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.

Sound Vibrations production with Miri


Very proud to have been one of the producers on Miri’s Sound Vibrations EP.

The project was recorded with four different producers creating a song each with Miri. We wrote the title track together a few years ago, and was nice to finally get to record it properly. It features the beautiful string sounds of Alex Priest and Jenny Cheung, and I’m playing the other instruments. Find out more about Miri, or purchase the CD here.

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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