In February this year, 24 year old singer/songwriter Sandi Thom set up a webcam in her South London flat and staged a three week world tour from the basement. Part of a new breed of internet-made acts that include the Arctic Monkeys, Gnarls Barkley and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Sandi spread the word about the �21 Nights from Tooting� tour via Myspace.com and her own site, inviting fans to watch the tour live on the web or in person at the very modest underground venue of her basement (byob and a sleeping bag). Pulling in an audience of 70 on the first night, news of the gigs spread like wildfire on the internet and by the end of the �tour� she had 70,000 web viewers from as far a field as Russia, the USA and Pakistan.

A month later she signed to RCA Label Group. Her debut album �Smile� It Confuses People� is due to be released on June 12th, proceeded by her single �I Wish I was a Punk Rocker� which will be released on May 22nd.

A track which Sandi recorded the same afternoon as her new single, I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker. Soul Mining is a beautiful live track which you can download for free by simply signing up to her mailing list.