Well Happy New Year everyone! Fingers crossed there will be a new Captain Wilberforce album this year – the songs are written, but I haven’t managed to get a producer onboard yet. Who knows it might turn out that I record it myself with help from Carl, Dan and Mike (Drums, Bass, Guitars/Keys) – but I want to keep up …

We’re still waiting to get our official ‘with Dermot’ photo, but here are a few taken by Dan (bass)…

…to everyone who’s stumbled onto this page by luck, typing error or perhaps from having listened to the Dermot O’Leary show. As you’re new here, you’ll have to go through the induction process – learn what’s what and who’s who, etc. So, to kick off, I’m Simon, your guide to everything Captain Wilberforce related today. We’ll be covering quite a …

Well here’s a turn-up for the books. I’ll be the first to admit that I wasn’t too hopeful of actually getting a live session on Dermot O’Leary’s Radio 2 show, but that’s exactly what’s happened! After he played our single back in January (see below) he made a fairly throwaway comment about getting us onto his show but at the …

I’m really chuffed that Dermot played “A Beautiful Waste of Time” last Saturday. It’s just one song on one show – not playlisted or anything, but seeing as it was acheived without plugger, publicist, PR company, record company or management it’s another little victory. And about £60 PRS too – at this rate I’ll be able to afford to record …

Web presence? Obligatory. Social networking? Naturellement. Twitter this, Linked In that, Facebook the other. And now apps: Apps to find out the nearest Starbucks, the position of Orion, and all about Captain Wilberforce. Maybe it’s overkill (I used to like the fact that Michael Stipe was a mysterious figure who rarely gave interviews – now he probably tweets about his …

Twitter has it’s uses you know – apart from getting cheap deals on Dell Outlet you occasionally get pointed in the direction of some interesting stuff. For example, today I spent a worthwhile hour watching a seminar by Tom Robinson about songwriting and performing. I’m generally a little sceptical about people giving advice on songwriting as it’s such an individual …

Easy to get into a musical rut isn’t it? Ok, maybe it only happens when, like me, you think you’ve heard everything and even the most heralded new bands sound formulaic but I’ve definitely found myself going back to bands like The Cure, Led Zep and Billy Bragg recently. It’s not that there aren’t amazing under the radar bands around …

Ok, so it’s not exactly a regular band update, but I’ve been wanting to ask a particular question about the Captain Wilberforce Facebook page and it’s not covered in the FAQ’s or support centre. Also, there isn’t a contact telephone number for Facebook on the site, and it seemed that you couldn’t even post a query to get a direct …

A couple of days ago for no reason I can think of, I suddenly got the urge to learn how to play one of my favourite ever songs, ‘Answering Machine‘ by The Replacements. I don’t make a habit of this because A. I’m lazy, B. I get annoyed if I’m not a good enough guitarist to get it right and …

Pop Geek Heaven is the new website from Bruce Brodeen of NotLame.com (the original and sadly now defunct PowerPop site / shop). PGH is a community led site and once you’re registered you get a bundle of reviews, interviews and free stuff from the PowerPop world (and beyond!). Anyway this is the review from Mike Baron that’s just been uploaded …

I’ve got an acoustic gig coming up in Leeds at the the New Conservatory Cafe on Oct 22nd (Thurs). I haven’t done an acoustic show for a while, so I’ve been practising a bunch of tunes, new and old – even a couple of covers. Anyway, I thought about covering an old Theory of Everything tune called Ghost which was …

Vibrations magazine, based in Leeds has given the new album a once over:

This one’s from UK monthly mag R2 (formerly Rock’n’Reel)…

is this Thursday (1st Sept) at The Well, Chorley Lane, Leeds. You can read all about it on Facebook here, or at Leeds Music forum. It’s going to be a brilliant night – the support bands are both excellent and were chosen cos they play music that I like, so I hope you will too. I should also mention that …

Two more reviews of the album – both positive, but showing just how subjective songs are. Both completely valid interpretations of course… The Digital Fix No-Title Magazine

This time from UK daily The Independent.