Roo Panes
Birth nameAndrew Panes
Birth date8 June 1988 (age 38)
Birth placeWimborne, Dorset, England
GenreFolk
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Instrument12 strings guitar
Years active2012–present
LabelCRC Music Group Ltd
Websiteroopanes.uk

Andrew "Roo" Panes (born 8 June 1988) is an English folk singer-songwriter and model. He has released three EPs: Once (2012), Weight of Your World (2012), and Land of the Living (2013). His début LP Little Giant was released in Autumn 2014, with the leading single "Tiger Striped Sky" previously released on 23 June 2014. His follow-up album Paperweights came in 2016. His third album Quiet Man arrived in 2018, with a deluxe edition released in the following year. His latest studio album was released on 24 March 2023 with the vinyl record becoming available on 5 May 2023.[1] Panes plays a 12-string acoustic guitar. Introspective lyrics and a band of string-players contribute to a genre of classical folk music.[2]

Panes gained a wide audience in 2012 after participating in a campaign for Burberry as he joined actress Gabriella Wilde as Burberry label's new campaign star.[3] The contract also included recording music for Burberry Acoustic and modelling.

Background

Panes comes from a musical background. His grandmother was a classical pianist, and his mother studied performing arts at Guildhall School of Music and Drama and then worked in theatre.[4] His twin sister is a photographer, and his older sister is an illustrator who has developed and designed the artwork for all of his albums.[5]

His 2012 song “Know Me Well”--released with the Little Giant album (2014)--was used over the end credits of the Christmas special of the BBC comedy series Cuckoo (the final episode of Series 2).

Panes received the nickname 'Roo' after falling into a river as a child. It was also an homage to a Winnie-the-Pooh character who met a similar fate while playing a game called Poohsticks.

Studio albums

YearTitleTrack listing
2014Little Giant
  1. "Know Me Well"
  2. "Indigo Home"
  3. "Little Giant"
  4. "Deeper Than Shallow"
  5. "Once"
  6. "Tiger Striped Sky"
  7. "Home from Home"
  8. "Different Child"
  9. "Sing for the Wind"
  10. "Hands"
  11. "How Long"
  12. "Ran Before the Storm"
YearTitleTrack listing
2016Paperweights
  1. "Stay with Me"
  2. "Corner of My Eye"
  3. "The Original"
  4. "Lullaby Love"
  5. "Paperweights"
  6. "Water Over Fire"
  7. "Vanished into Everything"
  8. "I Was Here"
  9. "Summer Thunder"
  10. "Where I Want to Go"

Hidden track: "Awoken"

YearTitleTrack listing
2018Quiet Man
  1. "A Message to Myself"
  2. "My Sweet Refuge"
  3. "Sketches of Summer"
  4. "Ophelia"
  5. "A Year in a Garden"
  6. "My Narrow Road"
  7. "A Gift to You"
  8. "Cub"
  9. "Quiet Man"
  10. "Warrior"
  11. "Peace Be with You"
YearTitleTrack listing
2019Quiet Man (Deluxe Edition)
  1. "A Message to Myself"
  2. "My Sweet Refuge"
  3. "Sketches of Summer"
  4. "Ophelia"
  5. "A Year in a Garden"
  6. "My Narrow Road"
  7. "A Gift to You"
  8. "Cub"
  9. "Quiet Man"
  10. "Warrior"
  11. "Soldier Of Hope"
  12. "Commentator"
  13. "Thinking Of Japan"
  14. "All These Walking Thoughts"
  15. "Little Giant - Live At Shepherd's Bush Empire"
  16. "Corner Of My Eye - Live At Shepherd's Bush Empire"
  17. "A Year In A Garden - Live At Shepherd's Bush Empire"
  18. "Ophelia - Live At Shepherd's Bush Empire"
  19. "My Narrow Road - Live At Shepherd's Bush Empire"
  20. "Quiet Man - Live At Shepherd's Bush Empire"
  21. "Cub - Live At Shepherd's Bush Empire"
YearTitleTrack listing
2023The Summer Isles
  1. "A Handful of Summer"
  2. "The Summer Isles (Sunrise)"
  3. "Fairy Falls"
  4. "I Just Love You"
  5. "Our Time"
  6. "Suburban Pines"
  7. "Samalaman Bay"
  8. "Notes from a Holiday"
  9. "Arcadia"
  10. "Letter to the Boy"
  11. "Childhood"
  12. "Let It Be a Long Time"
  13. "Leave That Light On"
  14. "Remember Fall In Montreal"
  15. "The Summer Isles (Sundown)"

EP

YearTitleTrack listing
2012Once
  1. "I'll Move Mountains"
  2. "Different Child"
  3. "Once"
  4. "Mistral"
2012Weight of Your World
  1. "Know Me Well"
  2. "Weight of Your World"
  3. "Sing for the Wind"
2013Land of the Living
  1. "Glory Days"
  2. "Little Giant"
  3. "Home from Home"
  4. "Land of the Living"
  5. "Silver Moon"
2020Pacific
  1. "Listen To The One Who Loves You"
  2. "Pacific"
  3. "Colour In Your Heart"
  4. "The Sun Will Rise Over The Year"
  5. "There's A Place"
2022Nightjar and the Nightingale
  1. "Nightjar And The Nightingale"
  2. "Childhood"
  3. "I Just Love You"
  4. "Daydreamer"
  5. "Remember Fall In Montreal"
  6. "Big Wide World"

Singles

YearSongAlbum
2011"I'll Move Mountains"Once (EP)
2012"Silver Moon"Land of the Living (EP)
2012"Know Me Well"Little Giant
2013"Open Road"Weight of Your World (EP)
2013"Home From Home"Little Giant
2014"Tiger Striped Sky"Little Giant
2016"Where I Want To Go"Paperweights
2016"Stay With Me"Paperweights
2016"Lullaby Love"Paperweights
2017"Soldier of Hope"
2017"A Message To Myself"[6]Quiet Man
2018"My Sweet Refuge"Quiet Man
2018"Sketches of Summer"Quiet Man
2018"Ophelia"Quiet Man
2019"Warrior"Quiet Man

Videography

  • 2011: "I'll Move Mountains"
  • 2012: "Silver Moon"
  • 2012: "Know Me Well"
  • 2013: "Open Road"
  • 2013: "Home From Home"
  • 2014: "Tiger Striped Sky"
  • 2016: "Where I Want To Go"
  • 2016: "Stay With Me"
  • 2016: "Lullaby Love"
  • 2017: "A Message to Myself"
  • 2018: "My Sweet Refuge"
  • 2018: "Sketches of Summer"
  • 2018: "Ophelia"
  • 2019: "Warrior"
  • 2021: "I Just Love You"

References

  1. ^ Panes, Roo (24 March 2023), "Roo Panes - The Summer Isles. Roo Panes.", retrieved 2023-04-02
  2. ^ "Roo Panes in Session, Jo Whiley – BBC Radio 2". BBC. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Meet Roo". British Vogue. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. ^ Guest Blog | Roo Panes on his musical upbringing For Folk's Sake. 23 March 2015
  5. ^ Roo Panes jumps at the chance to tour Australia Scenestr. 4 March 2017
  6. ^ Listen: Roo Panes – 'A Message To Myself' Clash. 20 October 2017