‘The Last One’ artwork unveiled 17/01/2018Newsalbum, ali, ali chappell-bates, alison, art, artwork, cover, folk, Gavin Chappell-Bates, news, rock, sleve, story, storytelling, UK, update For me the artwork associated with any project is just as important as the music which is at its core. This was even more prevalent...
‘The Last One’ album release date and launch gig 10/01/201810/01/2018Newsalbum launch, blue moon, Cambridge, CD, digital, folk, Gavin Chappell-Bates, gig, live, music, record, recording, repeat, rock, vinyl With that pesky festive season out of the way, ‘The Last One’ has now gone to the printers which means I can announce to you...
Reviews of ‘Bad Faith / Good Faith’ 20/12/201720/12/2017Newsbad faith good faith, blogs, dance, Gavin Chappell-Bates, indie, music, news, press, reviews, rock, song, video There have been some great reviews of ‘Bad Faith / Good Faith’ over the last few weeks and, now that I’m reflecting back on the...
‘Bad Faith / Good Faith’ music video 01/12/2017Newsbad faith good faith, dance, Gavin Chappell-Bates, indie, music video, news, philoopshy, release, rock, sartre, single, update, video With just a week to go until the release of second single ‘Bad Faith / Good Faith’ you can now watch the official video: This...
Next single ‘Bad Faith / Good Faith’ released 08.12.17 16/10/201716/10/2017Newsanthem, audio, authenticity, bad faith, dance, disco, Gavin Chappell-Bates, indie, jean paul sartre, mauvaise foi, music, news, philosophy, release, rock, single, update I am very very excited (that’s doubly excited) to announce that the second and next single from my forthcoming album ‘The Last One’ will be...
Oxjam Cambridge Festival 16/10/201716/10/2017Newsacoustic, black barn records, Cambridge, charity, festival, Gavin Chappell-Bates, gig, good cause, hunger, live, music, oxfam, oxjam, poverty, worldwide I’m delighted to be headlining the event at Black Barn Records in Cambridge as part of this year’s Oxjam Festival – Cambridge. There’s a great line up joining...
Subterranean 23/08/201723/08/2017Newsacoustic, all day, Cambridge, corn exchange, festival, Gavin Chappell-Bates, indie, lair, rock, subterranean In a months time I’ll be performing at Subterranean, a one day indie and rock festival taking place at the Cambridge Corn Exchange. It will...
Pre-order ‘Lovely Day’ now 04/08/201716/08/2017Newsbandcamp, digital, download, folk, Gavin Chappell-Bates, lovely day, news, pre-order, pre-release, rock, single, update You can now pre-order the new single ‘Lovely Day’, which will be released as a digital download on Friday 18th August. It will be available...
Watch the music video for ‘Lovely Day’ now 28/07/201716/08/2017Newsacoustic, animals, badger, book, creatures, film, folk, fox, Gavin Chappell-Bates, hare, music, music video, rock, singer, single, song, songwriter, squirrel, story time, video, wonderful, woodland So here it is – the fun, fabulous and furry music video for ‘Lovely Day’: Featuring my wonderful woodland chums Bobby Rehman, Stewart Harris, Paul...