My Favourite New Songwriters Are Female The above statement shouldn’t be any surprise. The world has never been short of great female songwriters. Carole King, Patti Smith, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Amy Winehouse to name but a few. Two American sisters, Patty and Mildrid J. Hill wrote “Happy Birthday To You” for goodness sake! There […]
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We’re About To Go: A Little OTT I’m very pleased to unveil my 2018 UK tour with Gavin Osborn. Plus reflections on Summer shows and new songwriting commissions. Are you ready to go a bit overboard? Straight after my Europe tour, I’ll be hitting the road in the UK with the hilarious and marvellous raconteur that is – Mr Gavin Osborn. […]
Proudly Presenting: The Grand Tour I’m thrilled to announce my first European tour A big support gig for BBC talent Praise from Will Ferrell’s Funny Or Die The Grand Tour (Not The Car Show) – First Gigs Abroad Known traditionally as a rite of passage through Europe, ‘The Grand Tour’ is my first string of gigs outside the UK. […]
“I don’t know the players I don’t know the clubs But I’m wrecking the bar if we lose!…” Everybody’s seen those part-time football hooligans, who lurch out of the woodwork every four years. You’d better get ready for some angry nonsense; because these lads are about to take things a bit too far! I’ve re-written my song ‘Wrecking […]
5 Of The Best Acoustic Festivals In The UK So you like acoustic festivals? This is a list of five of the best acoustic festivals in England and the UK. And I’m not going to tell you that the best acoustic music in the UK can be found at Glastonbury Festival or The Isle of […]
The Moment Is Here At Last… I’m ridiculously excited to finally unveil my first ever live album and DVD ‘Is He Joking? (Live)’. Producing this piece of work virtually took over my 2017 and I’m really proud of the outcome. It’s both a collection of my best songs and an exploratory dive into the potential of a one-man show. It’ll be officially released on 27th April […]
Walk on girls, American football and cars in space…It’s just another week in the news! Unlike the excellent photoshop skills in the picture above might suggest, I haven’t been in to space this year…yet. No this picture compiles the recent subject choices for my trial run at a brand new video series called ‘Song In […]
5 Of The Best Acoustic Nights In The UK So you like acoustic music? Live acoustic music has always been popular in England and the rest of the UK! This ‘best of’ list compiles some of the greatest places to soak up under-the-radar and up-and-coming live music of the acoustic variety. Of course this […]
What’s worse than selling out? Selling out twice… December Newsletter: I’m delighted to reveal (bring back) the brand new (year old) music video and single ‘Selling Out For Christmas’. I’ve been looking forward to this re-release to get myself in the festive mood. Ready for the chorus? – “Christmas time! So say goodbye to my intergrity” […]
We’re home again. My national tour with Thom Morecroft concluded in Manchester The Long Way Home Tour is complete. We started in London on 20th October at The Slaughtered Lamb, Clerkenwell and played our last show on 26th November at The Castle Hotel in Manchester. Popping in to Newcastle, York, Leeds, Sheffield, Market Drayton and […]