MARCH 2021 NEWS

I do hope you’ve been keeping safe and well during Lockdown no.3. A huge thank you to all the NHS staff, frontline and key workers who continue to work so hard.

Thank you so much for the kind feedback and support for the new Midwinter live album. We are all very pleased that is has been so well received.

“Johnny Coppin at his finest.Midwinter is a lovely example of good songs, good singers, great playing, and a warmly receptive audience coming together to create a flawless masterpieceof its kind. Highly recommended.”– Fatea

“In Midwinter – Live In Concert, the regaling sound of cheer is beautiful, fulfilling and sparkling with insightful meaning into the human condition in dark times.” – Liverpool Sound and Vision

I am still working on more new songs for my next solo album –  

and I continue to introduce my Acoustic Track of the Week – every Monday night (and repeated on Fridays) for Chris Baxter’s Late Show on BBC across the West 10pm to 1am (on Radios Bristol, Glos, Somerset, and Wilts)listen again on BBC Sounds. 

Recent tracks played:

January  –        

When We Meet Again –  Merry Hell ft. The Social Isolation Choir

Friends –  John Smith

You & I –  Skerryvore 

Ae Fond Kiss – Karen Matheson

February –       

Eye To Eye – John Smith with Sarah Jarosz 

Half Wild – Kitty MacFarlane

The Village Bell (2021) – Boo Hewerdine with Kris Drever

Olivia – Into The Ark

March–           

Satisfied– The Staves

We do hope it won’t be too long before live music can return, and we can see you at a concert somewhere.