About the Artist

Perth's Bodicca Mitchell is a remarkable
17 year old musician with
a promising future.

Equally at home with BLUES, JAZZ or SPIRITUALS
this exciting young lady plays solid swinging piano
a la Jay McShann or Teddy Wilson.
Her bluesy voice is very reminiscent of
Billy Holiday, Peggy Lee or Ruth Brown.

Bodicca has a warm and comfortable stage presence.
She communicates easily with audiences that range from
Hotel Lounges to Bars to Restaurants to Music Festivals.

Her Comprehensive knowledge of BLUES JAZZ
and POP music allows her to dialogue in detail
on the history of the music she is playing.

Bodicca has a repertoire of over 160 pieces
that allows her to easily cover a four hour venue.

Bodicca's childhood was filled with music.
Since before she was even born,
from early morning till late at night her household
reverberated to the sounds of
BLUES, JAZZ, SPIRITUALS, LATIN, FOLK and CLASSICS.

By the time she was seven, her affinity for some
of the great JAZZ and BLUES artists was apparent.
Billy Holiday, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw,
Count Basie, B.B King, Jim Croce,
Jay McShann, Peggy Lee
all had influences on her eclectic musical tastes.
She recalls deciding at a very early age
that Jimmy Rushing's Jazzy "Mr. Five by Five"
would be the first song she would learn...
and it was...
and still is...
an important part of her impressive repertoire.

• Belleville Yacht Club Patio Cafe
  for the afternoon Dinner and Dance
• Saturday Dinner and Dance Cruises
  on the Thousand Island Cruise Boat – Sea Fox Two
• A week stint on the patio of the beautiful
  Brockberry Cafe in downtown Brockville
• Opened the Stewart Park Festival 2001
• Acting as house Arranger and Accompanist
  for various artists at the Audio Valley Studio in Perth
• Performing Friday Evenings in the prestigious
  Sunken Sailor Lounge of the Royal Brock Hotel
  for the last 12 months
• Last summer played the Blues Jam afternoons
  at the Rideau Ferry Inn with some fine Ottawa musicians.
  She so impressed both management and patrons
  that she is playing a regular Saturday Dinner and Dance
  at the Shipwreck Restaurant patio and Bar
• Her first concert was recently held at the
  Rideau Museum Theater in Smith Falls.
  The show was sold out a week in advance
  and she played to an enthusiastic
  "standing-room" only audience
• Featured performer at the
  Smith Falls Chocolate & Railway Festival

Bodicca has her first self produced CD,
"Bodicca: Piano Jazz"
available at any of her gigs
and also at ShadowFax in downtown Perth.

Her second CD entitled
"Almost Blue"
is in the works
and should be available sometime in early July 2003.

Bodicca is presently writing and preparing her next CD to be titled
"Bodicca's Rhythm&Blues, Blues and more Blues!"

Bodicca [not a stage name]is named after the great
Celtic queen of the Iceni people.
Bodicca means "Victory" in early Gaelic.

Incidentally,
Bodicca also plays a mean set of Bagpipes!