Mr Colin Whyles

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United Kingdom

I'm a singer-songwriter. My main instrument is finger-style acoustic guitar although I now use Maccann duet concertina quite a lot. This also means I write tunes for the duet concertina as well.

I never know how to describe my music. It lies somewhere between folk and rock. It isn't difficult or technically challenging. I am a tunesmith - if it hasn't got a good melody it gets abandoned. People speak highly of my ballads and seem to enjoy my rags!

I like to reach in different directions, so you will find a touch of country, blues, folk, pop or rock. There is even some Klezmer for the concertina (and more). Whatever takes my fancy. I hope it takes yours.

Over 2005-6 I worked on a Novel-in-Songs. The idea for this came about from writing 'Wild Blown Hair'. That song seemed to have such imagery and mystery I felt there was a big story behind it. I began to write songs to flesh out the story. 32 songs later it is done. The whole thing runs to about 2 hours and 10 minutes, so it calls for a stout heart! I hope you find something in it to appeal. (Note: All the songs are not here as I haven't notated some of them sufficiently)

I am currently working on two song cycles with poets in Suffolk.

Web Links

My personal website. Very old. Not updated for a long time.
Poetry Aloud - spoken poetry in Suffolk	I maintain this website for poetry in Suffolk. You will find my poems here.
Suffolk Poetry Society	The website of the Suffolk Poetry Society.

Score catalogue