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I am an Aberdeen based writer/musician currently in thrall to the joy and challenge of songwriting. To give some background, I was lucky to grow up in a house in the 1960’s with a radio, record player, TV and music loving family. This exposed me to pop, jazz, classical, folk, rock music and other styles. Paul Robeson and Frederik Chopin took to the turntable in between The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix. I was also lucky to be brought up to love and play with words.
I continued to dabble in music and poetry when time allowed during family life and a career in nursing practice, education and research. After retiral in 2020, I got lucky again when I discovered Boo Hewerdine and Findlay Napier’s Bird on a Wire mentorship scheme for aspiring songwriters. Through support from all involved in the course, and the guidance and production skills of Blazin’ Fiddles maestro Angus Lyon, I have developed my songwriting and recorded three albums to date.
My songs are, broadly, in the folk genre and have drawn comparison with the work of Archie Fisher and Ralph McTell. Both of these great singer songwriters have been big influences alongside a host of others such as Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell, Dick Gaughan, Randy Newman and Nick Lowe. The albums have been well received (see reviews page) and a range of tracks have been played on Radio Scotland and UK radio stations. I am currently working on solo and collaborative EP projects, and enjoying sharing the journey with the other songwriters from our original Drunks in a Midnight Choir group.
I am not a gigging musician so do get in touch if you find my music of interest. One of my main goals is for others to sing and record my songs. If any of the songs are meaningful and/or move you then I am a happy songwriter!
I am an Aberdeen based writer/musician currently in thrall to the joy and challenge of songwriting. To give some background, I was lucky to grow up in a house in the 1960’s with a radio, record player, TV and music loving family. This exposed me to pop, jazz, classical, folk, rock music and other styles. Paul Robeson and Frederik Chopin took to the turntable in between The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix. I was also lucky to be brought up to love and play with words.
I continued to dabble in music and poetry when time allowed during family life and a career in nursing practice, education and research. After retiral in 2020, I got lucky again when I discovered Boo Hewerdine and Findlay Napier’s Bird on a Wire mentorship scheme for aspiring songwriters. Through support from all involved in the course, and the guidance and production skills of Blazin’ Fiddles maestro Angus Lyon, I have developed my songwriting and recorded three albums to date.
My songs are, broadly, in the folk genre and have drawn comparison with the work of Archie Fisher and Ralph McTell. Both of these great singer songwriters have been big influences alongside a host of others such as Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell, Dick Gaughan, Randy Newman and Nick Lowe. The albums have been well received (see reviews page) and a range of tracks have been played on Radio Scotland and UK radio stations. I am currently working on solo and collaborative EP projects, and enjoying sharing the journey with the other songwriters from our original Drunks in a Midnight Choir group.
I am not a gigging musician so do get in touch if you find my music of interest. One of my main goals is for others to sing and record my songs. If any of the songs are meaningful and/or move you then I am a happy songwriter!