Sophie Alloway is in demand on the London jazz scene where she has played with the likes of Jason Rebello, Mornington Lockett, Yazz Ahmed, Laurence Cottle, George Melly, Guthrie Govan, Shez Raja, Vimala Rowe, Geoff Eales, Nigel Price, Tony Allen, Wild Card, Tony Kofi, Jay Rayner, US actor/comedian Jason Kravits, among many others. She played for Prince Charles in Buckingham Palace shortly before he became King.

She has toured with rapper Roots Manuva, pop singer Gala, Blue Note pianist Chihiro Yamanaka, and the Michael Jackson musical ’Thriller’. As a session drummer she has recorded at top studios including Abbey Road, AIR and Angel.

At the rockier end she plays with Paul Stacey (Oasis/The Black Crowes) and John Hogg (Roger Daltrey), and backs soulful singers including Leee John (Imagination), Kenny Thomas and David McAlmont.

For a decade she has been the drummer in original fusion band Lydian Collective, with over six million Spotify streams and more than two million YouTube views.
TV credits include Later with Jools Holland, Glastonbury, the MTV Video Music Awards, Mercury Music Prize, a Sky advert, Gareth Malone’s Christmas specials, BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year, and all episodes across two series of Adrian Dunbar’s ITV/PBS drama ‘Ridley’. 

Sophie’s featured tracks on ‘Abbey Road Masters: The Drum Sessions’ have been used on radio and TV across the world.