2 More Shows have been added to the schedule in the last week to take place over the next few days.
Both will be acoustic shows involving Piano and guitar.
One will be taking place tomorrow in Falmouth and the other in the neighbouring town of Penryn.
This takes the total of remaining concerts in the county to 4 including 2 electric shows in Penzance and Helston.
It give me great pleasure to be returning to perform in London in Early August. I will be performing as a part of the Unity Festival on a stage organised by the good people at Impact. I will also be performing as a member of the band ‘The Impact’ which is a group performing original music written by adults with learning difficulties. The Impact have just released their debut album.
Music will be taking place throughout the day so please contact the number on the poster for specifics.
This Saturday sees me begin my run of shows in Cornwall.
Cornwall is one of the most beautiful parts of the UK and it has always brought me great joy to travel and perform in the county.
It’s located in the deep south west of england and is known for its beautiful landscapes and rural towns:
It is partly due to all these reasons that I have booked myself a good run of shows keeping me in the area generally for about 3 weeks.
Every single show of the Cornwall run is FREE ENTRY
I have worked with Impact randomly many times over the last decade.
When 1st asked to get involved it was in the form of playing my own music for a fund raiser. However as time went by I begun to work with the guys collaborating musically with them.
This year has seen us release not 1 but 2 albums. They have taken a while to come together but it gives me great pride to say all tracks on both albums are totally original compositions.
We first starting working together more creatively in 2015 on the show ‘I Shot the Sheriff’ When Myself and Sam Willoughby put together the band in order to write music for the Reggae Western.
Aside from covering some obligatory Bob Marley we also came up with a few of our own numbers.
In 2016 we began playing more public performances.
Following a successful flurry of shows through out 2016 we also worked on the music for adaptation of Shakespeare’ ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.
And so it gives me great pleasure to be able to present the Impact album to the world.
I am so proud of all the guys and gals who helped to make it what it is and especially thankful to Sam Willoughby for all his production skills.
Some songs from the album have been made into music videos also filmed and edited but members of the band.
Here is a new video for the song “Monster in the house”
The video was directed by Francis Mughan and shot by Sam Willoughby.
Also here is a new video for the song “Good Friends”.
The video was directed by Francis Mughan and shot by Sam Willoughby.
Getting a copy of the Album
The Album can be bought from the Impact Centre in Perivale west London and can maybe be ordered by post. But please phone to check if this is possible on:
IMPACT Community Arts Centre,
Ealing Central Sports Ground,
Horsenden Lane South,
Perivale UB6 8GP
Phone: 020 8997 8979
Email: info@impacttheatre.co
Another bit of a new track from a rehearsal before the tour started.
Again very much a work in progress but an example of the piano integrating with the loops.
I’ve been back on the road since of the end of April.
But before I left I decided to record one of my rehearsals.
Below is a sketch of a work in progress – Working Title is ‘Or else’.
I’m becoming a little hip hop in my old age. Yo yo yo check it out below 😉
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My tour has kicked off and thus far I have enjoyed jaunting around Essex and Kent.
But a couple of weeks or so down the track I will be returning to perform in Somerset and Avon.
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With 2 shows a month apart in the town of Frome aswell as a one of show in the wonderful city of Bristol.
An audience recording from my concert in a London Church on the current tour has surfaced online:
The Footage is most of the unreleased song ‘Here is Where it is’. At the end there are the opening bars of a song new to this tour called ‘Or Else’.
Many Thanks to Visual Artist Manuela Capraro for capturing the footage.
A Vid has surfaced on Facebook from my 1st show back on tour.
Thanks to Iain from Soslam for booking me and capturing this performance of a song from my 2008 Albums ‘The Distance from Here‘
The Tour is now fully rolling.
Check the Tour Page for where and when I will play next.
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Last week I had the pleasure of being a part of the team who put together the show ‘Hyper’ as a part of the Impact Outreach Network.
As a part of this performance and to help with the many set and costume changes involved Sam Willioughby and myself were asked to contribute some performances.
This gave me a rare chance to try out a new tune I’ve written on Piano and to make things even better I have to fortune to be joined by multi instrumentalist Sam on Drums.
Here’s a vid from our rehearsals:
Also below is a tune written by Sam with me joining him on Keys from one of the performances:
Stuart O'Connor 