BIRD Biography​
Janie Price aka “BIRD” is an award-winning half English, half Irish singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She is based in London, UK and Tuscany, Italy. She started her classical music training on cello, aged 6, and learnt drums from age 11. The unlikely pairing, born from a love of Jaqueline Du Pre and John Bonham, saw her play in youth orchestras and rock bands.
At 18 she started her professional career as a session musician, which has seen her play for the likes of Emeli Sande, Vanessa Mae, Roachford and Just Jack, to name a few. As a songwriter she’s written numerous hits including no 1’s in Europe with Hooverphonic including singing and co-writing their hits “I Like The Way I Dance” (2M ) and “In Wonderland” (17.8M) and single “Queen of Pearls” for Swedish country stars The Tennessee Tears as well as the English version of San Remo winning hit “Capolavoro” for platinum selling Italian band Il Volo.She’s written with many of the industry’s best loved musicians including, John Paul White (The Civil Wars), Andy Dunlop (Travis), James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers), Beth Nielsen Chapman (Faith Hill), Charlie Sexton (Bob Dylan).
Her first short film for which she wrote the script, music and co-produced, won 9 festival awards, including the Global Music Silver Medal Award and thePerformance/Aviva Short Film Best Drama Award. She has self released four singles from this project which have garnered significant support from radio including BBC Radio 2, BBC 5Live, BBC Wales, BBC Oxfordshire (track of the week), BBC Ulster BBC Foyle and Belgian national stations Radio 2 (12 weeks in playlist) and RTBF Jam (12 weeks playlisted).
Following on from the success of critically acclaimed EP “Heads or Tales” Bird is currently releasing singles from her second EP “Strange as Folk”. Her second short film “You Found a Friend in Elvis”, which she wrote directed and composed the music for, is a documentary exploring a story about two of rock and roll’s greatest legends Orbison and Presley, a dead body and a band of thieves. It is currently showing globally at short film festivals and has just been nominated for its first award “Best Documentary” at UK based Bay Festival.
Bird has also just finished mixing the last tracks for a new studio album “Welcome To The Show” co-written with talents including Grammy winnerJohn Paul White (The Civil Wars) and Hal Lindes (Dire Straits) produced by the legend Mike Hedges (Travis, The Cure).
In-between mixing and editing, you can catch her live show as she will be touring across North America with confirmed dates throughout 2026 following on from successful shows during SXSW in Austin and her showcase at AmericanaFest Nashville in 2025.
She runs non profit song writing camps at her studio in Italy and speaks Italian. She’s a voting member of The Ivors, PRS, Musician’s Union, ALCS, Americana Association (USA and UK), Folk Alliance (USA) AWFC (Alliance for Women Film Composers) and WSA (World Soundtrack Awards).
Recent acclaim for Bird:
“Bird’s storytelling captures the full gamut of duality, vulnerability and resilience. The final two tracks offer up alternative versions of the old Smiths’ classic ‘How Soon Is Now’, showing the diversity of Birds’ influences, however it is her own material that stands out here, in particular the aforementioned ‘Roy’, which is without doubt one of the best songs of 2025 so far.’’ AMERICANA UK
“Beautifully written, masterfully arranged, and delivered with poetic finesse, ‘Sunny Days’ is a standout release from a singular artist. Utterly gorgeous.” RECORD OF THE DAY
"Bird's "Daddy" is not mere melody; it is an excavation, a sonic archaeology of the human heart, laid bare with a vulnerability that is both breathtaking and profoundly moving. In a world saturated with fleeting trends and manufactured emotions, Bird offers something truly rare: authenticity. And in "Daddy," she delivers it with a power that is both undeniable and unforgettable. This release, and the upcoming EP, are set to be milestones in an already impressive career" JAMSPHERE
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WRITING/STUDIO WORK
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Andy Dunlop (Travis)
John Paul White (The Civil Wars)
Ally Mcerlaine (Texas)
Shelley Poole (Alisha’s Attic)
James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers)
Jamie Lawson
Ed Cosens (Reverend and the Makers)
Just Jack
Roachford
Emeli Sande
Hal Lindes (Dire Straits)
Chiara Dubey (Swiss Eurovision Finals)
Jeroen Swinnen (Daan)
Alex Callier (Hooverphonic)
Aura
Nicolaj Granjean
Ante Perry
Keneth Bager Experience
Valentin Huedo
Tin Tin Out
Senser
Lorien
Luan Parle
Andrew Dorff
Lena Marlin
Pete Devreaux (DEVolution)
Bimbo Jones
Wideboys
Seamus Haji
Ash Howes
Paul Hicks
Roger Taylor (Duran Duran)
Mike Hedges
Chris Kimsey
PERFORMING/LIVE
Emeli Sande
Vanessa Mae
Hooverphonic
The Young Offenders
Perry Blake
Chaka Khan
Hadddaway
Then Jerico
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