Heather Findlay

British singer, songwriter, illustrator, author, and founder of Black Sand Records (2). Born 7 March 1977 (Bessacarr, UK).
At the age of 18, Findlay was studying art at college and started performing her own small gigs around York. Following one such gig, 19-year-old Findlay was asked to join up and coming rock band Mostly Autumn. She left 13 years, in 2010, to launch a solo career.
Her first task was to write and sing for an experimental dubstep project called Maidu, with producer Bob Bradley. Since then, she has performed guest vocals with Ritchie Blackmore, Jethro Tull, Fish, John Wetton, Uriah Heep, Shed Seven, Iona, Troy Donockley, and with Marillion’s Steve Hogarth as a guest singer on Lonely Robot. With Ayreon, Findlay has sung live and in the studio alongside James LaBrie of Dream Theater; Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt, Irene Jansen and Anneke Van Giersbergen of VUUR and UK rock band Thunder.
In 2015, Findlay teamed up with Dave Kerzner and David Kilminster to form Mantra Vega, a transatlantic progressive rock project.
The following year she released the Winter-themed anthology album "I Am Snow" with her own band.
In 2018, Findlay released her first live album/DVD with her semi-acoustic Heather Findlay Trio project entitled "Aces & Eights - A Night In The Saloon Bar".
In 2019, Findlay released the solo studio album entitled "Wild White Horses". The album was recorded at Rockfield Studios and was produced by Luke Morley, who also co-wrote some of the material with Findlay. "Live White Horses" followed in 2020.
In January 2022, Findlay's duo project with Angela Gordon, "Odin Dragonfly", was released.
In January 2024, Findlay announced the co-founding of brand new band project, The Bee Tellers, with long time collaborator Simon Snaize,
Her love of Art has never left her and she has contributed work that has featured as album covers, notably for Mostly Autumn’s "The Last Bright Light", but Ritchie Blackmore also used one of her creations on the Blackmore’s Night album "Fires At Midnight".