Artist Biography

Delilah Rose was born Brooke Kennedy in June 1994, in Kinghorn, a small town in Fife, Scotland. From a young age she loved music, finding inspiration from her parents’ collection of Cher, Dido and the Beatles but found her true passion listening to Bikini Kill, Arcade Fire and Kate Nash. When she was five she began to learn piano, and had mastered it by the age of ten. After being taught guitar at primary school, Kennedy taught herself how to play her mother’s harp. From the age of six Kennedy performed to her family when they came to dinner every Sunday. After two years Brooke began to perform self-written songs to her oblivious audience, who were used to her different music taste and supposed they were covers.

When she was sixteen, Kennedy started her first job as a waitress in the local pub. After a band pulled out of a small gig while she was working, a nervous Brooke performed to a large audience for the first time, and became a very popular regular over the next year. Despite her amazing tone, a new boss was not thrilled with her indie rock style which attracted a very niche audience, and asked her to perform more mainstream music. Brooke refused and lost her job.

When she was seventeen Kennedy started gigging under the stage name Delilah, but soon changed it to Delilah Rose after confusion with the pop artist of the same name. Delilah was the name of her grandmother who passed away when she was nine, and Rose was her childhood imaginary friend. Even though she thoroughly enjoyed performing, Kennedy was predominantly singing to earn money for university. Weeks before she was due to start studying History of Art in Glasgow, Kennedy was discovered by a talent scout while busking on the beach. After never considering a professional career in music, Kennedy struggled with the decision, but ultimately realised that she would love to be a singer.

She is being interviewed by the magazine in order to promote her music as a new artist and gain a larger fan base.