Years active 2007—present Spouse Dan Furlong (m. 2010) Genres Folk Labels Monsoon Records Children Fred Furlong | Occupation(s) Musician Name Ella Edmondson Albums Hold Your Horses Instruments Vocals, guitar Role Singer | |
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Siblings Beattie Edmondson, Freya Edmondson Parents Ade Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders Similar People Jennifer Saunders, Beattie Edmondson, Ade Edmondson Profiles | ||
Birth name Eleanor Rose Edmondson | ||
Ella Edmondson - Breathe
Eleanor Rose "Ella" Edmondson (born 22 January 1986 Hammersmith, London, England) is an English singer-songwriter. Her primary instrument is the guitar although she can also play the piano.
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Early life
Edmondson is the eldest of three daughters of comedians Adrian Edmondson and Jennifer Saunders. She has two younger sisters, Beatrice and Freya. The majority of Edmondson's childhood was spent in Richmond before her family relocated to Devon. She attended Exeter School where she wrote songs as part of her music GCSE.
Career
Edmondson became a fan of death metal because it was the only music that her father didn't like. She went through a goth phase as a teenager and became a satanist. She worked as a snowboarding instructor in Canada, a barmaid and a painter and decorator before deciding to focus on music full-time after being encouraged by her father. She "got the bug" after supporting Jools Holland at the Plymouth Pavilions.
She received her first guitar as a Christmas present from her father and taught herself to play by copying him. Her first gig was at 16 supporting Thousand Natural Shocks in Exeter. She made an appearance in an episode of her mother's sitcom Jam and Jerusalem in 2006 performing "Breathe" (and says the character Tash in the series is loosely based on her). In 2007, she released her first EP, Blame Amy, and appeared on the compilation Folk Rising. Her debut album, Hold Your Horses, was released on 16 February 2009 on her father's Monsoon record label.
In 2010 she toured as the supporting act to her father's punk-inspired folk act The Bad Shepherds.
Personal life
Ella married Dan Furlong on 30 September 2010. On 27 August 2012, Ella gave birth to a boy, Fred, and in February 2014 to another son, Albert Rafferty. She gave birth to her first daughter, Ivy, in August 2016.