What's the story of the track you've decided you want us to listen to?
I originally wrote HAVE MY LOVE when I was 13. But I later recorded an acoustic version of it with keys player, Jools O'Kelly. I added it to my page on Soundclick.com and it went to number one in the acoustic charts for seven weeks. The version I've given you to demo is newly recorded with drum and bass.

Katie with keyboard player, Jools

So you're not really a solo act then?
I work with two main musicians. One is Jools O'Kelly who plays piano and keyboards, the other is guitarist and songwriter Luigi Langella.

What do you think about the current live music scene in Devon?
I think it's sad there aren't as many venues around Devon that are as open to live music as there used to be. Most of the good live venues are miles away.

But you do still get to gig around the area?
I've played some really good fun gigs up at the Castle Inn in Totnes, but I think my favourite would have to be an outdoor gig in Lyme Regis.

Jools and I had to go on top of this stupidly high and very dodgy looking scaffolding which I wasn't too keen on as I'm scared of heights. Not only that but we were playing opposite a butcher's shop - and I'm vegetarian!

And just to top it all, as soon as we started playing it bucketed it down with rain which seems to happen a lot when I do outdoor gigs, maybe someone's trying to tell me something.........