MUSICIAN

Releases

'The River Is Long' - reached No#1 on the iTunes Blues Album Chart/No#20 Main UK iTunes Album Chart. 

'I Need A Dog' - reached No#1 iTunes Blues Singles Chart

'The Reunion' - reached No#1 iTunes Blues Album Chart

'The Man In The Red Hat' - reached No#1 iTunes blues Singles Chart

'(You're A) Picture On A Wall' - reached No#1 iTunes Blues Singles Chart

'Hope And Magazines' - reached No#1 iTunes Blues Singles Chart

'Renegade Heart' and 'First Picture On A Wall' EPs mastered at Abbey Road.

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EDUCATION

MA in Music Composition (Distinction)- BIMM Brighton. 

B'Mus (Hons) in Guitar - The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance in London.

Higher Diploma in Popular Music and Sound Technology - Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts.

 

TV (As Guest)

BBC's 'The One Show', BBC's 'The Stephen K Amos Talk Show', ITV 'The Royal Variety Performance', CBS' 'The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson', STV's 'Edinburgh Festival: The Big Fringe', Direct TV's 'Tacton Brighton: Live' and That's TV 'Big Interview'.

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RADIO (AS GUEST)

BBC Radio 2 'The Blues Show with Cerys Matthews', BBC Record Store Day: Headline Event, BBC Live Lounge Session, BBC Biggest Weekend, BBC Carfest for Children In Need, BBC Introducing, BBC's Sue Marchant Big Night In, BBC Radio Lancashire Blue Notes,  BBC Radio Kent, BBC Radio Oxford, BBC Radio Somerset, BBC Radio Surrey, Planet Rock: The New Rock Show with Wyatt Wendels, Planet Rock: Blues Power with Bernard Doherty, BBC Radio Sussex, BBC Radio Solent, BBC Upload, Apple's The Big UK Arts Interview, BBC 6 Music's Tom Robinson's 'Fresh on the Net' recommendation .

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NOTABLE PERFORMANCE VENUES

Royal Albert Hall, The 02 Arena for Bluesfest, Marshall MK Arena, Leeds Arena, Fratton Park Football Stadium, Murrayfield Stadium,  St Nary's Football Stadium, The Brighton Centre.

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HEADLINE VENUE MUSIC PERFORMANCES

The Half Moon in Putney, The Dublin Castle, The Pheasantry, The Borderline, The Round Tower, The 12 Bar Club, The Blues Kitchen, Ain't Nothin But The Blues Bar, The Rich Mix in Bethnal Green, Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, Ritzy Cinema in Brixton, The Forge in Camden, The Paper Dress, Nambucca, The Slaughtered Lamb in London, The Wedgewood Rooms, The Cluny in Newcastle, The Flowerpot in Derby, The REC Rooms, The 1865, The Green Note, Dingwalls, The Elephant's Head, The Iron Horse, Belushi's Hammersmith, Clapham Picturehouse, No 1 Shakespeare Street, The Brunswick in Hove, The George And Dragon, The Good Ship, Brighton Concorde,  headlined two tours of Ireland and a string of dates in Paris, France including Some Girls and Pigalles Theatre.

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UK THEATRES

Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Lyceum Theatre, Richmond Theatre, King's Theatre in Southsea, Mayflower Theatre in Southampton, Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre, Theatre Royal Brighton, RSC Swan Theatre in Stratford upon Avon, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, King's Hall in Stoke on Trent, Brighton Dome, The Orchard Theatre in Dartford, Portsmouth Guildhall, Edinburgh Corn Exchange, Ferneham Hall, The King's Lynn Corn Exchange, Cambridge Guildhall, Nuffield Theatre in Southampton, Chichester Festival Theatre, New Theatre Royal in Portsmouth, Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, The Finborough Theatre in London, New Bingley Hall in Birmingham, Forest Arts Theatre, Ripley Town Hall, The David Russell Theatre, Ashcroft Arts Centre, Jubilee Hall, The Lens Theatre.

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SUPPORT ACT ON UK NATIONAL TOURS AND CONCERT EVENTS 

Madness, Mud Morganfield (Muddy Waters Jr), Dr Feelgood, Nine Below Zero, Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band, Alvin Youngblood Hart's Muscle Theory Band, Chicken Shack, Roy Wood and his Rock n Roll Band, Albert Lee and Peter Asher, Mike Vernon, Mike Sanchez and his Band, Brave Rival, The Susan Santos Band, The Cinelli Brothers and Mike Zito.

