Singsong Music

14/07/2025

LIVE DATES: Next up on the Lindisfarne Live 2025 tour is a performance at Wylam Brewery in the Palace of Arts, this Sunday 20 July 🌞
https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/lindisfarne-wylam-brewery-tickets/14371963

Legendary 70s folk-rock pioneers LINDISFARNE return to form with a classic five-piece line up of long-time members fronted by original founder-member Rod Clements on vocals, mandolin, fiddle and slide guitar.

With a repertoire of unforgettable songs like Meet Me On The Corner, Fog On The Tyne, Lady Eleanor and Run For Home and a reputation for live performance second to none, the band's power to galvanise audiences remains undimmed and is guaranteed to get any crowd of every age on its feet and singing along.

Helping celebrate 25 years since Wylam Brewery was founded and with a show on their own home turf, this is a Lindisfarne performance not to be missed. Tickets available for both seated and standing via the website: https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/lindisfarne-wylam-brewery-tickets/14371963

15/06/2025

NEW AUDIO RELEASE, streaming now via Singsong Music: Olympic Runners – Put The Music Where Your Mouth Is 👄
https://www.notnoise.co/link/olympic-runners-put-the-music-where-your-mouth-is

Formed in 1974, British funk act Olympic Runners was initially formed by legendary producer Mike Vernon (Fleetwood Mac, Focus, Dr Feelgood) to back American bluesman Jimmy Dawkins for a session scheduled at Olympic Studios in London, inspiring the group’s name.

A line-up of seasoned session musicians included vocalist George Chandler, drummer Glen LeFleur, Chicagoan guitarist Joe Jammer, bassist DeLisle Harper and vocalist Pete Wingfield (who in 1975 was to enjoy a solo hit single in “Eighteen with a Bullet“).

A triumph on the US R&B Chart, where it reached No. 72, 1974’s debut release ‘Put The Music Where Your Mouth Is’ was particularly well received on dance floors the world over and quickly followed up the same year with ‘Out In Front’.

Through the ensuring decade, Olympic Runners evolved from funk to propagating a broader-based sound suited to the period’s burgeoning disco scene.

Despite its successes, this highly-talented group disbanded during 1979, with most of its players continuing as highly prolific session musicians.

Track list 👄

Grab It
Put The Music Where Your Mouth Is
Sproutin’ Out
Mac B. Coolie
Ev’ry one A Winner
Do It Over
Let Your Fingers Do The Talkin’
Just Once Is Enough
Taco Toes
Be My Main Squeeze

Olympic Runners – Put The Music Where Your Mouth Is, streaming now via , , , and more: https://www.notnoise.co/link/olympic-runners-put-the-music-where-your-mouth-is

26/05/2025

NEW AUDIO RELEASE, coming to the digital market 30 May: Steve Jolliffe – Magical (In Memory of Tangerine Dream’s Edgar Froese)
https://singsongmusic.com/new-audio-release-steve-jolliffe-magical-in-memory-of-tangerine-dreams-edgar-froese-singsong242/

‘Magical (In Memory of Tangerine Dream’s Edgar Froese)’ was composed, performed and recorded in 2015 by former band member Steve Jolliffe after his colleague’s death.

A beautiful 53-minute ‘requiem for a friend’, it’s a warming and ambient aural experience inspired by a dream the artist had of Froese wandering in Jolliffe’s garden.

Played exclusively by Steve on synthesizers, it shares a similar musical ‘architecture’ to that of his and Edgar Froese’s iconic ensemble. “I see myself primarily not as a composer or musician in the strictest sense but as an environment-maker,” he said in an interview in 1984.

Known as a recording and performing artist as well composer of multiple film scores and forty solo albums, Steve Jolliffe is a British multi-instrumentalist.

He left the band Joint before it morphed into Supertramp to study composition and piano at the prestigious Berlin Konservatorium staying on in Germany to play for a year with TANGERINE DREAM.

He next joined cult progressive blues band Steamhammer, touring and playing on its ‘Mk II’ album as well as co-writing the single “Autumn Song” which topped the French charts.

