Hi! I’m Charlie.

Thanks for visiting my website — it’s home to my various projects, songs, videos, upcoming singing workshops, choirs, and gigs.

“I contain multitudes” Whitman said - and my musical career certainly reflects this sentiment. I have never been able to pin myself down to one discipline - I wear a variety of musical hats! I’m a community musician, therapeutic arts practitioner, instrumentalist, and songwriter, working with people of all ages and walks of life. The through-line is my love of song-craft: a great song can unite people across differences, generations, and abilities, while still expressing something personal.

Everything I do lives under the Projects dropdown at the top of the page. There you’ll see details on my therapeutic music workshops (I’m trained by Music4Wellbeing to lead therapeutic singing sessions for people living with additional needs like dementia or Parkinson’s). You can explore my large-scale inter-generational project Sing from the Heart, where I collaborate with folks of all ages and abilities to write, record, and perform a brand-new original track — showing how a great song can bring everyone together. You can also find my children’s YouTube channel, Charlie’s Tunes, where I write and present songs for kids. 

My longest-running musical project is Itchy Teeth, the band I co-founded with my friend Xav Clarke in 2007. We’ve toured Europe, earned support and radio play from BBC Radio 6 and Radio X, and we’re just about to release our new album We’re Friends Again (you can hear all the music and watch our ridiculous varied videos on the Releases page). And then there’s my solo work, where I get to make exactly what I want — and I can indulge those navel gazing/tortured artist fantasies.

It’s all here on this website, so have a good browse! If you have any questions, please get in touch — I’d love to hear from you.