Three days at WR Audio with Biff Roxby — guitar and mandolin parts down for two albums. Came in thinking album and EP, left with something bigger. Biff left me a note at my station. He's right 😄 Really pleased with how it's sounding. More soon. 🎶 #newmusic #folkmusic #indiefolk

Quick phone pan of the live room at WR Audio, Salford — just after we wrapped. Three days, guitar, mandolin, a ukulele, a trad round. Enough for two albums. More coming tomorrow... 👀 Audio is the intro to new song "Words" — work in progress. Lovely clarinet by Kai Carter. #folkmusic #newrecord

A ukulele came out for a short trad round during the sessions — "White Sand and Grey Sand". Fingerpicked uke and open G guitar, mostly about the vocal harmonies. Made by Wunderkammer Instruments (@wunderkammerinstruments on Instagram). Recorded at WR Audio, Salford. #ukulele #folkmusic #tradmusic

Dialling in "River Revived" at WR Audio with Biff Roxby 🎛️ #folkmusic #recordingstudio #indiefolk

Producer's orders 📋 Three days at WR Audio with Biff Roxby — six guitar tunings, mandolin, a short trad round. Came in thinking album and EP, left with enough for two albums. 17 tracks total. #folkmusic #recordingstudio #indiefolk

Day 1 in the studio. Got my station set up with my producer and got the cameras running. Goal was to lock in final guitar and mandolin parts — building on band sessions from October. After some editing we'll work out what else these recordings need. Long day, focused start 🎸#acousticguitar #mandolin

Biff Roxby picked me up in Bristol on Monday and we headed north — three days at WR Audio in Salford recording guitar and mandolin for the new record. More this week... 🎸 #newmusic #folkmusic #indiefolk

New video! 🍌🐵 Commissioned by Bristol folk musician Joff Lowson to illustrate his song "All The Bananas" — a cartoony but slightly sinister allegory about hoarding and inequality. Commission reveal — with a few banana-related distractions along the way 🐒

New illustration! 🍌🐵 Commissioned by Bristol folk musician Joff Lowson for his song "All The Bananas" — a cartoony but slightly sinister allegory about hoarding and inequality.

Some snaps taken by Joe Mansfield during our first four days of recording in Manchester, 16th–19th October. We spent the days at WR Audio and set up camp in Irlam — complete with a few rounds of cards in between sessions

Little behind-the-scenes moment captured by Joe Mansfield as we were setting up at WR Audio on our first day in the studio — 16th October

It’s been almost a decade since I last set foot in a recording studio — but I’m delighted to say that I’ve reunited with my long-time producer and very good friend Biff Roxby at WR Audio to finally start making some new music! 🎶

Hope you’re having a peaceful Sunday 🌞 Here’s a mellow moment from the outro of "Apples of the Earth" 🍎🎶 Guitar (in DADDAE tuning) and double bass (Bill Frampton) winding down in harmony, finding a calm flow together. With a fun slide at the end! 🛝

First rehearsal, first take 🍎🎵 Where new roots begin... Our first run-through of "Apples of the Earth" — literally ‘potato’ in French (plus Dutch and German)! 🥔

From verse into chorus — a moment where River Revived finds its flow 🌊🎶 Every note another ripple of life returning to our depleted rivers

From darkness into light ☀️🎶 Rehearsing "Michael O’Brien", the final movement of my "Manchester Martyrs Medley". Mandolin (me), fiddle (Joe Mansfield), and guitar (Kai Carter) shifting from the darker tones of E minor into the warmth of G major — closing the medley on a more hopeful note 🎻☘️

Rehearsing "Michael Larkin", the middle movement of my three-part "Manchester Martyrs Medley" Mandolin (me), fiddle (Joe Mansfield) and guitar (Kai Carter) exploring the darker tones of this Irish-inspired piece 🎻🇮🇪🎶

"Eternal Slumber" — the chorus takes flight... 🌙🎻 A short clip from the chorus of my new song "Eternal Slumber" 🎵 Rehearsed with mandolin (me), acoustic guitar (Kai Carter) and strings (Joe Mansfield). A moment where rest becomes renewal. A glimpse into our recent rehearsal

New song taking shape... 🌙 Rehearsing "Eternal Slumber" 🎵 Mandolin (me), acoustic guitar (Kai Carter), and strings (Joe Mansfield) exploring the textures of the intro and first verse. Can’t wait to share the finished piece with you soon!

From the sewers to the swing 🚇🎻 Part 2 of "The Jolly Tosher" brings a new feel — same tune, different flavour. Rehearsed here with Kai Carter (guitar), Joe Mansfield (fiddle) and yours truly (mandolin) all weaving together

Victorian sewers meet Irish swing 🚇🍀 Here’s a clip from an instrumental section of Part 1 of "The Jolly Tosher "— a song I wrote, inspired by Victorian sewer hunters in London 🚇💡 This melody carries a touch of Irish flavour, played on mandolin, guitar, & fiddle 🎶 With Kai Carter and Joe Mansfield

Tradition reimagined 🌿🎶 Our version of "Down in the Willow Garden" brings banjo, fiddle, and guitar together — with a lyrical twist on the old ballad’s dark story. Final few verses here. Featuring banjo (Kai Carter), fiddle (Joe Mansfield), and guitar (me)

Behind the scenes of our rehearsal for "River Revived" 🎶🌊 An acoustic blend of guitar, clarinet, and strings, sharing the story of restoring rivers and the wild corridors they create. With Joe Mansfield and Kai Carter #RiverRevived

"Dappled light dashes through dense leaves. Hinged trees bow as though in reverence" 🌿✨ Here’s a glimpse of our rehearsal for "River Revived" — a new song I wrote about river restoration, performed with acoustic guitar, clarinet, and strings 🎶 With Joe Mansfield and Kai Carter #RiverRevived

Before the recording and the live performances, there’s the rehearsal — and it sounds like this... 💫

Just a little behind-the-scenes from our most recent rehearsal 🎶 Before going into the studio to record some new music in a couple of weeks, I've been preparing the new material with Joe Mansfield and Kai Carter. 🎻🎸✨

Another clip from a guitar one here. Back into good ol' standard tuning and the key of C for one more brand new song. This one's called "I Was Not Dwelling in Darkness". Nice chilled one for your relaxing Sunday! Rehearsed for the first time with Kai Carter and Joe Mansfield on Friday 19th

Hope your Thursday has been going well! Here's another new song snippet, rehearsed for the first time with Kai Carter and Joe Mansfield on Friday 19th

I sing the lyrics "meandering foraging beavers" and "woody debris" in this brand new song. Why? It's called "River Revived" - and is about river restoration. Our rivers here in Blighty could definitely do with some of this!

Fragment from a three part instrumental medley I wrote called the "Manchester Martyrs Medley". This from the middle of the three tunes, titled "Michael Larkin". Rehearsed for the first time on Friday

Snippet from another new song/tune I wrote, rehearsed with Kai Carter and Joe Mansfield for the first time on Friday. This is a mandolin one called "The Jolly Tosher". "The jolly what?", I hear you ask... Toshers were sewer hunters in London during the Victorian era. This song is about them!

Another brand new song I wrote, "Eternal Slumber", rehearsed with Joe Mansfield and Kai Carter for the first time on Friday 19th. This one on mandolin. Little clip here!

Rehearsed some brand new songs together with Joe Mansfield and Kai Carter for the first time on Friday 19th. Here's a little clip from the first of this bunch - an arrangement (with reimagined lyrics) I came up with for old-time tune "Down in the Willow Garden". #music #folkmusic #newmusic