Album Notes

Singer and songwriter who combines raw emotion with socio-politics, humour and charisma, Darren has starred alongside many great contemporaries to wide and outstanding acclaim. Raised on comedy and performance poetry, he turns the angst of a Thatcher-era teenager into a burst of musical theatre, using little more than voice and acoustic guitar.

Acclaimed as one of the most versatile solo acoustic creative artistes in the UK, Darren has been actively involved in playing, recording and promoting original music for over 20 years, since his debut in 1986, and professionally since 1988.

Working as a special needs music teacher by day has given his songs, stories and performance a new edge and vitality.

The desire to write, entertain and be embraced as a charming story-teller has always been strongest - he is truly a passionate and powerful contemporary singer songwriter who has taken a happy-go-friendly independent road to success.

He has 3 self-published CD\'s and one live concert DVD to his name. These are \'Global\' (CD & DVD); \'Brilliant Words\'; and \'Passion & Conflict\'.

Darren is also noted for sharing his energies to the benefit of up and coming musicians and writers. As well as co-hosting \'Stand And Deliver\' in the mid 1980\'s, which was a catalyst to the rise of alternative cabaret and comedy, he launched the music programming for one of Greater Manchester\'s most prolific live music venues \'The Witchwood\', and continued through 10 years at the heart of the Madchester scene and beyond.

Darren was also prolific at the outset of the Manchester acoustic scene at the end of the 1990\'s, fronting \'Acoustica\' events all over Greater Manchester and producing the first acoustic songwriter compilation cd of that era \'Words & Pictures\' for Raw Fish Records.

In 2008 he launched a new regular song and poetry event, \'3 Chords & The Truth\', in Cheshire, and became a artistic director for The Hive (Social Enterprise Project).