In her compositions Sarah Gillespie mixes blues, jazz, vaudeville and 'gypsy-swing'. Sarah began writing songs on the piano at the age of nine, graduating to the guitar when she was aged fifteen. After gaining a first class degree in film and literature and a Masters in politics and philosophy she decided to focus on her music, her first gig taking place in Madison, Wisconsin. On the release of her debut album, she joins Jane Little to perform live in the Woman's Hour studio.
