Roberta Smith
I'm I'm so excited to announce my new EP:
HUMDRUM FIVE, to be released on May 29th 2026 on Bandcamp and all streaming platforms ! I'm really excited about this because these are some of the last tracks my dear producer and recording engineer, Aeron and I worked on before he lost his life so tragically in a motorbike accident last September. That is so sad, but the music isn't and I think you can hear the joy that we experienced in these songs. Three are remixed tracks from my unreleased LP FIVE. One is a re-recording of another of those tracks and another is a brand-new song. Very happy about this. Happy Spring, everyone!
My LP, Textile Lemonade, released in November 2025 on Bandcamp and all streaming platforms was so well reviewed by Joe Whittaker in Folk London Magazine, by Marc Higgins in FATEA magazine, by Seán Laffey in Irish Music Magazine and by Briony Hegarty in RnR magazine’s March issue https://www.rock-n-reel.co.uk/sales.html
I'm also really delighted to have been played by Frank Hennessy on @bbccymruwales and by Alan Ritson on his Fine Folk Show on www.lcrlincoln.com LCRFm 103.6FM and I'm very lucky to have had several more radio plays. In the coming three months you will also be able to hear me on the
FATEA SHOWCASE SESSION SUMMER 2026 : CORSAIR compilation album
Now available as physical
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Shade and Shelter, Available on my "Shop" page on Bandcamp: https://robertasmith.bandcamp.com/track/shade-and-shelterand on all streaming platforms!
Clock Patience -
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Born in Leeds, Roberta is a boho singer-guitarist with roots in the singer-songwriter movement of the 70s but her clarity of voice and intricate finger style guitar bring lovely touches of jazz and folk. Her songs are mostly love songs, sometimes joyous and sometimes dealing with betrayal or regret, but sometimes also with the fun things in life. Get in touch to learn more about her journey.
You can buy my music as a CD (See my Shop page) or below as a digital file (click to sample):
Bio
The Full Story
Roberta Smith recorded her first songs as a 16-year-old flower-child and she has still retained the fresh-voiced youth of those early recordings. A boho singer-songwriter, she writes in an unusual style, the songs often unconventional in format and lyrically unexpected. She plays beautiful finger style guitar and in some ways, her music defies comparison, although the influence of the 70s singer-songwriter movement is unmistakeable.
She started to write songs when she was 15 and rose to almost immediate success at 16, winning a major talent competition and performing in the winners’ concert at Leeds Town Hall in front of 4,000 people. She was quickly taken up by Esther Ofarim’s (and later Scott Walker’s) management. At University, she opened for Ralph McTell at Charles Morris Hall and played on Radio Leeds, at Leeds University Union and on the university TV network and at many venues in and around Leeds.
Bio contd.
The Full Story
After University, marriage and four children, many appearances at many venues and even a spell playing Anne Boleyn in a medieval theatre restaurant, she is still here and still playing, writing and working towards bringing her music to a wider audience. Despite many disappointments and unrealised promises her passion for songwriting has never waned and she is very excited to be recording again and to be back on the London scene.
Roberta has appeared on Radio Leeds, provided background music for the BBC World Service, played at Leeds Town Hall, London’s Kashmir Club, the Bedford, Bunjie’s, the Old Town Hall Hemel Hempstead and at the Court Theatre, Tring. She also writes for the theatre and has written original music for The Glass Menagerie, Cider with Rosie and The Graduate.
Recent gigs include The Unitarian Church, Cambridge, The Bedford in London, Ace Space Newbury, The Camden Club, London and in West Yorkshire supporting Saskia Griffiths-Moore at The Mistal, Oakworth near Keighley.
Bonus Track
About
Now based in London, Roberta is always striving to broaden her audience and hone her unique style.
Follow her journey here and get in touch at: robertasong@aol.com
Supporting the lovely and very talented Saskia Griffiths-Moore at Ace Space in Newbury
And Supporting her again at The Harrison in London
