About Rupert Wates
Singer/songwriter and classic travelling Minstrel, Rupert was born in London and studied at Oxford University. He has been a full time songwriter since the late 1990’s, when he signed a publishing contract with Eaton Music Limited. In London he worked with some of the best performers in the city. Moving in 2001 to Paris, Wates formed his own quartet and began playing regularly live.
In the Autumn of 2006, he moved to the USA and is now based in New York and Colorado. Since coming to the US, he has won more than 50 songwriting and performing awards.
His music is an eclectic mix of acoustic, melodic art/folk, with flavours of jazz, vaudeville and cabaret. He has released 12 solo CDs and they have received outstanding reviews in the international online press and tracks from them have been played all over the world. A real one off entertainer and a gig not to be missed.
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