Very much enjoyed co-hosting Jeff Hymans programme – it was great to be able to choose and talk about some of my favourite Indie artists

Great news  from the Royal Television Society Awards

My friends Barry Tomes of TomesPR USA and Monica Price won the award for Let Me In a film about Autism with Keith Duffy from Boyszone for which I wrote the music – Happy Days 🙂

Let Me In Film

Great stuff The HMMAs six years in a row I’ve won it twice in the past but I’m very happy just to get the nomination especially as it features the great Tracy Nelson.

Great news Fade To Grey by Trevor Sewell and  Janis Ian straight in at Number 29 – got to be happy with that. Playing out now over N.America and Canada.

Great stuff – always happy  to be on one of the charts I grew up listening to 🙂

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A Sunderland musician’s latest album has gone down a storm with blues fans across the country, beating the likes of Ed Sheeran to top spot in the charts. Trevor Sewell’s new album, ‘Calling Nashville’, has picked up a serious amount of traction after featuring on Radio 2’s Paul Jones show. The album even beat the likes of Calvin Harris and Ed Sheeran to secure the number one position in America’s Roots Music Report Chart – a feat that delighted Trevor. The artist sings and plays guitar alongside his band, made up of James Ward on bass, and Trevor Brewis on drums.

Read more at: http://www.sunderlandecho.com/whats-on/music/sunderland-musician-beats-ed-sheeran-to-top-american-chart-1-8843019Trevor said: “It’s always great hearing my music on the Paul Jones show and I get a really great reaction on social media every time Paul plays one of my tracks. “I was introduced to Paul Jones by Paul “Goffy” Gough from BBC Tees, who has been incredibly helpful, and we all met up recently in Whitby and it was nice to be able to thank Paul in person for featuring my music. “I was very fortunate to have the wonderful Janis Ian – who is best known for her worldwide Grammy winning hit ‘At 17’ – play piano and sing with me on the album. “My latest single, ‘Fade to Grey’, is a duet between myself and Janis, which despite being over seven minutes long, has been picking up substantial radio play particularly in the United States.

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Great two page spread in Blue in Britain this month = happy days.

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