Steph Fraser

[2] Fraser has toured extensively in the UK and Canada including 2007 performances at the BBC Radio 2 Blackpool Illuminations Switch On Event, where she played in front of 19,000 people and shared the bill with McFly, Natalie Imbruglia and Natasha Bedingfield.

[3] In March 2008, she was invited to perform at Canadian Music Week at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto.

The recordings, which were overseen by Canadian producer Dan Achen resulted in her first EP "Purple Sun" being released in May the same year.

One of the panel members was Sam Leach the former Beatles mentor and promoter who said that Fraser was heading for the big time and that he could "listen to her all night".

Fraser parted company with collaborator Stephen Ladley in 2008, and began working with young musician Phil Simpson.