Rumer

Rumer is the stage name of Sarah Joyce, a singer and songwriter from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, United States, born in 1979. She grows up in a large family and spends her early childhood in Pakistan, where her father works as chief engineer of the Tarbela Dam near Islamabad. She is the youngest of seven children, and in an environment without television or newspapers, family singing and song writing form part of everyday life.

She wins her school talent show in 1994 and later leaves school at 16 to pursue music. Her brother Rob gives her her first guitar, which she teaches herself to play. She writes the songs for her debut album, Seasons of My Soul, on that instrument.

In 2010 she releases her debut single, Slow, which is named single of the week on Radio 2. Her music is associated with soul, jazz, pop, easy listening, country, folk, pop soul, and singer-songwriter styles. She releases music on Night Owl Music.

She spends her teenage years in Carlisle at Newman School and later receives support from easy listening singer Burt Bacharach, who invites her to sing for him during a visit to California. She is also set to support Jools Holland on a UK tour, ending with a performance at the Royal Albert Hall.