Scottish singer-songwriter Natalie Clark, who has reaped plaudits from Richard Branson and BBC Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw, launched her self-released debut EP, Eagles, in Scotland before heading stateside. Recently selected as a KTLA Mercedes Benz "Artist to Watch" she was handpicked to open for the Grammy award winning Indigo Girls tour and has been recording in L.A. when not busy touring the US. Natalie was recently featured on Season 10 of NBC's T.V. show, The Voice, where Christina Aguilera sang praises of her "cool, powerful voice" and Blake Shelton referred to her verses as "incredible."

After giving up her teaching career in the U.K. to pursue her dream of writing and playing music, the rising soul-pop artist made headlines in the U.K. when Branson invited her to sing on-stage at a BBC Radio 1 Academy session in Glasgow. Clark accepted his impromptu challenge, and sang 'Weakness', from her debut EP. It prompted Branson to proclaim: “That was absolutely and utterly stunning – no backing band, no musicians, no forewarning.” He later called her “inspiring”. Grimshaw, who was hosting the BBC Radio 1 Academy event, played ‘Weakness’ and further sang Clark's praises on his BBC Radio 1 show the following day.

Following this, Branson wrote an article about Natalie's story on Virgin.com: 

http://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/how-to-turn-fear-into-opportunity

“Natalie certainly has a bright future”

-- Richard Branson 

“Amazing” 

- Nick Grimshaw, BBC Radio 1 

"A soulful voice that could stop traffic." 

- KTLA

"Natalie Clark is invading America."

- The Source Weekly

"Cool, powerful voice."

- Christina Aguilera