Emily Ovenden
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Emily Alice Ovenden is an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 singer and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

 and a member of the number one selling UK Classical Chart
UK Classical Chart
The UK Classical Charts are three record charts based on classical music in the United Kingdom: the Classical Artist Albums Chart, the Classical Compilation Albums Chart and the Specialist Classical Albums Chart...

 act, the Mediæval Bæbes
Mediæval Bæbes
The Mediæval Bæbes are a British ensemble of female musicians founded in the 1990s by Katharine Blake and included some of her colleagues from the band Miranda Sex Garden, as well as other friends who share her love of mediaeval music...

, selling over 500,000 albums worldwide. She has recently published a fiction novel called The Ice Room and is lead singer of both heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band, Pythia
Pythia (band)
Pythia is a heavy metal band from London, England.Pythia is a group of classically and heavy-metal inspired musicians. Lead singer Emily Ovenden is also a member of the classical group the Mediaeval Baebes and Celtic Legend. Drummer Marc Dyos and guitarist Ross White are originally from the thrash...

 and celtic group, Celtic Legend. She was born and raised in Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

 and is now located in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

. She is the daughter of the painter Graham Ovenden
Graham Ovenden
Graham Ovenden is an English painter, fine art photographer, writer and architect. His estranged wife is the artist Annie Ovenden. Their daughter, Emily, is a writer and is a singer with the Mediaeval Baebes...

 and the artist Annie Ovenden
Annie Ovenden
Annie Ovenden is a British fine artist and a member of the Brotherhood of Ruralists. She is a figurative artist.Annie Ovenden is separated from fellow artist Graham Ovenden. In 1975, she was a founder member of the Brotherhood of Ruralists with him, Sir Peter Blake, David Inshaw, Ann Arnold and her...

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External links

  • http://www.pythiamusic.com/
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