I am thrilled to announce that The Ties That Bound Us Close has been released. This is the 25th song I’ve released and as before it’s one I wrote, played all the instruments, sang all the voices before handing it over to my exceptional producer/mixer Jermaine Nelson-Williams, who as always has done a brilliant job […]

Joan Armatrading is, quite simply, a supreme songwriter and massively talented artist. If you can write and preform songs like Love And Affection, Somebody Who Loves Me and All The Way From America then you should be recognised widely for the genius you are. So imagine how silly I felt when I saw The Shouted […]

This time next week my new single will have been released and be available on streaming services throughout the world. Called The Ties That Bound Us Close it will be the 25th song I’ve released. As usual I wrote the song, played all the instruments, sang all the voices and then handed it over to […]

Having recently got the bug of buying vinyl records again my latest purchase is People by Hothouse Flowers. Released in 1987 People was the first album by Hothouse Flowers and is probably the best debut album ever. It is a stunning body of work and quite rightly catapulted Hothouse Flowers into the mainstream helped in […]

My new single is scheduled for release at midnight UK time on Friday 20th September. There will be much more info about the song nearer the release date, meanwhile here’s a glimpse of the artwork. This song will be my 25th release. As usual I composed all the music and lyrics, played all the instruments […]

Facebook are at it again, this time they’ve decided to take my account down. No reason why, no questions asked, they’ve just removed it. Just like that. If they had crashed into my life with jackboots and brown shirts they couldn’t have acted more like the Nazi party. Facebook is the company that allows bigots, […]