Rebsie was born at the beginning of 1969 in Cheltenham in the south west of England and grew up in Essex. Rebsie grew up with plenty of instruments to muck about with and took up piano and then guitar, culminating in playing a tatty old Fender bass in a school punk-metal band. Ironically her first big break was with writing rather than music.

At the age of 27 she wrote a play set in the trenches of Flanders called This Wretched Splendour. Produced at the Grace Theatre in London and at the Cheltenham Playhouse, it attracted fantastic reviews.

For most of the next decade she honed her skills in private, having not much enjoyed the experience of singing in folk clubs, until she began recording in 2004. This quickly resulted in an approach from songwriter and mandolin whizz William Shaw, and they formed a duo called Revolving Doris, blending ancient and modern instruments in a bittersweet folk-noir mix alongside William's unique narrative songwriting.

Supported by various musician friends she'd met along the way, Rebsie carried on as a solo artist and has now released her first solo album, Mind The Gap.