At Edgar’s request, Steve went back to Tangerine Dream to record on the band’s 11th album, ‘Cyclone’, bringing for the first time the vocals and flute that took the band closer to a progressive rock styling.

He has latterly played with Eat Static, composed film soundtracks, an annual solo album, and – ever the multi-tasking creative – worked as a model-maker on Ridley Scott’s seminal ‘Alien’ movie.

Steve Jolliffe – Magical (In Memory of Tangerine Dream’s Edgar Froese), released in digital format 30 May: https://singsongmusic.com/new-audio-release-steve-jolliffe-magical-in-memory-of-tangerine-dreams-edgar-froese-singsong242/

Track list ✨

A Marriage of Ideas
Depth Unknown
Magical Garden
Solitary journeys
Now l Am Humble
Divided We Fall
Losing a Friend
All Will Become Clear

13/05/2025

NEW AUDIO RELEASE, coming 30 May: Olympic Runners – Hot To Trot 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️
https://singsongmusic.com/new-audio-release-olympic-runners-hot-to-trot-singsong239/

Formed in 1974, British funk act Olympic Runners was formed by legendary producer Mike Vernon (Fleetwood Mac, Focus, Dr Feelgood), initially to back American bluesman Jimmy Dawkins for a session scheduled at Olympic Studios in London, thus inspiring the group’s name.

The band line-up was made up of seasoned session musicians including vocalist George Chandler, drummer Glen LeFleur, Chicagoan guitarist Joe Jammer, bassist DeLisle Harper and vocalist Pete Wingfield (who had enjoyed a 1975 solo hit single in “Eighteen with a Bullet“).

From the off, the band’s output was well-received on the dancefloors of Europe, as well as notably in the US. 1977 saw the band release fourth album ‘Hot to Trot’, a polished up-tempo suite of songs that marked the beginnings of a transition from funk to a broader-based disco sound by the end of the decade.

A bonus track here is the band’s soundtrack to Joan Collins’s steamy and controversial film drama, ‘The Bitch’, critically-panned but one of the most popular films of 1979 at the British box office.

Despite its successes, Olympic Runners disbanded during 1979 with most of its players returning to previous careers as highly prolific session musicians.

Olympic Runners – Hot To Trot, available to stream via Singsong Music from 30 May: https://singsongmusic.com/new-audio-release-olympic-runners-hot-to-trot-singsong239/

TRACK LIST 🥁

Say What You Wanna But It Sure Is Funky
Just Enough (To Blow My Mind)
One Step At A Time
Just Funkin’ Around
Straight St. Strut
Personal Thang
World Record
(C’mon) Just A Little Lick
Bahama Mama
Love On My Mind
The Bitch (bonus track)

11/05/2025

NEXT WEEKEND: by public demand, Lindisfarne Live return to the Nantwich Roots Words & Music Festival, Saturday 17 May, following their roof-raising set there in 2023.

LINDISFARNE emerged from Tyneside in the 1970s and quickly carved out a unique place for themselves as one of British rock’s most original bands.

Their pioneering sound, combining acoustic instruments like mandolin and fiddle with their electric blues roots, proved the perfect medium to deliver the catchy, memorable songs provided by the band’s resident writers, Alan Hull and Rod Clements.

Their first hit, the Clements-penned “Meet Me On The Corner”, paved the way for their classic ‘Fog On The Tyne’ to become the UK’s top-selling album of 1972, sending the group into the international stratosphere.

Led by founder-member Rod Clements, the LINDISFARNE live shows today celebrate the band’s entire catalogue, from deep dives to smash hits including “Meet Me On The Corner”, “Run For Home” and “Lady Eleanor”.

Having delivered one of the most popular shows the festival has ever presented, LINDISFARNE is back at Nantwich Roots in 2025. And that’s not all: opening for the band is their old friend and erstwhile workmate Nigel Stonier, a producer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, whose new album ‘Wolf Notes’ will be released on 16 May.

Also performing throughout the festival are stellar acts including Seth Lakeman, Steve Knightley, Ferocious Dog, Huey Morgan (with special guest Oli Ng) and The Threetles.

