“Her music is full of grit and grace" - UK Country Music Radio

"you can tell she is a songwriter and a poet" Bronwen Lewis, The Country Show, BBC Radio Wales

Award Winning, Radio BBC Wales A-List, singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Pontypool in South Wales, Rebecca Richards writes songs that are instantly relatable to the everyday.  Her love of music is heavily steeped in country, infused with dashes of blues with a sprinkling of folk.

Rebecca’s South Wales roots had a profound impact on her musicality and storytelling. Growing up in in the valleys where “music was everywhere” she learned to play musical instruments from the age of seven, sang regularly with her family, was a regular performer on her school stage, played in orchestras and sang with local rock bands in her teens / early 20s.  The family home was filled with country music  which instilled in her a passion for storytelling and the wide spectrum of the genre.

However, Rebecca’s professional music career only commenced after joining an online song writing forum Talent is Timeless for over 50s in December 2021, winning their monthly songwriting competitions on multiple occasions and accidentally (!) signing up to release her single "Unluckiest of Hearts" with a launch at The Camden Club, London in October 2022 and hasn’t looked back since. Having released an EP and several singles  gaining worldwide radio play and played live in multiple venues and festivals across South Wales, Rebecca won the Love Live Music Awards Country / Folk category in June 2025 and acquired BBC Radio Wales A-list status in July 2025 with her track Amber.

In October 2025, Rebecca was selected by Talent is Timeless founder Saskia Griffiths-Moore, informed by surprise visit to her hometown in Pontypool, to feature in a TV series being created about its members. For this, Rebecca was flown to Nashville in November for three days of filming including to recording the series theme tune at the legendary Ocean Way studios . As part of her trip she cowrote with Jenn Bostic and performed live at venues in Nashville. This was all in preparation for a headline country music showcase held in London in March 2026 at The Camden Club - back where it all began - with support from multi-platimum songwriter Jeff Cohen and Lauren Housely and the Northern Cowboys.

Rebecca says “ I just say yes to everything to see where it leads me and so far it has led me to some pretty exciting opportunities, but in the end its all about the music and connection with audiences which is my favourite part of music creation.”

Rebecca is living proof that it is never to late to live your dream.

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