Here is another website exclusive! “All We Do Is Cry” made its live debut a couple of weeks ago, at an open mic I played near Doncaster. It seemed to go down pretty well, so it’s one to be added to the list for my solo album.

Here is a video of me playing a brand new song “It’s Not Too Late”

I uploaded a clip of this song to my instagram recently, but I decided to uploaded the full version here. A website exclusive!!!

As you may have also noticed, I’ve added recordings of 3 new songs to the site, plus listed details of upcoming solo shows I have booked. There will be more to follow over the next few weeks.

Here is my first song/video of 2025!

“The Golden Rule” has been a bit of a labour of love for me, especially the lyrical content. I’m really pleased with the way this one turned out.

Here is the lyric video for “Where Do We Belong”

This song is one of my favourites of the latest new tracks I’ve recorded. It was inspired by the Apple TV+ show Dark Matter and the idea that there are an infinite number of alternate realities out there, each one featuring a slightly different version of our lives.

I’m pleased to report that the video for “A Promise” has hit 1000 views on my YouTube channel. Pretty minuscule numbers for the great mega streamers of the world, but a decent milestone for a local artist like me, writing and releasing my own material. I must have got my tags right for this one!

I have another new song to release next week, so stay tuned for that.

I’ve put together a lyric video for my new song “A Promise”

I’m not sure how I feel about these types of videos. Laying all your thoughts out so obviously. But once I’d finished it, I realised that these lyrics mean a lot to me and having them on screen with the music, makes them more powerful.

I’m trying to assemble a few tracks for a new EP that I can sell at future gigs. I plan on keeping the tracks pretty simple, as just voice and guitar, as that will be how I will be presenting them in a live situation. Stay tuned for more information and updates on that.

Sometimes when I write a new song, I worry it’s a bit too obvious. Or that the chords are a bit too simple for me. That was certainly the case when I came up with this song “Run for our Lives”

As a guitarist, I like to have interesting (some would say over complicated) guitar parts. However, the chords here are pretty simple, but I’m trying to let the words and the melody do the work. That is definitely a new approach for me.

So I thought I’d share a performance of the song. At a recent gig, someone said it is a very catchy song, so I suppose it has done its job!

“Broken People”

The passage of time. Don’t regret. Never give up.

Whilst The Nightwires are still gigging, I’m also trying to step up my number of solo gigs.

It’s a completely different feeling performing solo but I have to say, it’s giving this “jaded” musician, a bit of his mojo back! It’s been great playing some of my new songs and seeing which ones work best. I’ve been pleasantly surprised with the comments I’ve been getting, as my solo songs do tend to be on the sadder side of the positivity spectrum!

Thanks to all the people who have seen me perform recently in Loughborough, Wirksworth and at The Derby Folk Festival. Look out for updates on further solo shows soon.

Another new song!!

“All The Things” is one of my favourites to sing, out of this batch of new songs. It’s actually pretty simple in its structure, as it’s the same four chords all the way through. Despite the fact that I bemoan that very thing in most modern pop songs, sometimes simplicity wins. It’s all about the melodies and words. I do get slightly uncomfortable in laying out feelings and emotions so rawly, but hey ho. That’s what music is about for me.