The Bigger Picture EP - TRAILER

It's on it's way people...but for now here's a very sneak preview! Enjoy!

Another quick update..

A couple of quick updates, so percussion has now been laid down by the fantastic Asa Concannon. It was really nice of him to come over to the studio to be a part of this EP. I remember meeting him from the days of his old band, Atra Cura, which also features Mike as the guitarist. Please also check out his new band, No One Man.

So everything for the new EP is now coming together, all the pieces are being put into place and The Bigger Picture will finally be revealed very soon! I am excited for everyone to hear it and so far, I am very proud of it. Mike has done a great job and I have had the pleasure of getting some great people such as Steve Keen and Asa involved too.

So the gig at St Pauls was a great success! Much monies was raised for St Barnabas! IT was an absolute pleasure to appear on the line up with other great artists such as Maria Henderson, Rachel Hawker, The Dopple Shift and The Flip Flays.

Tonight! I will be opening for this! Don't miss!

Got Any Plans This Friday??

This Friday! I will be playing a charity gig in aid of St Barnabas! This Friday, 3rd of May at St Pauls, Chapel Road in Worthing! I will be supporting Rachel Hawker and The Flip Flays, as well as many other exciting artists! £7 on the door but trust me, it will be worth every penny! Let's do the maths...

Great venue + great music + great company + all for a good cause = BE THERE!

I am opening this event, I will be on at 19:50, so please don't be late!

And whilst I also have your attention! The EP is near completion! And yes, we are looking at a May release! But for now, here is a peak at the artwork that my good friend, Rough Stuff, did...

My second EP, "The Bigger Picture", coming very soon...

The Bigger Picture will soon be revealed!

The wait is almost over! Finishing touches are currently being made and this EP will soon be complete! I can officially reveal that my cousin and very good friend, Steve Keen from the band Apertures who were formally known as, The Fusion. They are unfortunatley not together anymore but do check their music out anyway as they were an awesome band who I have had the pleasure of with! Steve came to the studio the other day to lay down some vocals on a couple of the tracks. All I can say is that it sounds amazing, I have always been a big fan of Steve's vocal work and to have him contribute his voice to this EP is extremely special to me! However, he may very well be making another appearance in the studio by the end of this month...we shall have to wait and see.

I can unofficially announce that my second EP will be available to download (for free, that's right £0!) next month! It has taken a while but I can assure you, it will be worth the wait!

In other news, I made another appearance at the Cube in Brighton, courtesy of my good friend, Matt Bonner. I arrived at the venue to be greeted with a surprise appearance from Mr Greg Mcpherson from the band Inme! And of course, straight after playing, was greeted by his lovely smile at the end of my set as he was playing after myself! So that would now be two members of Inme that I've had the pleasure of playing alongside of and what a special night that was indeed! And of course all of the artists that night were fantastic, a great line up of artists, Hadleigh Ford, Fire At Night and Joey Fincham! Please check these guys out!

Greg is not only a great guy but a great songwriter too and he is currently pledging his Second Album, Dreamoirs! Please by all means get onto his pledge music site here! You won't want to miss out!

New EP, updates, gigs, gigs and gigs!

Just a quick update, for the past couple of weeks I have been at my good friend, Mike Anderson's home studio working on my next and second EP. Guitars, vocal and harmonica have currently been recorded, all is sounding great so far! Mike is an absolute pleasure to work with, I honestly can't wait to get it finished for all of you to hear.
But all doesn't finish here, there is still a bit of work to be done! I have a couple of special guest to pop into the studio to provide some vocals and also some cello from another special guest of course too! All will be revealed very soon...updates will be posted soon and of course some sneaky peak videos too.

In the meantime, I am delighted to announce that I will be gracing my presence in Worthing for the Pangalactic Festival at Bar 42. I will be playing from 8pm on Thursday 28th March supporting my good buddy Matt Bonner as well as some other great artsits. Please also check out the other days, my good friends Neko will be playing on Saturday! This is a weekend you don't want to miss!

And then the next night, I will be back home in Brighton to play at Caps Bar on Friday 29th March! As presented by the fantastic Hush hush!

And just in...I will be playing The Cube in Brighton on Tuesday 9th April supporting Hadleigh Ford.

See you there!

Hello 2013!

Happy "Belated" New Year everybody! 2013 has approached us! And to begin what I believe is going to be a great year, everything is coming together nicely for my next EP, "The Bigger Picture". There will be some special guests appearances, I cannot mention them for the time being but I can reveal that I will be in Mike Anderson's studio for the next month or so making finishing touches and the odd bit of experimenting with other instruments and tweaking here and there. Let's just say it's going to be a very interesting experience indeed!

A couple of weeks ago I played my very first show of 2013 supporting Matt Bonner. I will be playing my next show on Tuesday 5th February at The Cube in Brighton supporting Graces Collide! Please come on down, you may even hear some new tracks from my upcoming EP!

Merry Christmas and Goodbye 2012!

Well this has certainly been a rather eventful and busy year that has gone by so swiftly! But of course, this is only just the beginning, 2013 is going to be an exciting year! I have much planned and all will be revealed in the new year, video shoot, new EP and many more gigs to come!

