Ella Edmondson

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Ella Edmondson

| image = Ella Edmondson.jpg

| caption = Edmondson in 2009

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| birth_name = Eleanor Rose Edmondson

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|1|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hammersmith, London, England

| instrument = {{flatlist|

Vocals
guitar}}

| genre = Folk pop

| occupation = Musician

| years_active = 2007–present

| label = Monsoon

| associated_acts = The Bad Shepherds

}}

Eleanor Rose "Ella" Edmondson (born 22 January 1986) is an English singer-songwriter. Her primary instrument is the guitar although she can also play the piano.Interview with Judi Spiers on BBC Devon, 16 February 2009.

Early life

Eleanor Rose Edmondson was born on 22 January 1986 in Hammersmith, London. She is the eldest of three daughters of comedians Adrian Edmondson and Jennifer Saunders. She has two younger sisters, Beatrice and Freya.{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Sexton |title=Ella Edmondson, rising star |newspaper=The Sunday Times |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5662814.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1 |date=8 February 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616192747/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5662814.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1 |archivedate=16 June 2011 |accessdate=14 February 2019}} The majority of Edmondson's childhood was spent in Richmond before her family relocated to Devon.{{cite news |first=Caroline |last=Scott |title=Relative Values: Adrian Edmondson and his daughter Ella |url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article5099803.ece |newspaper=The Sunday Times |date=9 November 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615185020/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article5099803.ece |archivedate=15 June 2011 |accessdate=14 February 2019}} She attended Exeter School{{cite news |title=Comic's Daughter Mourns Death of Soldier Pal Killed in Afghanistan |url=http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/1891588.comics_daughter_mourns_death_of_soldier_pal_killed_in_afghanistan/ |newspaper=Wandsworth Guardian |date=9 December 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609064321/http://www.wandsworthguardian.co.uk/news/1891588.comics_daughter_mourns_death_of_soldier_pal_killed_in_afghanistan/ |archivedate=9 June 2011 |accessdate=14 February 2019}} where she wrote songs as part of her music GCSE.[http://www.whatsonsouthwest.co.uk/article.php?id=8941®ion_id=1]{{Dead link|date=August 2019|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}

Career

Edmondson became a fan of death metal because it was the only music that her father did not 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.{{cite news |first=Neil |last=McCormick |author-link=Neil McCormick |title=Ella Edmondson: off to an absolutely fabulous start |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/4949913/Ella-Edmondson-off-to-an-absolutely-fabulous-start.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=7 March 2009 |accessdate=11 December 2015}}

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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ellaedmondson.net/biog.html |title=Official biography |access-date=21 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208061720/http://ellaedmondson.net/biog.html |archive-date=8 February 2009 |url-status=dead }} She made an appearance in an episode of her mother's sitcom Jam and Jerusalem in 2006 performing "Breathe".[http://www.cdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=5532 CD Times Review of Hold Your Horses] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217062325/http://www.cdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=5532 |date=17 February 2009 }} In 2007, she released her first EP, Blame Amy,{{Cite web|url=http://ectoguide.org/artists/edmondson.ella|title=The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music - Ella Edmondson|website=Ectoguide.org|accessdate=11 August 2020}} and appeared on the compilation Folk Rising.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Folk-Rising-Various-Artists/dp/B000S0H1LI|title=Folk Rising|date=30 July 2007|accessdate=11 August 2020|website=Amazon.co.uk}} 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

Edmondson married Dan Furlong on 30 September 2010 and together they have three children. Their daughter Ivy was born in August 2016. {{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ellaedmondson |title=Ella Rose Edmondson (ellaedmondson) on Twitter |publisher=Twitter.com |date= |accessdate=28 July 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ellaedmondson/status/433210855325700096 |title=Twitter / ellaedmondson: Well I'm now a mother of two |publisher=Twitter.com |date=11 February 2014 |accessdate=11 April 2014}}