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MUSIC FESTIVALS

BBC Biggest Weekend Festival, Isle of Wight Festival, BBC Carfest for Children In Need, BBC Music Introducing: Live, Bluesfest at the 02 Arena in London, Pizza Express Live, Headlined at Trax Donington, January Blues Festival, Camden Rocks Festival, Collide Festival at the Royal Albert Hall, Headlined at Oxjam Clapham and Oxjam Islington, Victorious Festival, Headlined at Japfest, Grillstock, The Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival, Leftfest, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Oxjam at the Bandstand, HMV: Live, Shanty Town Beer and Music Festival, Get Loud - Nordoff Robbins Music Festival, Wickham Festival, Gosport Sunset Festival, Stratford-upon Avon River Festival, Wychwood Festival, Brighton Fringe Festival, Cambridge Folk Festival, Vegan Summer Fest UK, Portsmouth Vegan Festival, The Acoustic Festival of Britain, Stowfest in East London, South East Vegan Festival, The London Acoustic Project, Lambeth Country Fayre, Brecon Fringe Festival, Ashcroft Summer Ale Festival, Main Stage at Wellowfest, Hive Aid - a music festival for Bees, Headlined at the Spirit of Summer Gin Festival, South East Vegan Festival, The Finborough Summer Festival, A Midsummer Music In The Park, Alverstoke Summer Party Festival, Bristol Vegan Fayre, TWT Awareness Festival, Dorset Art Week, Chichester Fringe Festival, Open Ya Mouth Arts Fair, Colne Blues Fringe Festival, Southampton Ukulele Jam, Beverley Folk Festival, Henley Music Festival, Brighton Blues Festival, Underbelly: London.

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TATTOO FESTIVALS

UK Tattoo Fest, Birmingham Ink And Iron Convention, Brighton Tattoo Convention, Edinburgh Tattoo Convention, Leeds Tattoo Expo, Tatcon Blackpool, Oxford Tattoo Convention, 2nd International Tattoo Convention at Cambridge, Staffordshire Tattoo Con.

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Literary Festivals

Portsmouth Book Fest, Stratford Literary Festival.

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Dramatic Writing

'How To Rescue A Nine Year Old Boy' - BBC Radio. 

'Reawakened Star' - dramatic monologue audio series. Apple.

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RADIO HOST

Host of 'A Night of the Blues' - UK Blues Award nominee.

My guests have included - 

Peter Frampton, Joan Armatrading, Robert Cray, John Lee Hooker Jr, Bobby Rush, Samantha Fish, Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson, Don McLean, Arthur Brown, Kiki Dee, Beth Hart, Bernie Marsden, Ann Peebles, Tito Jackson, Dion DiMucci, Lil Jimmy Reed, Paul Jones, Ruthie Foster, John Mayall, Larkin Poe, PP Arnold, Eric Bibb, Irma Thomas, Sonny Rollins, Elles Bailey, When Rivers Meet, Nathan East, Archie Lee Hooker, Andy Fairweather Low, Troy Redfern, Charlie Musselwhite, Suzi Quatro, Wilko Johnson, Francis Rossi, Eric Gales, Sugar Blue, Swamp Dogg, GE Smith, Chris Farlowe, Shemekia Copeland, Robin Trower, Roy Roberts, Kirk Fletcher, Kat Pearson, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Bob Stroger, Brian O'Neal of the BusBoys, Davey Johnstone, Mike vernon, Dani Wilde, Bruce Iglauer of Alligator Records, Brave Rival, Jessica Lynn, Sari Schorr, Daddy G, Catfish, Errol Linton, Gary US Bonds, John Coghlan, Marty Wilde, Will Wilde of Bad Luck Friday,  Johnny Mars, Geno Washington, William Bell, Chan Kinchla from Blues Traveler, George Freeman, Wanda Jackson, Chris Jagger, Deitra Farr, 

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JOURNALIST

Regular Interviewer and reviewer-

Blues In Britain Magazine, RnR Magazine, Harmonica World, UK Rock n Roll Magazine, Powerplay Magazine.