I know I said in my last post that this would be my final blog of 2012 but of course, much to get off my chest before we wrap up 2012 before Christmas!

Firstly, a huge thanks once again to Gazz Marlow and Matt Bonner and Danny Dangerously and everyone involved with the past couple of Christmas shows in Brighton and Crawley. I always love Christmas shows and the Christmas ditties went down a treat indeed!

Secondly, for the past few weeks, I was answering a bunch of questions from Rock Britain, in the last week of this section last Friday, I was asked what my favourite albums were of 2012, I may have cheated slightly by saying a couple of EPs! Sorry but I do listen to a lot of those as well, please check out the section here. http://rockbritain.com/2012/12/21/in-collaboration-fin-autumn-ruin-the-lost-souls-club-lewis-mckale-part-4/ If I didn't state your album as one of my favourites of 2012 then I apologise dearly.

And last but my no means least, I did a photo shoot recently, Pat Blann, a very familiar name here of course! He is the very guy who produced my first EP, as well as helping me with some shows I was in and of course has taken a load of my photos and has done a recent shoot for me which you can see on my facebook page, please check it out. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.405388259541351.95023.129606233786223&type=3

Pat should pretty much become my manager! But he has a website for his new photography company, please check it out http://www.dayinthecity.co.uk/

And that's all folks, that's goodnight from me, you've been beautiful! Merry Christmas and Happy New year! See you in 2013!

Christmas Shows 2012!

It's that time of year again! Tis the season to be merry and to get into the Christmas spirit, I will of course be playing a couple of Christmassy shows. Did I say a couple?? Well to kick things off, I will be playing a small warm up set down The Cricketers in Worthing hosted by the lovely Chris Simmons.

I am pleased to announce that I will be kicking off the festivities at The Cube on Tuesday 18th December in Brighton supporting Gazz Marlow who is in the rock band INME. I am indeed very excited about this show, there will be other fantastic acoustic artists such as Matt Carpanini, Kane Le Lacheur, Paul Diello and Matt Bonner will also be providing musical interludes in between sets.
I myself will be providing the evening with a couple of Christmas ditties, I can't give away which songs I will be playing but if you want to find out...come down!
Did I also mention it's free?? For more info on the gig, check out the facebook page here.

And just to give a quick mention that Gazz is set to work on his next solo album, for more details, please check out his pledge page.

And then to conclude 2012 with my final gig of the year at The Black Dog in Crawley. A special acoustic night hosted by my friend Danny Dangerously with a huge line up of great artists all through the evening!
Don't miss it, check out the line up here.

What a way to finish 2012, I can only describe the last year as...up and down...but we can only go onwards and upwards and 2013 is going to be a very exciting year! Already much is planned, my second release "The Bigger Picture" EP will be the next step and much much more to come....
Did I also mention a new music video along the EP's release?? Of course, me and my good friend Rhys Bendix Lewis are working towards a new video for a track from my new EP entitled, "Those Were The Days". Rhys and myself have worked together many times and I am excited about this next one, it will be an epic adventure! You can find out a little bit more about Rhys on his brand new website

www.rhysbendixlewis.com

Hopefully just before the new year, you will also get to see a new set of photos that I had done by my other dear friend Pat Blann, please also check out his new photography company.

www.dayinthecity.co.uk

And that is all from me! See you in 2013! Merry christmas and happy new year! x

A Whale of a time!

I have plenty of updates, I am slightly behind with this internet lark and for that I apologise. So here come the updates...deep breath....

I would just like to say a huge thanks to everybody that came to the Hove Old Market for Whalefest 2012! Also a massive thanks to all the staff and technicians and organisers and everybody that had been working their arses off all day to put it together! And big big thanks to Luke Everitt for all his hard work and making this happen!

Also a huge thanks to all the other fantastic artists that played, Adam Lucas, You Me Tree, Nick Williams, Anna Rice and Jose Vanders! It was truly wonderful sharing the stage with all of them. Such a lovely bunch of people to work with and what a great turn out it was.
I managed to sell a load of "My Fathers Son" EP Whalefest edition CD's at the gig and raised quite a bit of cash towards the charity. A great success it was indeed. Especially when I came off stage and got told by one of the staff that as soon as I was done, someone came to the stall and brought a CD straight away! It's times like these I realise that this is where everything pays off! It's great to hear that people of the general public enjoy what I do and this is why I do it of course.

It was pretty much the biggest venue I've ever played too, I thought I would get lost but it was also amazing to be on that stage knowing that the likes of some of my favourite artists have also performed there such as The Cardiacs, The Vines and Supergrass.

I also had my own dressing room! This is so new to me, it was very different from playing in pubs and clubs where I just arrive at the venue and away I go. But I must say, this is probably my most proudest moment of my career, to have my own dressing room with a picture of a Whale with my name on it!

I'm so proud, it now hangs on my bedroom door at home! (Sorry, I had to steal it!)

Well it doesn't stop here folks, my next EP, "The Bigger Picture", is on it's way! But it looks like you may have to wait until next January for it..but like I said before, I want this EP to be perfect and all good things come to those who wait.

