MUSICAL STORYTELLER
Afro-Folk-Comedy
I'm just one of those people who always finds myself in crazy situations in love and in life. I'm not sure if it's good for my sanity, but it does make for fun and interesting songs.
I came to Malawi in 2012 with a one-way ticket, a guitar and no money, carrying on from the hobo life I'd lived that year busking on the streets of Holland and Spain.
I've played thousands of gigs at folk clubs, festivals and living rooms around the world, and my favourites are the ones where audience are attentive and can be taken away laughing, smiling or even teary eyed on lyrical journeys. The aim for 2022 is to perform all over Southern Africa.
NFTS AND FUNDRAISING
Twenty-First Century Man
The current single, "Do you choose love (or does love choose you)" is part of a small acoustic album which will be fully out soon. I'm going to be using this super new technology of NFTs to raise money for the project, but also to support someone who has become my muse recently in all of her projects.
In the meantime you can support me by clicking the link below to my Patreon, which allows you to pay 3 or 7 pounds per month for special perks. Click the button and see.
Discography
MADE IN MALAWI
2014
When I arrived in Malawi I had no idea it was such a hot-bed of musical talent. I found my writer's block unblocked, and decided to record the new songs with a motley crew of local talent.
The album was mixed in South Africa by Keith Farqharson, known for his work with Freshlyground and Oliver Mtukudzi, and less known for being born in Malawi.
No matter what the future holds, this album will always hold a special place in my heart.
PENCIL SONGS
2010
This was my first time to record and it ended up as one of the most fun months in my life. The joy of London where you meet a championship winning accordionist at a bar in Kilburn, a Buddhist banjo player at a cafe in Bethnal Green, and an Austrialian jazz bassist on the tube...
And they all came through to jam and make this very organic 'bedroom' album, containing some of the first songs I ever wrote.
It's unpolished and unproduced but captures a slice of life at a moment much like this one.