Lindisfarne Live perform at Nantwich Civic Hall on Saturday 17 May at 7.30pm, as part of the Words & Music Festival 2025. Tickets via the website:

Lindisfarne are back at Nantwich Roots by public demand after their roof raising set here in 2022.The iconic Tyneside based folk-rockers…

06/05/2025

LIVE TOUR NEWS: British cult rockers STRAY showcase their acclaimed latest album ‘About Time’ (released via Singsong Music, no less) along with the very best of an extensive and rich back catalogue through live dates across the UK and in Sweden – including a number of shows supporting the great British Lion.

Under the guiding hand of guitarist/vocalist and principal songwriter Del Bromham, the time-honoured STRAY play 2025 dates at such iconic venues as The Cart & Horses, Cheese and Grain and the Tramshed Cardiff, plus a number of festivals (alongside excellent company).

Don't delay – six of the band's December dates are already sold out and tickets are expected to go fast:

28 May – The Half Moon Putney, London, with special guest Matty J Cassidy: https://tickets.halfmoon.co.uk/events/2025-05-28-stray-half-moon-putney
4 July – Time To Rock Festival, Sweden, on a line-up also featuring the likes of Y&T, Michael Schenker, Quireboys and Praying Mantis: https://www.ticketmaster.se/artist/time-to-rock-festival-2025-biljetter/1150164
25 July – Bedford Esquires, with special guests The3: https://www.seetickets.com/event/stray/bedford-esquires/3384744
23 August – Cosmic Vibration Festival, Sheffield, on a line-up also featuring the likes of Leaf Hound, Acid Mammoth and Slabdragger: https://www.cosmicvibrationfestival.co.uk/tickets
5 September – Nene Valley Rock Festival 2025, on a line-up also featuring the likes of Uli John Roth, Dare, Atomic Rooster and Cats in Space: https://www.nvrf.rocks/book-tickets
23 November – Hot Box Live Events, Chelmsford: https://dice.fm/event/l8lg9r-stray-ft-del-bromham-23rd-nov-hot-box-chelmsford-tickets
27 November – Red Arrow Music Club, Ramsgate: https://www.redarrowmusicclub.com/events/2025-11-27-stray-red-arrow-music-club
28 November – The Carlisle, Hastings, with special guests Soho Dukes: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/hastings/the-carlisle/stray-with-special-guests-soho-dukes

Stray also play the following dates as special guests of British Lion:

2 December – Nightrain, Bradford: https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/british-lion-stray-nightrain-tickets/14343563
3 December – Gorilla, Manchester: https://www.seetickets.com/event/british-lion/gorilla/3389921
4 December – Queens Hall, Nuneaton: https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/british-lion-queens-hall-tickets/14346623
6 December – Strings Bar & Venue - Isle Of Wight: https://www.stringsbarandvenue.com/events/british-lion
7 December – Exeter Phoenix: https://exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/british-lion/
8 December – Cheese and Grain, Frome: https://www.cheeseandgrain.com/events/british-lion/
10 December – Tramshed Cardiff: https://premier.ticketek.co.uk/shows/show.aspx?sh=BRITLION25
11 December – Colchester Arts Centre: https://colchesterartscentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173659848/events/428686248
12 December – Leo's Red lion Gravesend: *SOLD OUT*
13 December – Chinnerys Southend: https://www.seetickets.com/event/british-lion/chinnerys/3389920
15 December – Cart & Horses: *SOLD OUT*
16 December – Cart & Horses: *SOLD OUT*
17 December – Cart & Horses: *SOLD OUT*
18 December – Cart & Horses: *SOLD OUT*
19 December – Cart & Horses: *SOLD OUT*

📸 by Trev Earl

12/04/2025

NEW AUDIO RELEASE, streaming now: Bobby Harrison – Solid Silver 🪩
https://singsongmusic.com/new-audio-release-bobby-harrison-solid-silver-singsong226/

London-born singer-songwriter and drummer/vocalist Bobby Harrison’s career dates back to the late 1950s, when he started out as a member of local band The Rockefellas.

