Rebecca Downes

Birmingham-based Rebecca is a fully independent artist creating original blues/rock music with Steve Birkett and releasing iton her own label,Mad Hat Records. Theyusually playlive within a 5-piece band, performing their original tracks along with one or two classic covers.

Wolverhampton-born Rebecca’s excellent first album, Back To The Startdropped in 2013 and was followed by Believe(2016) and the live album BeLive(2017). Rebecca was voted Female Vocalist and Emerging Artist of the Year at the British Blues Awards 2016 and Female Blues Vocalist of the Year in the FORM UK Blues Awards 2018. More Sinner Than Saint(2019) contains material honed with advice from producer Chris Kimsey(Rolling Stones and Peter Frampton), and the tracks were mixed by California-based producer Bill Drescherand Thunder’s bassist Chris Childs. The album received considerable critical acclaim and the second single –Hurts–was playlisted by Planet Rock
RadioUK.Stripped Back (2021), is an album created under lockdown conditions, produced by Steve Birkettand mixed and mastered by Steve Birkett Jnr,including ten tracks from Believe and More Sinner Than Saintre-presented in a laid-back style, together with two new tracks.

The Space Between Us(2022), produced by Steve Birkett and mixed and mastered by Gavin Monaghan, features ten original songs and one cover in a collection of raw, passionate, multi-hued tracks.

Stranger Blue EP (2025) is a collection of cover songs recorded in ‘stripped back’ style. A Storm Is Coming (2025) is a ten-track, modern blues-rock album built around emotional agency, confrontation, collapse, recovery and self-preservation. Blending gritty guitars, Hammond organ weight and powerful, emotive vocals, it balances cinematic slow-burn ballads with groove-driven and up-tempo anthems. It was produced by Steve Birkett and mixed and mastered by Steve Birkett Jnr. The singlesFalling Into You and Waiting For The Morning were play listed by Planet Rock Radio