dilettante
art-pop from Northern England
a b o u t d i l e t t a n t e
Dilettante is the brain-child of multi-instrumentalist and longtime
BC Camplight member Francesca Pidgeon. Live shows are a genre-phobic loop-fest, featuring everything from fuzzy guitar licks to 5-part saxophone harmonies.
They have sold out headline shows in Manchester, Leeds, Halifax, London, Hull and Liverpool. They have supported the likes of Self Esteem, Caribou, Graham Coxon (Blur) and Philip Selway (Radiohead) plus festival appearances at Kendal
Calling, Live at Leeds, Manchester Jazz Festival, Focus Wales
and The Great Escape.
Dilettante’s debut album 'Tantrum’ was released in October
2022 and she was recently granted the prestigious Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists. She has begun scoring for filming, winning a nomination for best composer at Underwire Film Festival. The live band currrently consists of Francesca, alongside Aaron Collins-Wood (bass) Jack Mee (drums) Katie Pham (guitar/synth/vocals/percussion) Caitlin Laing-McEvoy (sax/synth/vocals) and Robin Koob (violin/synth/vocals) in various formations.
For fans of St Vincent, Kate Bush, Fiona Apple, tUnE-yArDs, Radiohead, Grizzly Bear, Dirty Projectors, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein.
If you'd like to support Dilettante you can find her Patreon here!
'Tantrum' (Dilettante's debut album) is available on all major streaming services here.
New releases can always be found here.