From there, Bobby moved on to join Golden Apples Of The Sun and signed to Immediate Records to release single, “Monkey Time” in 1965. More singles followed with Powerpack for CBS in 1966 and 1967, and, backed by jazz giant Ronnie Scott, a debut solo 45 in a cover of “Sonny”.

Harrison was a founder member of British rock group Procol Harum, before leaving to form his first own band Freedom in 1968 with Procol Harum guitarist Ray Royer, recording five well-received albums.

In 1973, Bobby formed SNAFU with future-Whitesnake guitarist Micky Moody, scoring a further three acclaimed releases. He released a solo album in 1975’s ‘Funkist’ and guested on albums by Procol Harum keyboardist Matthew Fisher and UK Nirvana’s Patrick Campbell Lyons.

In the early eighties, Harrison moved to Iceland and released this under-looked album with local jazz funk supergroup Mezzoforte in 1987, in the process turning ‘Solid Silver’ into a local market Top 20 hit.

Bobby Harrison – Solid Silver, streaming now via Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon Music and more: https://soundraiser.io/link/bobby-harrison-solid-silver

Track list 🪩

It’s Over
The Hunter
Icelandic Rock N Roll
Overload
Nothing Stays The Same
Not Stuff
Guiding light
Highway
Victim of Love
The Shape I Am in In
Get on The Right Track
After the Storm
Oh Pretty Woman
It’s Over (Radio Version)

24/03/2025

Tour dates galore from folk rock legends Lindisfarne Live! 🎶

Important note: several of the shows and festivals on the 2025 tour are now sold out, and around a third of this list are on the verge. Further details can be found via the Lindisfarne website: www.lindisfarne.com

TOUR DATES: With this year's tour now nicely underway, it's time to update you on what's still to come in 2025. We're playing dates at venues the length and breadth of the country – some old favourites, some new – as well as making a trip across the Irish Sea 🌊

Our gigs tend to sell out and some of the below are now well on their way, so we strongly suggest you don't delay! Here's a snapshot of the fun that's in store for the rest of the year:

