This Summer/Autumn/Winter has been the busiest I’ve ever known! I was thrilled to join the Ben Howard tour for his UK/Europe dates in November. Ben’s music is so thought-provoking and it was wonderful to work with such a lovely bunch … Read more…
What an honour it was to join Rita Ora on her Japan tour in October. We had 4 shows in total; Tokyo, Osaka and then two shows at the huge Coca Cola Super Arena. The show in Osaka was a … Read more…
It was fabulous to join a couple of great friends of mine and record on the band elbow’s latest album (which was a number 1 album in the charts, nonetheless!). We joined the band for some promo on Graham Norton’s … Read more…
This year has been brilliant, and touring with Rita Ora has been a real highlight for me. Summer Festivals in countries like Sweden, Switzerland, Hungary, Germany, plus the huge closing ceremony of the Invictus Games in Dusseldörf, broadcast to 168 … Read more…
January and February were extremely busy this year – I was booked to speak at a conference in Cancun in Mexico, which was an amazing experience. I was in Vienna in February and had to fly directly to Barcelona for … Read more…
A projects I began to put together back in 2020, finally took place at the end of 2022. With the amazing support from Richard Gaddes, I was able to take 5 students from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music out to … Read more…
Throughout this October I was touring with Marc Almond, which was exhausting, but great fun. With quite a big band (2 keys, 2 guitars, bass, drums, 2 brass, 5 strings, 4 backing vocals), it was great to perform Marc’s hits … Read more…
I spent a whole month out in the USA this June: Firstly, I was doing some recording sessions at YouTube HQ in NYC, and an interview on Leonard Lopate’s show on WNYC Radio, then I hot-footed it to Rowan University to … Read more…
Touring is an exhausting, but necessary part of being a musician. This most recent tour I was a part of, was a very short one though, and was great fun! Daughter is a 3-piece band who have had much chart … Read more…
I was delighted to be asked to be one of 3 artists at the Arctic Trombone Festival in September 2016, alongside Ian Bousfield and Christian Jones. Held in the most Northern city in the world, Tromsø, the Festival lasted for … Read more…
