Earlier this month I was invited by the wonderful people at Ventnor Exchange to come and run a songwriting workshop for 11-15 year olds on a Sunday afternoon. I’ve done quite a few workshops like this recently, they tie in very nicely with the process of writing songs for the ‘Found’ project. The found photographs…
Paul Armfield’s Friends Society
Greetings! Orphaned by my record company as it drew it’s last breath earlier this year, and twice snubbed by the Arts Council as not worthy of their funding, I find myself abandoned, left to fend alone, a bearded singer/songwriter adrift in a world already drowning in bearded singer/songwriters. Sniff. But this is no sob story,…
My New Hepworth Guitar
I am a one guitar man! Apart from a brief dalliance with a lovely nylon strung Raimundo 112, the only six string for me is my beloved Washburn EA36, we’ve been together for the best part of 20 years when it replaced the Ovation copy that my parents had given me for my 16th birthday….
On songwriting
I have set aside January and February to write songs for the ‘Found’ project so I’m very much focused on my art. So maybe I was more in tune with a blog post by my friend Jon Griffin than I would normally have been, but it’s the best meditation on the dark art of songwriting…
Bluebird documentary
On my recent tour of Europe I was very pleased to be invited by the Vienna Songwriting Association to be the surprise guest at their album launch. The Sky Is Big Today is the the 6th album in the Between The Lines series. Each album commemorates the previous year’s Bluebird Festival featuring artists that performed…
European Tour November 2014
Ten dates, five countries and lots of new venues. This tour will involve some particularly long train journeys which I love, a fantastic opportunity to get some writing done. I’m especially pleased to be playing for the first time in my old home town of Bratislava, even more so as I’m on the same bill…
Adieu To Old England…
No, not off on tour again quite yet, Adieu To Old England is the traditional song that I have interpreted for the compilation ‘Shirley Inspired…’ Shirley Collins has been inspiring people for several decades, ever since she began singing folk songs back in the 50s. Collaborating with a who’s who of the folk world from…
Bespoke Songs Now Available
I’m very pleased to finally be able to present the fives bespoke songs written in five days earlier this year and performed at Quay Arts on 26th April. The concert was recorded by Jim and Rob Holmes from Studio Humbug and I’ve tied up their recordings to a film of the show taken by my…
You probably think this song is about you…well it is!
UPDATE MONDAY 21st APRIL : The 5 winners are: Onevai Pita, Mara Robinson, Sarah Muston, Sam Farren and Lois Prior. I shall now go away and write your songs and perform them this Saturday evening at the Quay. Ever wanted to be the subject of a song? Here’s your chance. On Saturday 26th April I…
Kisses, tattoos and lots of friends.
Originally written for a close friend who was going through a very messy separation at the time, You Will Be Loved Again has proven to be one of the most popular songs on ‘Up Here’. I’m happy to say that the message of hope seems to have touched even the stoniest of hearts. Inspired by…