2022 Solo Gigs

I’m playing a few London gigs throughout 2022 with my solo loop project.

  • Thur 14th April – Oval Tavern, Croydon – with Dave Sears Band and John O’Reilly
  • Sat 16th April – Escape Bar, Dalston – with Of Kings and Captains
  • Sun 29th May – Progressive Arts Collective Open Mic (featured set) – Ram Jam Records, Kingston (raising money for Mind – mental health awareness)
  • Sat 2nd July – Belgian Brasserie, Merton Abbey Mills, Colliers Wood – with Sarah Dearlove
  • Fri 19th August – Belgian Brasserie, Merton Abbey Mills, Colliers Wood – with Luke Godwin
  • Fri 16th September – Bread & Roses, Clapham – with Yaz
  • Thur 6th October – Oval Tavern, Croydon – with Tom Johnson
  • Friday 11th November – Brasserie Vonne, Balham – live set & DJ set (with live looping)
Oval Tavern Gig Poster

Hollie Lucia single releases

Had the pleasure of producing a couple of tracks for my friend Hollie a few years ago. She has just released these songs along with some new material. Really unique songwriting. We don’t hear enough whistling in tracks anymore do we?

You can download/stream ‘Bunny Bunny’ and ‘Scales, Weights’ from iTunes, Spotify etc, or listen below now.

Spring Tour With The Ark!

This May we will be doing a short tour of the UK, playing a selection of songs from Alessi’s current album ‘Love Is The Currency’ and the best from the previous albums.

It will be fun to play with such talented musicians and as a five piece band, it will be the largest version the ‘Ark’ there has been for a long time.

The London show will be at the Servant Jazz Quarters in Dalston, and will feature the excellent Pollyanna Valentine as the support act.

Ticket details can be found here.

New Alessi’s Ark album and shows

Alessi’s new album ‘Love Is The Currency’ is out on 27th October on Zooey Records. We’ll be playing a number of shows that week to promote the album, and a full UK tour is planned for Spring 2018.

I’ll be playing the following shows with Alessi:

23rd Oct – Birmingham, Sunflower Lounge
24th Oct – Margate, Tom Thumb Theatre
25th Oct – London, Paper Dress Vintage
27th Oct – London, Rough Trade West (free instore gig & signing)
9th Nov – BBC Radio London session (12-1pm)
11th Nov – Nottingham, Rough Trade (free instore gig & signing)
25th Nov – Leeds, High & Lonesome Festival
9th Dec – Isle of Wight, Ventnor
24th Jan – Glasgow, Hug & Pint

Guitar Concert Highlights

Thoroughly enjoyed watching (and taking part!) in the annual guitar concert for all my younger pupils. With two of my pupils going on to study at ACM (Academy of Contemporary Music) in Guildford there was plenty of talent on show. It was clear to see the progression of all those that performed last year, and particular congratulations should go to all those performing onstage for the first time.

UK tour supporting Jenny Lewis

10620592_10150431467739946_162055812174695403_nDelighted to say that I’ll be heading out with Alessi’s Ark again, playing on a short UK tour supporting Jenny Lewis.

Jenny is a American singer-songwriter who used to be on vocal duties for the much-loved band Rilo Kiley, so I’m very excited about going on tour with her.

You can find the links to tickets here, and list of dates are:

London – Islington Assembly Hall (5th Sept)
Bristol – The Lantern (6th Sept)
London – Islington Assembly Hall (11th Sept)
Manchester – The Ritz (12th Sept)
Birmingham – The Library (13th Sept)
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Autumn Touring with Alessi’s Ark

Very happy to be heading out on a couple more tours with Alessi’s Ark, this time as support to a couple of great bands.

First up this week is a European tour with cult American folk rock band Mountain Goats. List of cities is absolutely fantastic, but going to be a lot of driving to do!

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Then next up in November/December we’re playing with a band who I’ve loved since I first heard the beautiful ‘Last of the Melting Snow’. As part of the tour, we’re playing Shepherds Bush Empire which I always give as an answer when asked my favourite venue to see live music. A dream to finally play there, as well as Union Chapel! Please do come along. That means just still have to play Pyramid Stage and Later with Jools and I’ll die happy…

October Tour with Mountain Goats:
7 – St. Georges, Bristol, UK
8 – Union Chapel, London, UK
9 – Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
10 – Arches, Glasgow, Scotland
12 – Handelsbeurs, Gent, Belgium
13 – People’s Place, Amsterdam, Netherlands
14 – Luxor, Cologne, Germany
16 – La Gaite Lyrique, Paris, France
17 – La Connexion Live, Toulouse, France
18 – Teatre Conde Duque, Madrid, Spain
19 – Caprichos de Apolo, Barcelona, Spain
20 – Casa Cultural Lugaritz, San Sebastian, Spain

Details and tickets links at www.alessisark.com/#livepage