Really fun night last night – me and John opened the show for Diana Vickers, an ex x factor finalist. Luckily they didn’t force us to sing 1 min 30sec versions of old pop songs and tell me my dress isn’t very flattering. Any Diana fans found there way on to this site?! Helloooo to yoooo…

The best bit however was probably when her crew loaded all of our gear into their van and almost drove to manchester with it…

Cool night tho! I wonder what Simon would have made of our performance?… Read the rest

I’m working on my first full-length album at the moment. Several people who have been through this process have likened it to having a good poo…

I think it’s more similar to ketchup in a glass bottle – hard to get going, then everything comes out in huge unstoppable waves, then it takes ages to get the last bit.

Personally I think it’s been the most rewarding and exciting thing I’ve ever done, and I’m just stunned by the results. It’s easily the best music I’ve ever written, performed by the best musicians I’ve known, and brought to life by two of the best engineers / producers in the business.

Can’t wait to show you all!… Read the rest

Check out this video filmed in the illustrious setting of a garden shed…
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This year I’ll start be doing a monthly residency at London’s Ronnie Scott’s Club.

Most people know it as the home of jazz music in the UK, but it actually puts on a wide variety of music, including these nights run by the wonderful Vaz from TV Nights.

The dates will all be Tuesday nights – the 20th April, the 18th May and the 15th June – and I’ll be joined by the same incredible musicians who performed so excellently on my recent album recording sessions.

Can’t wait – hope you can make one of them!… Read the rest

The band and I, or Jake Morley And The Replaceables as I’m pretending to call us to annoy John and Harry, eased back into live performance with a few consecutive dates last week.

The always-wonderful TABARNAK totally acoustic night, Shuga Buddha‘s night at Balham’s fine venue The Bedford, and finally a date at Stratford-upon-avon’s Cox’s Yard venue supporting Ezio.

It feels so great to go out and play again after all these months writing and recording! When the record’s done we’ll make some more serious live plans for the year.

Thank you SO much to everyone who came along to any of these nights – especially all the people who’ve messaged me since then to say how much they enjoyed it. I’ll certainly make sure I swing by Stratford again this year x… Read the rest

Booooo!

we tried to mix the album, but the studio we’d hired kept having technical problems – crashing desks, computers, ProTools…. you name it.

Eventually we had to cancel the sessions! Rather disappointing… The plan now is to start mixing all over again from the 12th April in a different studio.

The good news is that it’s still sounding excellent, and it’s a reflection of everyone’s passion and dedication to the album that we weren’t prepared to settle for second best. Roll on spring! x… Read the rest