Friday 4 April – 1Leisure Medina Theatre, Isle of Wight: https://www.medinatheatre.co.uk/events/lindisfarne/
Saturday 5 April – Lighthouse Poole: https://www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/event/lindisfarne/
Saturday 17 May – Nantwich Civic Hall: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6500726
Saturday 24 May – Whitby Pavilion: https://www.solidentertainments.com/presents.htm -WHITBY
Saturday 31 May – Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire: https://www.paviliontheatre.ie/events/view/lindisfarne
​​Sunday 1 June – Mandela Hall, Belfast (rescheduled from January 2025): https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/oldflattopuk/lindisfarne/2025-06-01/19:30/t-noellod
Friday 6 June – Stamford Corn Exchange Theatre: https://www.stamfordcornexchange.co.uk/lindisfarne
Saturday 7 June – Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden: https://www.saffronhall.com/whats-on/view/lindisfarne
Friday 13 June –​ Plowright Theatre (Scunthorpe Theatres): https://www.scunthorpetheatres.co.uk/whats-on/lindisfarne-25/
Saturday 14 June – Gulbenkian Arts Centre, Canterbury: https://thegulbenkian.co.uk/events/lindisfarne/
Friday 27 June – Harrogate Theatre: https://www.harrogatetheatre.co.uk/events/lindisfarne
​Saturday 28 June – Arts at St George's, Beckenham: https://stgeorgesarts.co.uk/event/lindisfarne/
Friday 4 July – Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham by Sea: *SOLD OUT*
Friday 4 July – New Forest Folk Festival, Hampshire: https://www.newforestfolkfestival.co.uk/
Friday 25 July – BEAM Hertford: *COMING SOON*
​Saturday 26 July – The Royal Hippodrome Theatre, Eastbourne: https://royalhippodrome.com/event/lindisfarne/
Thursday 31 July – Wickham Music Festival: https://www.wickhamfestival.co.uk/line-up/
Friday 1-Sunday 3 August – Kendal Calling, Cumbria: *SOLD OUT*
Sunday 3 August – Northern Kin Festival, Durham: https://www.northernkinfestival.co.uk/
Thursday 7 August – The Official Broadstairs Folk Week ®: https://broadstairsfolkweek.org.uk/
​Saturday 16 August – The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh: https://www.thequeenshall.net/whats-on/lindisfarne-1
Friday 19 September – The Volunteer Hall, Galashiels GV Events Borders Ltd: https://www.liveborders.org.uk/book/whats-on/lindisfarne-galashiels/
Saturday 20 September – Alnwick Playhouse: https://alnwickplayhouse.co.uk/event/lindisfarne/
Friday 26 September – Barn Theatre, Oxted: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/surrey/the-barn-theatre-oxted/lindisfarne-the-legendary-70-s-folk-rock-pioneers/e-pqdopr
​Saturday 27 September – Birmingham Town Hall B:Music: https://bmusic.co.uk/events/lindisfarne-2
​Sunday 28 September – Bridlington Spa: https://www.bridspa.com/event-details/?entry=00-ldf25
Friday 10 October – Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon: https://www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk/event/lindisfarne-2/
Saturday 11 October – Bridport Electric Palace, Dorset: https://www.electricpalace.org.uk/events/event/lindisfarne/
​Sunday 12 October – Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury: https://www.rosestheatre.org/events/lindisfarne
Friday 17 October – Lowdham Village Hall: *SOLD OUT*
Saturday 18 October –​ Farnham Maltings: https://farnhammaltings.com/events/lindisfarne
Sunday 19 October – The Apex, Bury St Edmunds: https://www.theapex.co.uk/whats-on/details.cfm?id=928147&ins=1419590
Friday 31 October – The Stables MK, Wavendon: https://stables.org/event/lindisfarne-2
Saturday 1 November – Cadogan Hall, London: https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/lindisfarne-2025/
Friday 7 November – Pontio Bangor: https://www.pontio.co.uk/online/article/25Lindisfarne
​Saturday 8 November – The Lowther Pavilion Theatre & Gardens, Lytham St Annes: https://lowtherpavilion.co.uk/shows/lindisfarne-3/
Friday 28 November – The Platform - Morecambe: https://www.universe.com/events/lindisfarne-uk-tour-2025-tickets-6JT8Y3
Saturday 29 November – Settle Victoria Hall- The World's Oldest Music Hall: https://www.settlevictoriahall.org.uk/eventsandshows/lindisfarne-291125
Sunday 30 November – Settle Victoria Hall- The World's Oldest Music Hall: https://www.settlevictoriahall.org.uk/eventsandshows/lindisfarne-291125-x6mab
Thursday 4 December – old fire station, Carlisle: https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Carlisle/Old-Fire-Station%2C-England/Lindisfarne/40466935/
Friday 5 December – The Music Room, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic: https://www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/contemporary-music/lindisfarne/9280
Saturday 6 December – The Music Room, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic: https://www.liverpoolphil.com/whats-on/contemporary-music/lindisfarne/9280
​Sunday 7 December – The Engine Shed Wetherby: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/wetherby-folk-club/lindisfarne-at-wetherby-folk-club-the-engine-shed/e-aeezob
​Friday 12 December – Backstage at the Green, Kinross: https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/lindisfarne-backstage-at-the-green-hotel-tickets/14057763?REFID=clientsitewp
Saturday 13 December – Backstage at the Green, Kinross: https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/lindisfarne-backstage-at-the-green-hotel-tickets/14057773?REFID=clientsitewp
Saturday 20 December – O2 City Hall Newcastle: https://www.academymusicgroup.com/o2cityhallnewcastle/events/1559133/lindisfarne-tickets

📸 by the reliably excellent Dave Hudspeth

20/03/2025

NEW AUDIO RELEASE, streaming now: Warhorse – Live At Woods 🤘🏻
https://singsongmusic.com/new-audio-release-warhorse-live-at-woods-singsong215/

A founding member of Deep Purple, British music veteran Nick Simper left after recording on the band’s first three albums to form hard rock act, Warhorse. Along with Uriah Heep, Black Sabbath and Juicy Lucy, Warhorse settled quickly into the ranks of embryonic cult record label, Vertigo.

