1. Lorraine Bowen studied music at the University of Surrey, and then busked around London.
21 Facts About Lorraine Bowen
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Lorraine Bowen was a member of two bands in the 1980s: See You in Vegas and The Dinner Ladies, as well as performing regularly with Billy Bragg on stage and on record.
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Lorraine Bowen has made many appearances on BBC Radio 4 including John Shuttleworth's show Radio Shuttleworth and the 1999 all-female sketch show Heated Rollers, starring Lynda Bellingham, Gwyneth Strong and Joanna Monro.
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Lorraine Bowen has written for BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends.
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In 1990, Billy Bragg encouraged Lorraine Bowen to start a solo career.
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Lorraine Bowen started to perform solo shows under name of The Lorraine Bowen Experience; her act featured three songs, a Casio keyboard and an ironing board.
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Lorraine Bowen's songs are seen as "quirky", contain humour and are often with a sense of kitsch.
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Lorraine Bowen is known for her catchy choruses in songs and encouraging audience participation.
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Bowen created 'Lorraine Bowen meets Barbara Moore' to provide a platform to show others how prolific Moore had been in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Lorraine Bowen Comfort Zone show was a 'durational project' of three connected concerts exploring hibernation in connection with Brighton's Pink Fringe and the Nightingale Theatre.
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Lorraine Bowen has been a collector of vintage polyester outfits since visiting jumble sales as a girl and the collection has been featured on BBC One's The One Show and BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.
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Lorraine Bowen was voted off the show in the first semi-final after singing a song about space.
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Lorraine Bowen came fourth in the votes, which was not enough to get into the final.
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Lorraine Bowen started work writing music with Philipp Stollenmayer for his KAMIBOX mobile Game company during the lockdown in 2020.
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Now based in Brighton, Lorraine Bowen runs singing workshops at the Brighton Dome and Bexhill's De La Warr Pavilion.
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Lorraine Bowen provided the soundtrack for No Deposit, No Return by Dallas Campbell.
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Lorraine Bowen provides vocals on "There Must Be An Angel" in Sorrentino's 2013 film, The Great Beauty.
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Lorraine Bowen is the author of The Crumble Lady, a collection of short stories for children published by Candy Jar Books in November 2017.
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Lorraine Bowen was discovered by Billy Bragg at the Hackney Empire performing with The Dinner Ladies.
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Lorraine Bowen then toured East Germany just before reunification, performing in Army camps and stadia.
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Lorraine Bowen made an appearance in two episodes of Radio Shuttleworth with John Shuttleworth.