Rozi Plain

{{Short description|British musician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Rozi Plain | image = Rozi Plain.jpg | caption = Rozi Plain in 2012 | image_size = | alias = | birth_name = Rosalind Leyden | origin = [[Winchester]], England | genre = [[Folk music|Folk]], [[folk rock]], [[alternative rock]] | years_active = | label = NeedNoWater<br />[[Lost Map Records]]<br />[[Talitres]]<br />[[Fence Records]] | associated_acts = [[Rachael Dadd]], [[This Is the Kit]], [[François & the Atlas Mountains]] | website = [http://roziplain.co.uk/ roziplain.co.uk] | current_members = }}

'''Rozi Plain''' is a London-based musician originally from [[Winchester]], [[England]].<ref name = "lineof"/>

==Biography== Rozi Plain was born Rosalind Leyden in Winchester, England, in 1986. In 2006 she moved to Bristol to study art, and she participated in the Cleaner Records group there. She recorded two records published by [[King Creosote]]’s [[Fence Records]], ''Inside Over Here'' (2008) and ''Joined Sometimes Unjoined'' (2012). In 2012 she moved to London.<ref>[http://www.talitres.com/en/artists/rozi-plain.html Biography] posted to the website of the French indie label [[Talitres]].</ref><ref name = "lineof">[https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/introducing/rozi-plain-101338 Interview] published in 2012 on thelineofbestfit.com, accessed 28 July 2020.</ref>

In November 2012 she recorded a live session for [[Lauren Laverne]]'s [[BBC Radio 6 Music]] show.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p0v1p |title = BBC Radio 6 Music - Lauren Laverne, Rozi Plain is live in session|website=Bbc.co.uk|access-date=2020-07-12}}</ref>

In 2015 Plain released a new album, ''Friend'', followed in 2016 by a companion album of remixes, unreleased tracks and radio sessions, ''Friend Of A Friend''.<ref name = "lostmap">[https://www.lostmap.com/rozi-plain Biography] posted to the website of the indie label [[Lost Map Records]].</ref> In 2019 she released ''What a Boost'' and in 2020 ''What a Remix''.

She is a member of [[This Is the Kit]] and regularly contributes{{when|date=May 2019}} to the music of her friends, including [[Rachael Dadd]], [[François & the Atlas Mountains]],<ref name = "lostmap"/> and Bamboo, with whom she has performed live on a number of occasions in 2016.

[[File:Rozi Plain in 2023.jpg|thumb|Rozi Plain performing at Glastonbury Festival in 2023]]

Plain has toured with the likes of [[Devendra Banhart]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.atpfestival.com/events/devendrabanhartkoko.php | title=Devendra Banhart + Rozi Plain -SOLD OUT|website=Atpfestival.com|accessdate=2020-07-12}}</ref> [[KT Tunstall]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fencerecords.com/gigs/kt-tunstall-rozi-plain/ |title=Fence Records Gigs » KT Tunstall + Rozi Plain |website=www.fencerecords.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422085412/http://www.fencerecords.com/gigs/kt-tunstall-rozi-plain/ |archive-date=22 April 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Paramore]], as well as performing at [[Green Man Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68gvfBB6mS8 |title=Rozi Plain Live at Green Man Festival 2009 |publisher=[[YouTube]] |date= |accessdate=2020-02-27}}</ref> and [[End of the Road Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.endoftheroadfestival.com/artists/pictish-trail-with-rozi-plain/ |title=Pictish Trail with Rozi Plain « End of the Road Festival 2nd – 4th September 2011 |website=www.endoftheroadfestival.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224220631/http://www.endoftheroadfestival.com/artists/pictish-trail-with-rozi-plain/ |archive-date=24 December 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Discography== [[file:Rozi Plain at David's Music (52626910095).jpg|thumb|Rozi Plain at David's Music in 2023]] *''Inside Over Here'' - Fence Records ([[2008 in music|2008]]) *''Joined Sometimes Unjoined'' - Fence Records / [[Talitres]] ([[2012 in music|2012]]) *''Friend'' - Lost Map Records (2015) *''Friend of a Friend'' - Lost Map Records (2016) *''What a Boost'' - Memphis Industries (2019) *''What a Remix'' (2020) *''Prize'' (2023)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.roziplain.co.uk/ Official website]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Plain, Rozi}} [[Category:British folk rock musicians]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Musicians from Winchester]] [[Category:Musicians from Bristol]]