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Tuma with support from Melinda Ortner

  • SVA Stroud Valleys Artspace Stroud United Kingdom (map)

Friday 6th January 8pm 

Tuma aka Linah Rocio is best known for her spoken word track Love Letter from the album Armour&The Universe. Her solo music is as poetic as her spoken word, mixed with a voice that has often been compared to Björk and to Rickie Jee Jones, her music resembling a mixture of Joan As Policewoman, PJ Harvey and Fiona Apple. Because of personal shifts and changes the artist renamed herself TUMA - a name she channelled. Her songs are transformative and powerful, letting the listener dive deep into her being and their own. Her voice fragile and strong, dreamy and crazy. A mixture of beast and fairy.

Melinda Ortner

With almost a million streams on Spotify, California born songstress and Grand Prize Winner for MTV’s “Steal The Spotlight” Contest, Melinda Ortner has been been writing and performing all over the world garnering attention with her sound that’s often compared to a mix of artists like Amy Winehouse, Goldfrapp, Muse. She has had film/tv placements in “American Pie: Book Of Love” and “I Hate Valentine’s Day”, “My Mother The Monster”, and “Gone With The River”. Melinda Ortner has toured the UK, Japan, and North America, opening for Joe Jonas, Miguel, and Cobra Starship. 


1 million streams "Vanity Fair" feat. Melinda Ortner • MTV’s “Steal The Spotlight” Grand Prize Winner for “Heartbeats” Music Video (100K Hits) • “Top 15 Songwriters Of The Year” for ASCAP’s Johnny Mercer Project  • Song placements: I Hate Valentine’s Day by Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) and American Pie 7: Book Of Love. • Film placements regularly broadcast on MTV2, Showtime, HBO, USA Network, Pay-Per-View,etc.


Tickets: Pay What You Can £6/£8/£10



Earlier Event: December 22
Suntrap Winter Party
Later Event: January 7
The Uplifter