Hailing from deep in the Shropshire countryside, Albert is a songwriter with an impressive musical resume. He began writing songs as a teenager, but didn’t find a stage to perform these tunes until leaving for Plymouth University. Once there, things happened quickly. He performed at local open mic nights and soon met fellow songwriters. Ben and Aza.
They immediately formed a band, loosely based around a roots/rock sound. AlBenAza (as they were named), became a massive hit amongst the student population in the South West. Soon they were playing all over the UK and Europe at festivals, bars and cafes supporting artists like KT Tunstall, Reef and Jurassic 5.
After two albums and one ep, Albert, Ben and Aza found themselves walking down different musical paths and Albert became lead guitarist for exceptional Cornish Songwriter Ruarri Joseph.
In between tours with Ruarri, Albert found the time to concentrate on his first solo record. An acoustic ep entitled “This Door”. He duly began touring the South West circuit playing to sell out crowds at venues like The Eden Project in support of international stars like Jack Johnson and Paolo Nutini. As the winter approached Albert relocated to Lyon, France and discovered a French audience hungry for an authentic, British songwriter. The “This Door ep” became extremely popular and in a matter of weeks he had built up a following touring around the ski resorts of the French Alps. Such was the buzz around these gigs, Albert was asked to support KT Tunstall, Newton Faulkner and Squeeze at both the Altitude Festival and the Little World Festival.
With an ever growing fan base and an unquenchable thirst for writing, touring and rising through the ranks of the fellow musicians and superstars he has toured, written and sung with, Albert looks set to blow the music scene apart this year, in his own humble, creative and fantastic manner