Described as a modern-day Cat Stevens with a healthy splash of Passenger, Newton Faulkner and Paul Simon, singer-songwriter Richard is hard to pigeonhole.
From the beautiful medieval city of Norwich in the UK, Richard writes and sings with honesty and integrity. There is a humanity and strength on his music that vividly portrays the adversities and triumphs we encounter in everyday life.
Early influences:
After leaving school at the age of 16 Richard took a vocational cabinet making course where he met an inspirational producer, musician and songwriter, Graham Dee, who saw something special in him. This chance encounter changed the course of his life.
Richard picked up his guitar and started to write songs. By the time Graham moved away from Norwich, Richard's love of music had evolved into a strong vocation.
Apprenticeship:
Over the following 10 years Richard launched three rock bands, wrote a portfolio of songs and produced several albums including Don't Look Back, with his third band The Indebtors. This went on to receive critical acclaim, the band reaching the finals of the national Rock The House competition with the song: A New Day.
Throughout this time, Richard studied at City College Norwich to improve his recording and production skills. While there, he met and worked with some talented and inspirational individuals and began experimenting with orchestral composition and film score writing, finally graduating with a BA Hons in Creative Practice and Enterprise.
A New Direction:
March 2015 was a game changer for Richard as he realised that rock music was not the direction he wanted to pursue. He went solo acoustic and refocused his efforts on song-writing and studio recording.
In 2017, Graham Dee came out of retirement to co-produce Richard’s album, Paper Plane, which has full band accompaniment. For Graham, this involved frequent journeys from his home in Dorset to studios in Norwich, Cambridge and London.
Nothing Matters Anymore, was released in May 2017 as a single, followed by Drifter in September 2017. The full album, Paper Plane, was released on 24 September 2018.
Richard makes numerous festival appearances, and gigs at venues around the region as a solo acoustic artist.
