Roberta Smith, an original flower child singer-songwriter, released her second single “Shade and Shelter” on January 24th and her EP Airs on a Sixstring on March 28th. 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. She was quickly taken up by management and she opened for Ralph McTell at Charles Morris Hall, played on Radio Leeds, at Leeds University Union and on the university TV network and on Yorkshire Television.

Her new single “Shade and Shelter” deftly plays on the difficulties encountered in all loving relationships and her new EP: “Airs on a Sixstring” (release date March 28th 2025) deals with climate change, loneliness, humour, and love and includes “Howling at the Moon”, a co-write with Boo Hewerdine (of The Bible and writer of Patience of Angels sung by Eddi Reader)

She has performed live at The Harrison in London and at Ace Space in Newbury, to open for Saskia Griffiths-Moore, at the Bedford, Balham, London as part of a ‘Talent Is Timeless’ showcase, a ground breaking initiative for songwriters over age 50 founded by London based artist Saskia Griffiths-Moore and at the Union Chapel, Cambridge to open for John Jenkins.