“I’ve not done that sort of performance in a long time but I take my voice very seriously and have a great vocal coach in London whom I go and see all the time.

“Proper rock royalty that lot, it was a thrill to be asked,” says Balsamo.

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Tracy Jones is the partner of Steve Balsamo. “But that still didn’t stop me finding myself in a recording studio with him going, ‘Mmm, that sounds great Robert, but what if you try it like this’?” he smiles. “Personally, I’ve always been more into psychic phenomena and, without being too hippy-dippy about it, usually take note of the significant events that occur in my life and see if they correlate with other things further down the line,” adds the 40-year-old. Cast of Life as BBC drama airs on television, including Susannah Fielding, Peter Davison and Victoria Hamilton, ITV provides update on I'm a Celebrity filming in locked down Welsh castle, The ITV series is set to take place at Gwrych Castle in Abergele this autumn.

“Unfortunately though Jon is battling cancer himself and isn’t well at the moment, so we’ve had to put a few things on hold,” adds Balsamo – although he later emails to say that, serendipity again perhaps, Lord had phoned him shortly after our chat to say he’s feeling much better. “Ever since then me and Jon have been writing songs, largely classical crossover numbers that we’ve thought about getting Bryn Terfel to sing, really beautiful stuff. Here the West End star-turned-rocker tells Nathan Bevan about cosmic co-incidence, performing with his childhood musical hero and giving Robert Plant singing lessons. And 2.22, 11/11/11, as he’s keen to tell me, is quite significant chain of digits in numerologist circles. Steve Balsamo was born in Swansea, his father being a chef from Venice and his mother Welsh. “Next thing I know I was part of his band and performing a show halfway up a mountain in Switzerland,” says the singer, who was first prompted to perform in his teens as a means of competing with a then-girlfriend’s crush on Jon Bon Jovi. And would he ever consider rekindling his love for the stage, having originally found such great acclaim there back in 1996? “But people’s ranges generally change over time and they tend to get lower the older you get, so I’d have to see. “It’s quite an eclectic sound, with a bit of cajun in there – a bit like that Grammy-winning bluegrass/country album Robert Plant did with Alison Krauss a while back.”.



“So when he rang me up asking if I knew anything about Appalachian mountain music I automatically found myself saying, ‘Yeah, sure’, when what I really meant was, ‘No, haven’t a clue’,” he laughs. parent of Myles Jones; Online dictionaries and encyclopedias with entries for Tracy Jones “Then again, everything starts to drop when you hit 40, so it might be nice to be told I have a lovely bottom end,” Balsamo laughs. You can unsubscribe at any time. Talking of which, I tell Balsamo that next summer my sister (who’s a big fan) is holding her wedding reception in the same Swansea hotel where I first interviewed him back in 2006. BBC drama Life: How is the new series linked to Doctor Foster? Steve Balsamo and folk singer Rosalie Deighton. Want the latest news from Swansea sent straight to your inbox? Marriage with Ted Sullivan between October 1994 and 2001 (6 years) Tracy Jones is the mother of Myles Jones.

Picture: Gu Photography, When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. He attended Dynevor School in the heart of the city and, while there, he was dismissed from the choir, being told he could not sing.

“In any case, what on Earth can I tell Robert Plant that he doesn’t already know – he’s sold a gazillion albums for God’s sake! Our.

STEVE BALSAMO is a big believer in serendipity.
STEVE BALSAMO is a big believer in serendipity. Until then though the Italian-blooded dad-of-two has got his “Celtic Americana” musical project with winsome Anglo-Dutch-Indonesian folk singer Rosalie Deighton to occupy most of his time. “Never say never, that’s my motto,” says Balsamo. The former West End star-turned-rocker recently became a dad for a second time to a bouncing baby boy born at 2.22pm on Friday, November 11.
“In fact, if I’m honest, I pinched most of his chops for my own rendition.”. And while we’re on the subject of certain ex-Led Zeppelin front men... “The Storys played at Radio Two DJ Bob Harris 60th birthday and Robert had seen us and liked our harmonies,” recalls Balsamo. “The voice is like a muscle, a tool that needs a constant workout,” he adds. Click here to find personal data about Steven Balsamo including phone numbers, addresses, directorships, electoral roll information, related property prices and other useful information.

Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. “At the moment the group’s called Balsamo/Deighton, which sounds a bit like a firm of solicitors, but I quite like that though.

There you go, spooky,” he laughs, adding that since his Elton John-approved West Coast-style rock outfit The Storys broke up a few years back he’s been gigging around the world with one of his childhood heroes – Deep Purple’s keyboard maestro Jon Lord. The former West End star-turned-rocker recently became a dad for a second time to a bouncing baby boy born at 2.22pm on Friday, November 11.