Singer/Songwriter
**Places to hear/buy Graham Corbould’s music; Bandcamp; Apple Music; Spotify.
✦A writer and performer of humorous songs looking at life today (and we all need a laugh right now!), interspersed with some more serious original songs.
✦Audiences are kept engaged with fun stories about the songs, interesting lyrics and accessible, singable chorus’.
✦Shows may also include songs from an extensive repertoire of acoustic covers.
✦Every performance is upbeat and entertaining and yet thought provoking through story-based songs.
✦Whether it is a lively event or something more chilled out, a headline set or a support spot, each performance is tailored to suit your event and audience.
All songs/albums are available to stream/download and purchase from:
Download and purchase ‘Me Time’ at www.grahamcorbould.bandcamp.com
Old Compton Street on Apple Music; Spotify
The Night After the Morning Before Apple Music; Spotify
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Recent Performances:
Broadstairs Folk Festival; Rochester Sweeps Folk Festival; St. Edith’s Folk Club; Dartford Folk Club; Shrewsbury House (Album Launch); Acoustic Anarchy (at The Water into Beer Micropub, London SE4); Man of Kent (Rochester); Bob Hope Theatre; Pelton Arms; Morden Arms; The Shortlands Tavern; Plus many more. (Also I play a lot of covers gigs, not shown above, and will in slip original songs just to see who is paying attention!)
Examples of my original songs - all can be found at https://grahamcorbould.bandcamp.com
*Drinking Wine in my Pyjamas - A bit of Lockdown humour.
*Going Commando - Why don’t our crack fighting force wear pants?
*Bewildered Bystander - A take on 21st century life and attitudes.
*The Questionnaire - Tired of getting email questionnaires when ever you buy something?
*The Song of Me and You - a tale of regret.
My Next Great Affair - Lonely boy dreaming of his next love.
Varosha - A descriptive song of a city in Cyprus left in ‘no-mans land’ since the 1974.
Old Compton Street - A guitar instrumental, folky with a tinge of Jazz.
Drinking on a School Night - A call to indulge in mid-week merriment.
Music is Cheaper Than Therapy - In dark times we all have ‘go to’ songs or albums to help us through.
For audio and video links to some songs Click here for audio and click here for video
"Graham played a highly enjoyable and elegant set’.”
“I thought your CD’s and songs are really good – please do come back to St Edith’s Folk Club sometime soon.”
Singer/Songwriter
As a song writer, Graham addresses a wide spectrum of topics, feelings and issues. Never forgetting that audiences are there to be entertained, much effort is put into making songs accessible through strong choruses and verses which carry a story. The stories are varied in topic, not limited to love and loss, but tell of many things. Within the repertoire of over 50 original songs, some have a rye humour about them others address more serious topics.
The guitar features prominently and there are a few self-written instrumentals. Graham was guitar tutor for 20 years up until 2021when he gave up to focus on gigging. In 2009 Graham was awarded Guitar Tutor of the year award by the Registry of Guitar Tutors.
Graham has also had a number of Prestigious support spots - Oyster Band, Phil Odgers (The Men They Couldn’t Hang), Chicken Shack and others.
Graham’s song “It's the Little things” reached the semi-finals of the UK Songwriting Contest.
After submitting various examples of his work, Graham was awarded a place on a songwriting workshop tutored by Sir Ray Davies MBE.
Covers
At a live show, mixed in with Graham's originals he will often play a few songs by other songwriters, such as; Al Stewart; Ray Davies; Ralph McTell; Bob Dylan; Billy Bragg; Show of Hands/Steve Knightly; Frank Turner; Nick Lowe and very many more.
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I hope the enjoy the music and thanks for looking me up.
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