The finishing touches to this beautiful song will be made on 7 March and we just can’t wait to share it with you. Home-grown from the Sinclair ‘stable’ and as different from jazz and blues and you can get.
Lavender and Lace – excited!
Sunday 11 February saw us record our beautiful song Lavender and Lace and we’re waiting for the mix! So, keep watching out for it any day soon.
Both Gerry Pruciewicz and Cathy Matthews are absolutely stunning on this track.
And finally – from ‘Educating Toft’
These schoolgirls ‘don’t need no education’ according to their song! We had so much fun. Thanks to Barbara Preece and Kat Holmes for joining me.
More from Educating Toft
Brilliantly produced by Martin Sebborn and Richard Fletcher alias RicMar Productions
‘EDUCATING TOFT’
A review showing the antics going on at ‘Toftlin’s Academy’. Great fun for both the audience and the cast.
‘Educating Toft’
Toft’s bi-annual review takes place on Friday and Saturday 26/27 January, and this time we see ‘schoolboys’ taking ballet lessons, the famous ‘chalet-maids’ getting into mischief and I will don my St Trinian’s girl’s uniform to face the headmaster in his study. I’ll serenade him with the glorious song ‘Teach Me Tonight’ to try to win his approval! It’s all crazy and hilarious in typical Toft fashion.
A new song for 2018
Every blessing for 2018.
The partying couldn’t go on for ever so on 29 December I met with the lovely vocalist Cathy Matthews to work on my own song Lavender and Lace. It’s as far removed from jazz and blues as you could imagine – the creative process often leads to very unexpected places! Enabling other people to use their own creativity can be really fulfilling, on both sides, so I sent my original ideas to Cathy who found her own place in the song and some delicious harmonies have emerged.
It was the same with guitarist Gerry Pruciewicz who I’ve worked with for many years and I knew that his musical interpretation of my very limited explanation would be amazing. I don’t know how he does it but his guitar on it’s own could tell the story of this song, never mind the lyrics!! So, we will take it to the studio sometime soon – watch this space!!
I was speaking recently with the fabulous jazz singer Lee Gibson and during the conversation she said, “we don’t choose music, music chooses us”!! That’s a whole new post!
Looking Cosy
It was a smaller version of the band that played at a recent function. Very cosy and colourful, cool jazz and blues.
Lafayette, Louisiana USA
Very excited to be visiting Louisiana, USA in April 2018 to sing ‘the blues’ with Mark Warner and his band – at last I get to perform in America!! 🎶🎤 
WE ARE SOUND – ‘IN THE DARK’ Concert is SOLD OUT
The ‘WE ARE SOUND’ ‘IN THE DARK’ gigs on Saturday 11 November and Saturday 16 December in the Round Church in Cambridge are now sold out