Kate Walsh – Tim’s House (Blueberry Pie)

This singer/songwriter is new to the pages of RC but has every right to be in our round-up this month. She recorded her album at a friend’s house for just a few quid, distributed it on iTunes and – after just a few weeks – managed to sell almost 10,000 copies, hitting number one on iTunes’ download chart. People first heard about her when the site gave one of her tracks Single Of The Week status. As Oliver Schusser, director of iTunes Europe says of her resulting sales “This is an incredible achievement when you consider Kate Walsh is unsigned and still outsold several major international artists.”