Rebecca Pidgeon just completed the recording of her eighth album BAD POETRY. Produced by Tim Young, the record is being scheduled for release later this year. Originally the lead singer for the British folk rock/pop band Ruby Blue, Rebecca Pidgeon, known for her dark lyrics and bright vocals, has been touted by Rolling Stone Magazine as “one of those rare singers who convey emotion purely…” and in an interview with the Wall Street Journal’s wsj.com talks about her approach to songwriting. English folk rock/pop band Ruby Blue was active in the late 1980s and early ‘90s, and placed its early recordings on the U.K. indie album and singles charts. Pidgeon left the group in 1990, to further a solo career and pursue an acting career—and to be with playwright David Mamet, whom she married in 1991 after starring in his play Speed-the-Plow at London’s National Theatre. Her solo recording career commenced in 1994 with the release of her album The Raven. Her last release Blue Dress On was released in October 2013; “.. sounds like a joyous party firework that can both light up the evening or blow torch your face” says Associated Press while All Music calls her “…a songwriter who is in a class of her own.” The well-read Pidgeon (her Blue Dress On cut “You Do Not” was jointly inspired by Willa Cather’s The Song of the Lark and Georgia O’Keeffe’s desert imagery, while “Tonight” owes to novelist Dawn Powell and Edward Hopper’s paintings) adds that the songs have been inspired by “dark love stories that end in death, doom and despair.” “At the heart of every British songwriter there’s always a connection to the folklore and folk songs in that country, and it’s never a happy story,” she adds, referencing the album’s melancholic but beautiful and ill-fated wedding dance “Sailors Marriage,” which features a guest appearance by blues guitarist and fiddle player Freddy Koella (Bob Dylan, Willy DeVille, Zachary Richard). Pidgeon saw the 13-track set as charting a new direction while at the same time returning her to her musical roots. “It’s the first time I’ve produced my own album since I was a kid,” says Pidgeon, a veteran recording artist who co-produced Blue Dress On with guitarist Tim Young. “I reached a point where I felt I had to take my singing more seriously and really make a 100% commitment to it, instead of saying this is something I do that’s not acting,” Pidgeon, said at the time. “I finally said to myself, ‘I am a singer.’” Prior to Blue Dress On, Pidgeon’s 2012 album Slingshot garnered a Grammy nomination and had her performing at Farm Aid alongside Neil Young, Dave Matthews, Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp and headlining the Wine, Women & Song Concert Series. In the past year, Rebecca has toured with noted artists Marc Cohn and Keb Mo and shared the stage with Aimee Mann, Madeleine Peyroux, Stephen Kellogg ,Rusted Root and Jeffrey Gaines, to name a few. Pidgeon continues to juggle her musical and extremely successful acting careers. She has been featured in several films including “Red,” alongside Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman and most recently appeared in the 2013 Emmy nominated HBO biopic Phil Spector alongside Al Pacino and Helen Mirren. The film featured Rebecca’s version of the Spector penned “Spanish Harlem” . It was a rare instance where Pidgeon, a Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts graduate, was able to showcase both aspects of her art—though for the time being her focus is back on her music.