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I’m thrilled to share that my song “Freedom in Your Love” has been shortlisted for the StepFWD Song of the Year 2024 in the Electronic/Dance category! StepFWD is the Christian version of the Brits, celebrating the best of Christian music across the UK.

To vote for your favourite Christian artists, including Freedom in Your Love, head over to stepfwdawards.com/vote to vote for your favourite artists!

There are so many talented artists nominated across a variety of categories like Contemporary Worship, Rap, Pop, Indie, and more. The awards will take place on 23rd November 2024. Thank you for your continued support!

31st July 2024:

Since I set my self a New Year target to write and record one song a month during 2024, I now have half of the songs for my next album ready to go!

Two weeks into the summer holiday, I caught up with Phillip at Appletree Studio, which is in the heart of the rural Aylesbury countryside, to work on the finished tracks.

Once again, I am in awe of his attention to detail with the arrangement and absolutely love the way he has added drum, bass and lead guitar to lift the tracks to another level. As all the songs have been written from a place of worship, in order to glorify God, it is important for me that the person who is producing the music captures the vision. As a Christian producer, Phillip totally gets both my musical style and the message I’m wanting to convey; his production has completely honoured this!

Two tracks stood out in particular for me: ‘Everyone who Calls’ and ‘From the Dust’. I wanted both tracks to capture a slightly chilled ethereal feel at the start, but to build dynamically to enhance the powerful lyrical statement in the middle eight. Phillip blended instruments and vocal harmonies well in order to achieve my vision.

So, what happens next …? Well, the plan is to drop a couple of singles before the album is released in the New Year. I also need to finish the remaining six songs by December, so that I can work on the final tracks during the Christmas holidays. I am spending the summer holidays writing and recording as well as taking a couple of weeks off to have a holiday!

Watch out for another post in the next few weeks when I will be announcing the release of my next single!

Since releasing Bricks and Mortar in October, and launching the album in November, I’ve been super busy balancing my work, family, church and song-writing life. I’m not sure how I manage to fit it all in, but the more I give, the more I seem to receive.

On New Year’s Eve, I set myself a target of writing one song a month. So far, I am on track …

January began with an instrumental track – Liminality. This was inspired by my love of Christina Rossetti’s poetry, which I had been teaching to my A Level students. Some of her poems deal with the theme of Liminality (the in between world). Many of Rossetti’s poems are deeply religious and she often reflects on liminal spaces, such as the space between night and day (twilight) as well as life and death. Liminal simply means ‘threshold’ – the part of the door that you need to step over to enter another space. This got me thinking about the liminal spaces that we often experience in our walk with Christ. One of the most powerful liminal spaces is when we meet with God in the thin place, which is a Celtic Christian term to describe the narrow space between earth and eternity. When we spend time in the presence of God through prayer and worship, we enter these liminal spaces where heaven breaks through. My track ‘Liminality’ reflects this deeply Spiritual place with its piano melody underpinned by layers of textured ethereal pads.

February, March and April’s songs are full-on vocal tracks, which are ready to go to Phillip, my producer, who will work his magic. I’m hoping to drop a couple of tracks in the summer with a full studio album early in the New Year … if all goes to plan!

The ‘Bricks and Mortar’ album showcase event was a huge success. Thank you to the talented band, our incredible sound and lighting engineers, the awesome members of my church fam who helped with set-up, clear-up, welcome, compèring, refreshments, merchandise sales etc. Last, but by no means least, a huge thank you to everyone who supported the event. It was a very special evening. 🎶😘xx

Friday 20th October:

Bricks and Mortar is now available on all online streaming platforms and CD available for purchase by contacting me through this website. Thank you to the talented Phillip Goss at Apple tree Studio for your awesome production as well as your soaring lead guitar riffs, bold bass lines and exciting rhythm.

20th October 2023:

Highly anticipated album ’Bricks and Mortar’ will be released on all major streaming platforms from midnight on 20th October. The album, which was written from a place of worship, is a blend of alternative modern worship with a hint of indie-pop. Some of the songs are contemplative; others are more upbeat with a lively dance vibe. Many of the tracks are deeply personal; however others are reimagined from alternative perspectives taken from well known Bible stories. The lyrics are deeply rooted in scripture and my vision is to communicate the love of God through Jesus Christ.

The title of the album is taken from one of the songs, which is about drawing closer to God.  The song is a plea to the Father to break through the bricks and mortar of the walls that we so often place around our hearts.  It also draws on the album’s recurring motif of accepting God’s love, grace.