I am currently in the Lake District for a few days before Christmas to enjoy some much-needed family time and walking in the fresh air. I wanted to just say a huge thank you for all your support this year! If you’d like to download some Christmas songs by me you can head over to my Handmade Music Club HERE or…
I am excited to be heading into Coventry University on 22nd September 2022 to talk to the 3rd Year songwriting students about my approach to songwriting and my musical career. I will be sharing some of my songwriting processes and also playing the students some of my songs. If you are interested in a talk about songwriting do get in…
I will be playing on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire Stage at Godiva Festival 2022. I will be opening the stage on the Saturday with some of my new songs and also trying out some of the electronic noises and beats I have been experimenting with. You can find out more on the Godiva Festival website.
I have finished the 6 songs for the songwriting project I have been working on with Coventry City of Culture and Good Neighbours called Back in the Day! Here is a little preview of one of the songs, ‘In the Morning Light’. This song is inspired by an incredible lady who grew up in Jamaica and fondly remembers sitting under…
I have some very exciting news! The tickets for my City of Culture 2021 / 2022 songwriting project are now live, you can buy them HERE for £5.00. On Monday 30th May, at The Welcome Centre in Coventry, I will be sharing the songs I have been writing for my Community Connectors project with City of Culture and Good Neighbours.…
A last minute support! I am going to be opening for the legendary Chris Difford (from Squeeze) at Temperance in Leamington Spa on 5th April. This gig is already sold out and I am very excited to be playing at this gorgeous venue again! I will be playing a 30 minute opening slot and can’t wait to be back on…
The Community Connectors Project with Coventry City of Culture 2021 has been receiving some great press. The projects from the connectors are really varied and interesting so do take a look at them all. It is great being part of the brilliant team! We are all receiving training alongside our projects which is ranging from budget and project management to…
I am excited to have been selected as part of the second cohort in the Community Connectors programme by Coventry City of Culture 2021, supported by the National Lottery and 64 Million Artists. Alongside nine other community creatives, I will be running my own creative project and receiving training. My project is with Good Neighbours who support isolated and lonely…
I have been interviewed by Ko-Fi all about my Handmade Music Club and how I started writing songs. It was great to chat about my musical influences, how I go about writing songs and why I chose to use Ko-fi as a way of supporting my music. You can read the whole interview on their website HERE. There is even a…
I have recently been working with another Coventry City of Culture 2021 project. Reform the Norm – The Story of Us, a project working with marginalised individuals, invited me to work on a song with one of the participants about her experiences of mental health. The whole project has been incredible and on Saturday 6th November 2021 it is being performed…
I have been commissioned Coventry UK City of Culture 2021 and Coventry BID to write a new song inspired by one of the artworks currently on display in the The Show Windows, a project on display around the centre of Coventry. I am one of 10 poets / songwriters / sound artists to have been commissioned. I am excited to begin working on…
I am excited that on Saturday 23rd October 2021 I will be playing my songs as part of this Poetry Celebration alongside National & Local Poets as part of Positive Images Festival 2021. Performing will be Liz Berry, Sarah Fletcher, John Bernard, Roy McFarlane, Andrea Mbarushimana, Olga Dermott Bond plus Coventry’s Poet Laureate – Emilie Lauren Jones. It will be…