In other news, I did an interview a couple of weeks ago. My very first interview infact, I won't give it away but listening back, I do sound pretty nervous and all I can honestly say is that interviews are pretty hard! Especially trying to think of good answers! Please follow the soundcloud link below to hear the full interview.


And finally as mentioned from the interview, yes I will indeed be supporting Gazz Marlow from Inme at The Cube in Brighton on December 18th for a very special Christmas show! So being the festive season I will of course be playing plenty of Crimbo covers! I will of course mention more details in the next couple of weeks. See you there...with bells on!

Limited Edition, "My Father's Son" Whalefest EPs!!

On 27th October at Whalefest at Hove Old Market, if you come and find me, you can get your hands on one of these...

A limited edition of "My Father's Son" EP. They are £2 each but every penny goes towards the Whalefest charity!

It comes with a hand written track listing and written message by yours truly!

And of course it comes with an origami fish for you to look after.

Want one? Come to Whaelfest on October 27th at Hove Old Market, you better get to me quick as I only have limited copies! See you there :)

Oh did I also forget to mention? I will be doing a warm up gig at the World's End in Brighton on Sunday 21st supporting Matt Bonner! Aren't you lucky?! x

Whalefest 2012 and other bits and bobs!

I am delighted to announce that I will be opening this year's Whalefest Live event at the Hove Old Market n 27th October 2012! I will be playing alongside some amazing artitsts such as Adam Lucas and his band You Me Tree, Nick Williams, Anna Rice and Jose Vanders!

The event is only £7 and all proceeds go towards the charity! Click here for ticket info.
To learn more exciting things about this charity, please visit their website.

I can't even tell you how excited I am about this event, you will be hearing more from me very soon as I have much to tell on my forthcoming second EP. I won't give away too much but all I can say so far is that it will hopefully be finished by the end of this year and it will be entitled "The Bigger Picture EP". I am also excited about getting this finished to share with you all.

To wrap things up (before you crazy kids go buying tickets for Whalefest) please check out a review from the Folk Off Session I played at the Fiddler's Elbow last month, please check it out here.

Thanks to Brian McNamara for the photos, it was a great night and I highly recommend you check out FOLK OFF SESSIONS facebook page for future gigs, it's a great night you definatley don't want to miss out on!

Take of yourself and speak soon x

A first for everything...

I am pleased to be playing the FOLK OFF SESSIONS down the Fiddler's Elbow in Brighton. I will be opening this fantastic night from 8pm, to be followed by some fantastic artists such as, Yourgardenday, Stark and The Move-Ons! It's going to be down the Fiddler's Elbow and it's free! So what's your excuse?

This show also got a mention last Sunday night on BBC Introducing! My very first plug on the radio, please check it out... http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7kh please also check out the fantastic track played by Yourgardenday also.

There certainly is a first for everything, whilst we're on the subject...My debut EP, "My Father's Son", has recently been reviewed! This is my first ever review and I got to be honest, I was so nervous about reading it but it's a nice review and it makes me happy that people from outside the UK enjoy it! please check it out, http://englishrockmelody.wordpress.com/2012/09/11/independent-outlook-lewis-mckale-my-fathers-son-ep-2012/

REES Ends The World, 26th August.

A bit of a late night blog entry here, I'll be playing my first ever festival tommorow afternoon from 4.30 at the World's End, Brighton!

It's been a weekend of music so far, please check out these great artists from the line-up!

I will be playing a couple of new tracks from my forthcoming second EP, which I am happy to say is all coming together nicely! Don't miss!

Little Known Session on Brighton Beach

Back in May, this was probably shot on one of the first of very few sunny days that we've had this year, so I thought it would be nice to cheer everybody up and remember that the British summer isn't always gloom and doom! This was a session with the very lovely Little Known Records, I am delighted with the video. Please by all means check out their youtube channel, there are many other fantastic sessions in the pipeline with other great artists, especially the session with Jacko Hooper at the Amex stadium! 

I also got a mention from N'Emerge Talent on their site about my previous stop motion video for "Where Have You Been?", please check it out via this link

Other news to come soon in regards to new music...but in the mean time, I have some gig updates, hope to see your lovely faces there!

29th July - The World's End, Brighton

31st July - The Pav Tav, Brighton

19th August - The World's End, Brighton

Giving INTO the Music! Saturday 9th June, The Loft, Brighton.

Tommorow afternoon I will be performing with an eclectic line-up of fantastic artists at the Loft, Brighton. I will be kicking off this event from 12pm. £6 entry but it's all in aid of INTO giving charity! For a very good cause indeed, I am privileged to be working with this company again to help raise awareness of helping provide education to those less fortunate.

But it doesn't just end there...I will be selling physical copies of my debut EP, My Father's Son, for only £2. But it's a limited edition version, hand crafted by yours truly! It comes with CD version of the EP, a hand written note from me and an Origami Crane Fly, much like the one that featured in my video for, "Where Have You Been?".

All proceeds go to charity, so please come down to the gig and don't miss out. All for a good cause people!