MUSIC

I started learning my first instrument, violin, in 2020 over the lockdown period after watching Andrew Bird’s tiny desk concert, which I can say now has been literally life-changing. I now play violin, viola, cello, mandolin, banjo, guitar, bass, harp, clarinet, saxophone, glockenspiel, and a little piano.

Always, Rachel

This is the new single off my upcoming EP, Whitewater Redwood. I don’t often write love songs (at least, not about people), but after reading through the Dorothy Freeman Collection, I really couldn’t help myself.

Whitewater Redwood

This is my next EP, a small collection of songs about the ocean and the sky it comes from. It features 2 original songs, a sea shanty (I can’t help myself) and a folk tune I collected from the seaside woods of the Big Basin.

spencer california

Is my rather silly on-stage alias… It derives from 2 very simple things. My name is Spencer, and most people here (in the UK folk scene) know me as “The guy from California.”

I don’t want to trouble anyone with having to remember much else.

For the past few years I’ve I’ve toured around the country at every folk festival from Sidmouth to Shrewsbury with the Cecil Sharp Ceilidh band as well as guest appearances in other groups like Steamchicken. I also work as a recording artist and gig partner for musicians like Katya Nimble, Sammy Margolis, Ant Survila, and more.