Tom Stephens

Taken outside the Paradiso in Amsterdam. Spent most of my...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:21:15 +0100

Taken outside the Paradiso in Amsterdam. Spent most of my teenage years watching a Nirvana VHS ‘Live, Tonight, Sold Out’ with performances like this on it. Nostalgiarific.

Last night at The Bell Inn, Watchet.

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:13:17 +0000

Last night at The Bell Inn, Watchet.

Taken by Richard Torbie, live at The Ballroom in Canterbury,...

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:44:00 +0000

Taken by Richard Torbie, live at The Ballroom in Canterbury, November 1st.

Playing here this Thursday!

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:07:30 +0000

Playing here this Thursday!

Bracket Gig Postponed

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:46:25 +0100

This Thursday’s gig at The Bracket in Margate has had to be postponed unfortunately. So, you, one of my millions of readers, come see me NEXT thursday at The Ballroom in Canterbury. Sorted.

advertised outside the bell inn. just below the cod and chips in...

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:24:23 +0100

advertised outside the bell inn. just below the cod and chips in the pecking order… story of my life.

My parents are coming to see me play tomorrow at my little hometown gig. Keep getting requests to...

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:48:00 +0100

My parents are coming to see me play tomorrow at my little hometown gig. Keep getting requests to play ‘Double Decker Bus’. Love that song…

Upcoming Gigs

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:59:00 +0100

Ahoy hoy,

I’m back in Somerset the weekend after next for a friends wedding (big love Jason), so am playing at my beloved ‘The Bell Inn’ in Watchet, and have a few gigs coming up in Kent.

Oct 05

The Bell Inn, Watchet

Somerset, UK
Oct 11

Cramptons

Broadstairs, UK
Oct 25

The Bracket

Margate, UK
Nov 01

The Ballroom

Canterbury, UK

The first two will be mostly covers, and the latter two mostly originals. Learning lots of different covers lately to try and keep it interesting for myself. Wish I had the voice of a black woman. Sometimes.

Hopefully see you at some of these :)

Tom

My latest EP - free play and download :)

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:56:07 +0100

My latest EP - free play and download :)

‘Coconut Skins’ Live cover of Damien Rice from last...

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:27:00 +0100

‘Coconut Skins’

Live cover of Damien Rice from last summer

‘Ready’ Something I wrote and recorded on my little...

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:26:00 +0100

‘Ready’

Something I wrote and recorded on my little 4-track on a day off at the end of July.

Kingston / LA Gentleman / Recordings

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:13:00 +0100

Been waiting for weeks to post about my last Kingston gig, but the photos and videos aren’t yet surfacing! Had a great day playing there, and spending some time with Mr. Jacob Daley of Mr. Bojangles’ Moustache fame.

Chucked in a cover of The Drugs Don’t Work and even Buddy Holly’s ‘That’ll Be The Day’ along with the usual originals and standard covers. A hobo dancing around a pint glass like it was a person was my highlight of the gig.

Been spending far too much money on vinyl again. I bet when Jimmy and the boys recorded LA Woman, they didn’t imagine someone boogying to it in 2012 whilst doing the washing up, but thats my rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle for you.

Recorded a couple of songs in the last few days - ‘Dark & Light, Red & Grey’, ‘Dropping Pennies’ and the very much rockier ‘New Track’ (yep… that one needs a name). Actively writing a bit more lately, trying to get a plethora of songs together aiming for a new release next year.

Anyway, thats me. How are you?… Oh good. Yeah, no worries. Oh, fine, a bit swollen but you know. DID SHE?! God.. Dirty devil. Well, you take it easy. See ya.

Playing on Saturday...

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:32:28 +0100

… at the Kingston River Festival!

Performing at 5pm at the Eagle Brewery Wharf. A lovely forecast of rain, sun, cloud, and lightning should make it an interesting one.

If I had a Mercury award, this is definitely the kind of side...

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:57:09 +0100

If I had a Mercury award, this is definitely the kind of side project I would have to indulge in.

A collaboration I would like to hear…

Tue, 29 May 2012 19:18:32 +0100

A collaboration I would like to hear…

‘Sea Panic’ The final track taken from my second...

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:06:00 +0100

‘Sea Panic’

The final track taken from my second EP Barricades.

Have a listen, but more importantly please go to http://tomstephensmusic.co.uk and grab yourself a free copy of the whole thing!

Photo from 07/05/12, All Saints Church, Kingston. Setlist: Canal...

Mon, 14 May 2012 19:23:00 +0100

Photo from 07/05/12, All Saints Church, Kingston.

Setlist: Canal Song (Iain Archer), Losing My Religion (R.E.M.), There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (The Smiths), Morning Song, Radar Detector (Darwin Deez), Start, Coconut Skins (Damien Rice), My Rosie

‘Morning Song’ The penultimate track taken from Barricades....

Tue, 08 May 2012 14:31:55 +0100

‘Morning Song’

The penultimate track taken from Barricades. Please visit http://tomstephensmusic.co.uk for a free download of the whole EP!

Playing at this on Monday

Thu, 03 May 2012 21:14:58 +0100

Playing at this on Monday:

I’m playing after a female opera singer…… Nuff said.

‘Alter Ego’ The third track from my second EP Barricades. Yes,...

Tue, 01 May 2012 17:02:00 +0100

‘Alter Ego’

The third track from my second EP Barricades. Yes, thanks for asking, it is still available for free download at http://tomstephensmusic.co.uk