Kirsty Almeida is a singer-songwriter from Gibraltar

Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...

. She released her debut single Spider in 2010. Though born in the United Kingdom, she was brought up in Gibraltar

Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...

. She runs a musical collective, Odbod, in Manchester. Odbod have recorded music for London film project Patagonia

Patagonia

Patagonia is a region located in Argentina and Chile, integrating the southernmost section of the Andes mountains to the southwest towards the Pacific ocean and from the east of the cordillera to the valleys it follows south through Colorado River towards Carmen de Patagones in the Atlantic Ocean...

. Prior to launching her career as a solo artist, Almeida sang with Latin band La Gran Descarga but "didn't want to become a full-time Latin singer... so I decided to go it alone". She is an alumna of Bretton Hall's Music.

Almeida has collaborated with Manchester artist Mr. Scruff

Mr. Scruff

Mr. Scruff is the recording name of Andy Carthy , a British DJ and artist. He lives in Stockport, Greater Manchester, and studied fine art at the Psalter Lane campus of Sheffield Hallam University...

 on song Pickled Spider, released on 30 April 2010.

Currently Almeida is working on her project 6 Degrees 2 Jools, an attempt to send her music to Jools Holland

Jools Holland

Julian Miles "Jools" Holland OBE, DL is an English pianist, bandleader, singer, composer, and television presenter. He was a founder of the band Squeeze and his work has involved him with many artists including Sting, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, The Who, David Gilmour and Bono.Holland is a...

 via six degrees of separation

Six degrees of separation

Six degrees of separation refers to the idea that everyone is on average approximately six steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person on Earth, so that a chain of, "a friend of a friend" statements can be made, on average, to connect any two people in six steps or fewer...

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External links

• 6 Degrees 2 Jools http://www.6degrees2jools.com/