She has won the BBC Sound of 2010 poll, as well as the Critics' Choice prize for the 2010 Brit Awards and incredibly we’re only half way through the year. After three top 30 singles and a number one album – Lights, Goulding is set to capitalize on her success with a full UK 22 date tour.
Not one to be obvious, Ellie makes music that will appeal to lots of people, but it’s of the intriguing, curious kind. Described invariably as ‘electro-folk-acoustic-pop’, her songs are soaked in an almost cinematic sensibility. Ellie Goulding has created the sound of 2010
On November 12th 2010 Ellie returns to Cardiff and if her last appearance in Cardiff is anything to go by (Oh, she only supported John Mayer…) you’re in for an astonishing performance.