About Me
A Bit About Me
I have been writing songs and gigging/recording in my own name for 10 years but before this I worked for 15 years as a session singer and backing vocalist during which time I gigged across Europe with The Sirens Band and did live Radio 2 sessions with Brian May.
I have got 3 children and when they were small I was working from home as a script writer for theatre companies and doing function gigs in the evening -
so writing by day, singing by night and it was from this the two things merged and I started to write songs.
My songs are a positive take on life, love, loss friendship and family.
My first EP - 'An Idiots Guide to Love' was recorded in Nashville, produced by Grammy Winning Bob Britt and featured a group of top Nashville players. It was released here and went straight to number 5 in the UK Country charts.
My first full album, The Friday Night Club, came out of lockdown and is named after a live facebook stream I started on Friday Nights during that strange time which went on to have nearly 2 million views across the world . The album was recorded at Polyphonic Studios in Gloucestershire, produced by my lovely friend Lukas Drinkwater and released by Absolute (Sony Universal ) .
I am currently writing my next album and my band and I are going into Real World Studios ( Peter Gabriel) to record in late Sept.
Ten years on It turns out I have a lot to say! The challenge of being a songwriter is learning how to say what you need in a way that connects with your audience - I will be working on this skill forever, but so far I have been taught by some of the best, Gretchen Peters, Chris Difford, Mark Cawley, Mike Reid, Paddy Byrne and Rob Davies.
Over my years in the world of music I have laughed and cried, been treated like a Queen and a nobody, warmed up in fancy dressing rooms and public toilets, I have gone down a storm and totally bombed, Its been a rollercoaster!
I am currently gigging around the UK with my wonderful band Andy Evans, Roger Nunn, John Brooker and Harry Whitty - come and find me x
Releases
The Friday Night Club
Is my new album to be released in March - it is a tribute to a live facebook stream I started during lockdown at 6:30pm every Friday. This began as all gigs stopped, I needed to play, I had new songs I wanted people to hear and, at the time it was the only way to keep going - what I was not prepared for was how The Friday Night Club, which ran for 25 consecutive weeks, would become a community of people who
just wanted to meet up, albeit on a screen. At a very strange, often lonely time for people trying to fill time in the best way possible, The Friday Night Club became somewhere for us all to be on a Friday Night.
The Friday Night Club stream went on to have nearly 2 million views on facebook
The album has been recorded at Polyphonic Studios with the brilliant Lukas Drinkwater and a host of fantastic musicians.
I have recently signed a 3 year distribution deal with Absolute and I am very excited to see where this album goes.
Professional Experience
Songs Up For Grabs
Over the last few years I have co-written with many great writers and artists including; Rob Davis, Martin Sutton, Kal Lavelle, Gracie Falls, Roger Askew and Hattie Murdoch. As a result of these sessions I have an ever growing collection of great songs demoed and ready to be taken on by other artists.
If you are interested in hearing some of these please feel free to get in touch.
Hop Sessions
My last Ep - An Idiots Guide to Love, was recorded in I also run the Hop Sessions at The Hopyard in Forest Row - a great fun night in a wonderful venue for singer / songwriters to showcase their talents on the last Thursday of each month. Come and check it out!
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