Hopefully if you’ve liked the Captain Wilberforce Facebook page (course you have!) you’ll have seen that we’re playing the world famous Cavern Club in Liverpool tomorrow evening (Monday 23rd May). We’re actually playing 2 gigs tomorrow evening – the first at about 6:30pm and the second about 9pm across the road at the Cavern Pub. As the gigs are part …
…to Max, our new bass player. Or Massimiliano if we’re being precise – we had to import him all the way from Italy! So along with me, and completing our live line-up is the irrepressible Carl, who’s been with me since before recording “Everyone Loves a Villain” and Rob who’s on his second stint with me on guitar. You’ll get …
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=louXPUW7tHU&w=640&h=480] How good? Gone, but musically immortal…
So, 2016 and still no teleportation machines. Shame! Thanks to everyone who downloaded my last EP – we’re working on recording 5 more songs that, along with the last 2 EPs, will be given a full release on CD this year. What’s more exciting is that there’s a good possibility that the CD will actually be released on a US label; …
It’s here: You can download the songs for free or contribute any amount, which all goes towards helping me record new songs! Please, please and pretty please spread the word; share / comment / like on Facebook, Twitter, or in conversation at work / over the garden fence / to random strangers in the street. Oh, and see the previous …
The new Ep – The Late Captain Wilberforce is out in a couple of weeks. Here are the videos. Enjoy! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGTNI4tjEXA&w=853&h=480] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85cX-mefR7A&w=853&h=480] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snPnBNP7mAU&w=853&h=480] [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVjPMRfyng8&w=853&h=480]
The new EP is imminent – released on November 9th in fact. To prove this you can watch the video for the lead song “Couples” on you tube this very instant. Please comment, tweet, like and share; it really makes a difference! You’ll be able to hear / see the videos for the other 3 songs as they’re posted over …
I never enter music competitions – battle of the bands? Come on, really? But when I saw in the PRS for Music magazine that you could win a place at The Songwriting Festival (a five day, residential song-writing course with tutors including Andy White, Jez Ashurst and Kim Richey who’ve written number one hits for huge stars) I thought I’d give it …
Just a reminder that if you’re in the Leeds area this weekend I’m playing an acoustic set at Whites Deli in Headingley. It’s free in, and I’m on around 9:30. Support comes from Martin Plock, who’s on about 8:30pm. It’d be great to see you down there as it looks like a great venue and especially as I haven’t …
After getting the Distance Ep out in October I knew it’d seem like a mountain to climb to get EP 2 ready – well at least we’re half way up that mountain now. All the drums, bass, keys and most of the guitars and vocals are recorded and have been sent to Mike Browne’s* excellent new studio in Cardiff. With …
Just a quickie to say hope you’ve had a great Christmas day and are now gently surfing / snoozing / watching tv with a contented expression and full stomach. There’ll be more tunes from me and the rest of the gang early in the new year – we’ve recorded a lot of the instrumentation, but now comes the seemingly endless …
Nice to see “Someone to Love” is featured in Rokline Magazine this week as one of their “iNdiE PiKs: Weekly Spotlight” songs… Always nice to get recognised!
Thanks once again to Tom Robinson for featuring another song from the Distance EP – Good Times, You Said on the BBC Introducing Mixtape on BBC 6 Music. Only 2 more to complete the set! If you haven’t seen it already here’s the video for Good Times, You Said. As usual all comments / shares / likes are welcomed! [youtube …
…from a nice 7/10 review from Whisperin and Hollerin blog. Apparently the reviewer thinks I’d be happier writing for 80’s audiences. Not sure if he means audiences in their eighties. He’s probably right either way.
Hard on the heels of the BBC 6 music airplay, top music blog Fresh on the Net have picked out “The Johnny Depp Memorial Cafe” as one of their “Fresh Faves” this week. If you missed it, here’s the Minecraft-tastic video for said choooooon! Enjoy… [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9SfypWeQAw&w=853&h=480]
Inkwell is a ‘Leeds Mind’ creative arts space for positive mental health and ‘Instrumental’ is their regular music event. I’ve been asked to play this Friday 7th Nov. Don’t be fooled (like I was) about the name – I’m not going to be playing instrumental versions of the Captain Wilberforce songbook, and nor do I want you to keep it …
Thanks to Tom Robinson for including ‘Someone to Love’ on his BBC 6 Music – Introducing Mixtape programme earlier this morning. Always good to get played on the best (and my favourite) national UK radio station . You can listen again here.
Had a few nice reviews already – although everyone’s going on about it taking me 3 years between records: I’ll put my hands up to that. And even though I’m the regional rep for a BSL interpreting association, work full time, have a family, coach football at the weekends and write a daily-ish music blog, none of these things have really stopped …