Initially counting Rick Wakeman in its ranks, the line-up settled down with Simper (bass), Ged Peck (guitar), Ashley Holt (vocals), Mac Poole (drums) with Frank Wilson replacing Wakeman on keyboards.

Warhorse’s 1970 self-titled debut was well-received and the band became a popular attraction on the live circuit. A return to the studio in 1972 for ‘Red Sea’ with Pete Parks replacing Peck showed musical development and assured direction.

While a bolt from the blue came with the band’s sudden dissolution, the line-up reunited for one night in January 2001 at Woods Club in Borehamwood near London to play a memorable note-perfect set that reached back to the glory days of three decades prior. Recorded for posterity by BBC producer Tony Wood, the tapes have languished – until now, their first ever release in “Live At Woods”.

Warhorse’s albums, copies of original LPs selling for vast sums on the collector market today, have never been out circulation. “Live At Woods” serves to complement them admirably, reviving some of the band’s favourite compositions in an incendiary set that measures Warhorse’s reputation as a devastating live act – at full gallop!

Warhorse – Live At Woods, streaming now via Spotify, Amazon Music, iTunes and more: https://soundraiser.io/link/warhorse-live-at-woods-live

In 2024, Nick joined Jason Barnard of The Strange Brew Podcast for a deep dive into his career spanning some 60 years. Listen here: https://thestrangebrew.co.uk/nick-simper-deep-purple-warhorse/

Track list 🐎

Woman Of The Devil
Chest Fever
The Ritual
No Chance
Just Looking
Confident But Wrong
Burning
I Who Have Nothing
St. Louis
Back In Time
Shakin’ All Over
Hollywood Nights
I Can Tell
Lucille

14/03/2025

It's not every day you get to have lunch with a Singsong collaborator in a café in Tokyo... 🌏

A great time spent catching up with Morgan Fisher in Japan, his home of many decades. A composer and keyboard wizard with almost 60 years in the music business banked, Morgan has played with everyone from Mott the Hoople, Mott and British Lions as a band member to Queen during their 1982 tour, the first time they added an additional musician to their live shows. As you can imagine, it was not a dull lunch.

More on Morgan's work with Mott and British Lions via the Singsong site: www.singsong.com

09/03/2025

NEW AUDIO RELEASE, available to stream and download now: Neil Ardley – Kaleidoscope Of Rainbows: Live in London 1975
https://singsongmusic.com/new-audio-release-neil-ardley-kaleidoscope-of-rainbows-live-in-london-1975-singsong101/

Kaleidoscope of Rainbows: Live in London 1975 marks a performance of a key composition in the career of one of modern British jazz’s principal auteurs. Released in 1976, the studio version of jazz pioneer Neil Ardley’s epic is regarded by many as marking his creative peak.

Exploring variations on a five-note scale used in Balinese music, its patchwork of swirling, interlocking sound – reminiscent of Terry Riley’s work and Mike Oldfield’s ‘Tubular Bells’ – is consistently absorbing with multiple textures and fine solo performances.

A star line-up of performers include members of Ian Carr’s band Nucleus with Barbara Thompson, Tony Coe and Brian Smith on reeds, Trevor Tomkins on percussion, Dave McRae on keys and Paul Buckmaster on amplified cello under the direction of the composer.

The studio album’s genesis lies in a live tour of the work culminating in this vibrant and exciting performance by the same line-up at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall on October 25th the previous year. And while, due to technical issues on the night, “Rainbow 3” is incomplete, ‘Kaleidoscope of Rainbows – Live in London 1975’ includes two “Rainbows” not included on the single LP studio album.

Sounds for a sunny afternoon in March. Stream it now: https://soundraiser.io/link/neil-ardley-kaleidoscope-of-rainbows--live-in-london-1975

Track list ☀️

Prologue/Rainbow 1
Rainbow 2
Rainbow 3 (incomplete)
Rainbow 4
Rainbow 5/Rainbow 6
Rainbow 7
Rainbow 8
Rainbow 9
Epilogue