When folk singer and songwriter Billie Marten turned 21, she had already been a
recording artist of a third of her life. Born Isabella Sophie Tweddle on May 27,
1999 in Ripon, England, Martin showed a precocious interest in music. Before she
was ten, she regularly posted videos of herself playing guitar and singing
covers, and she also started writing her own songs, inspired by artists like
Joni Mitchell and Damien Rice. After some viral success, she released her debut
single, “Ribbon”, in 2014. The song captured her folky, sensitive, emotional
vibe, and became the title track fo...