Following a series of successful sessions in Headingley, Troubadour will return to The Triangle in Shipley this August for a special songwriter showcase.

Hosted by Dan McGlade and Si Bristol, Troubadour brings together original songwriters and audiences in an informal…

The L☿rds of MisRule have begun a run of rehearsals ahead of their headline appearance at Kettlewell Festival this July.

Alongside revisiting existing - and introducing new - material, the band has been refining its live setup and exploring ways…

Work continues on the forthcoming Lords of MisRule EP, including development of the track Escape From Monte Carlo.

Recent sessions have focused on arrangement and orchestration, with plans emerging for live string recording as part of the final production…

Troubadour returns to The Vinyl Whistle in Headingley on Sunday 14 June, continuing its growing series of songwriter-focused sessions.

Hosted by Dan McGlade and Si Bristol, Troubadour brings together performers and audiences in an informal setting centred around original songs…

Work is ongoing on the next EP from The Lords of MisRule, with current focus on developing Escape From Monte Carloin demo form.

Building on experience from the first EP, the band is taking a more self-contained approach to…

Work has begun on the next EP from The Lords of MisRule, with writing and demo sessions currently underway.

The first track in development, Escape From Monte Carlo, has already featured in recent live sets and is now being…

A new monthly songwriter session, Troubadour, is launching at The Vinyl Whistle in Headingley.

Hosted by Dan McGlade and Si Bristol, the event brings together songwriters and performers in an informal, collaborative setting, with a focus on original material…

A small but very welcome development on the Songwriter Showcase front…

Simon has been chatting with the team at Vinyl Whistle in Headingley, and they’ve very kindly offered us a regular monthly slot — the second Sunday of every…

On 28th February, Fakespeare opened…

…and I had one of my favourite musical experiences: sitting in the audience, quietly watching ideas that once lived only in notebooks and hard drives come alive in front of you.

A charming, talented…

Over in theatre-land, I’m delighted (and quietly relieved) to report that all the main musical themes for Fakespeare are now written — and, crucially, that writer/director Stuart Fortey likes them.

I’m now deep into arranging the material for period…

I’m currently composing the original score for Fakespeare, a new theatre production written and directed by Stuart Fortey.

The play switches between the 15th and 18th centuries, offering an exciting musical challenge that allows me to explore…

I was delighted to return to working with visual artist and director Naomi Parker this autumn, composing the original score for LightFall, a walkabout performance commissioned for Bradford’s BD:is LIT light festival.

Set around the Mirror Pool in…

Saturday, 23rd November 2024

The Beehive, Shipley, West Yorkshire

Doors open at 7:00 PM / Music starts at 7:30 PM

I'm really looking forward to “Drinking St George's Hall” on 27th July (11-4pm).  It's an event at St George’s Hall celebrating Bradford’s live music heritage, from Rock and Roll to Bhangra and Bassline. This unique installation captures the…

Switching gears, I'm now working with Liberty Arts’ Louise Hodgson and Falling Stars’ Beccy Durham on "Let Me Tell You A Story”, a new festival for the over-60s, coming to Keighley on 7th-8th September 2024. It's…

That's right. On Saturday 27th April, Dan McGlade And The Lords Of MisRule return to the appropriately Sgt Pepper-esque setting of Roberts Park's charming bandstand, in Saltaire. 

We’ll be unleashing more “dramatic, mythical glam-rock” (Lorne Behrman, Village Voice) as part…

Oh yes. My first five-song solo EP, Mid Vice Crisis, will be released on Saturday 30th November, with a filthygorgeous monster of a party at The Vault in Shipley.  

Clear. Your. Calendar. Now.

Remember that mysterious Mikron show I mentioned two posts ago…? Well, the cat's out of the bag now, and I can reveal with much excitement that I've signed on as Composer-Songwriter for their 2024 show, ‘Common Ground’…

The…

I can’t wait to start writing new songs for Mikron Theatre Company in December, for their next production in Spring 2024.  It’s the second time I’ve collaborated with these gorgeous folk, having worked as Musical Director on their show A…

On Saturday 16th September, at the truly rock and roll time of 11:00AM, I'm playing my first gig with a full band, at the iconic Saltaire Festival Bandstand Stage. 

Expect a full throated performance…as my erstwhile companions, The…

I'm really happy to be playing at the 2023 Chapel FM Musicathon…at 7:30am!

40 different artists. 24 hours. This musical marathon celebrates the sound of Leeds in 1 epic event. Head on down to Seacroft to hear performances from all…

I'm humbled (there, I said it) and excited to start rehearsing next month as Musical Director for Mikron's production of A Force To Be Reckoned With.

I've followed Mikron for years, visiting shows with my daughter, and was always blown…

Really looking forward to my next collaboration with Leeds Conservatoire - this time working with multi-award winning storyteller, director, performer & writer Debs Newbold, as she directs Chris Hannan’s Crime & Punishment - an exciting, fresh and accessible…

Around the time I was composing for Twelfth Night & Macbeth at Leeds Playhouse, Leeds theatre company Wrongsemble kindly invited me to engineer the recorded music for their forthcoming Christmas show, A Town Called Christmas.  What could I say…

...seriously, if I had longer I'd have come up with a better title, but I was in rehearsals and wrote it in about three minutes so there you go. 

I'm beyond excited to be working as Composer, Sound Designer and…