Girl in a Thunderbolt

WHO?

Maria Uzor aka Girl in a Thunderbolt is a singer-songwriter who records and produces her music in her spare room. She started making music as a way of making sense of herself and the world around her - “I’ve always been drawn to making music with a slightly twisted edge, and with poly-rhythmic elements, but I think those ideas have developed over time as I’ve explored both the delivery and the production side of things. And obviously I’ve grown as a person too.” Maria’s taken some time out from music for a while and has been dipping her ears into psychedelic music, Northern Soul and 80’s synth pop. She’s back with a new EP and a live show at Norwich Arts Centre. 

WHAT?

This is intelligent and strong music, filled with primal rhythms and influenced by the 1920’s to the current day.  Outline gave most recent EP, Own Your Bones 10/10. That’s no mean feat. She uses loads of instruments to make this sound, including guitar, drums, bass, Omnichord, keyboard, drum machine, synths, tambourine, household objects and programmed elements. Maria has played many venues in Norwich and beyond, including London’s Union Chapel, and is a firm favourite amongst music lovers and her fellow musicians.

INFLUENCES?

“I’m influenced by virtually anything! I’ll narrow it down to the letter ‘N’: Nick Cave, Nina Simone, Nana Mouskouri, Nirvana, Northern Soul, Nico, Norman Greenbaum, Nancy & Lee, Gary Numan.”

 LIVE?