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About Debbie
Debbie Sanders
Storyteller & Songwriter
Debbie was born in Catford, South East London and grew up in Bromley.
In her early teens and twenties Debbie had a musical career touring and recording, as well as working as a session singer.
At the age of 30 she had her first child, Stanley, and decided that touring with bands no longer suited her lifestyle. When Stan started school, it emerged that he was experiencing some racist remarks from some of the children. Debbie shared her concerns with her close friend Jan Blake, a world-renowned storyteller, who encouraged her to begin storytelling sessions at the school. Jan introduced her to a rich collection of Afro-Caribbean stories, and after witnessing their powerful impact on the children, Debbie became convinced of the transformative power of storytelling.
As she went on to have two daughters and continued her storytelling work, Debbie felt inspired to write her own children’s songs. She taught herself music software and began recording, and began collaborating with a number of talented musicians and producer friends.
Over time, she has built an extensive catalogue of original songs.​
Performing with Matty Skylab at Camp Bestival
It has been one of Debbie's greatest joys to be introduced to Oren Marshall, world renowned Tuba player and multi-instrumentalist, who runs 'Jazz for Toddlers' classes for families with babies and young children in the community. Debbie joined forces and added her storytelling to the mix, the classes were hugely successful, and led to them producing an album 'Belly of the Whale' which was full of the stories and songs shared in these classes.
Classes in the Community
Books
Inspired to create children's books and create animations based on the character from her musical stories and songs, Debbie asked her father Peter Sanders, a retired commercial artists, to start working with her on developing the songs characters such as Jazz Cat, Teddy Bear and many more.
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Performing
Debbie still enjoys performing with various artists including her brother Mark Sanders's outfit Staggerlee Wonders. Alongside Mark, she has also performed with Saxophonist and composer Rachael Musson at Cheltenham Jazz Festival the for radio 3's Jazz Now, and at Cafe Oto, on Rachael's composition 'I went This Way'.
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