Make The Most Of Everything

Release date: 15th November 2024.

This sixth solo album contains a new mixture of 12 stories, some real, some fiction, all inspired by real-life events; from songs appreciating the wonderful natural world, to the idiosyncrasies of human behaviour.

Although some of the subject matter is about loss, the over-riding theme of the album is about appreciation, strength and hope, intending to impart songs of comfort and positivity. Even the sadder songs have messages of hope and renewal in them.

The songs are largely soul/jazz/folk tinged pop.

Thanks once more to Tom Cantwell (guitar and additional vocals), to Linda Campbell (additional vocals), and to Jon Astley at Close to The Edge Mastering and Cadiz music.

Make the Most of Everything:

All tracks will be available for streaming on the usual sites. The audio glass mastered CD is available by contacting directly. Please use the contact form to enquire about high quality wavs or mp3s.

Calum's Patio

Pay Day

Dance Of Years

England In Summer

Lost

Nevergreen

No One With Your Name

Shifting Sands

That Day

Make The Most Of Everything

I'm Not Like You

The Wine That Warmed Our Thoughts

Calum's Patio - a tale about one of Northumberland's premier singer-songwriter landscape gardeners set in a Latin style.

Pay Day - a song about seeking refuge in online shopping as consolation.

Dance Of Years - a joyful story about a dancing couple from long ago who always try to live their best life.

England In Summer - a bucolic appreciation of the beautiful country of England.

Lost - a tale about someone trying to compete with a rival love interest, and watching as it unfolds.

Nevergreen - this winter of love song where the relationship has soured to suspicion.

The lyrics to this were co-written with Joe Bennett.

No One With Your Name - exploring the sadness of loss from long ago.

Shifting Sands - a reflective song about the beauty and transience of nature and life.

That Day - A song of empowerment about a tale of a violent relationship.

Make The Most Of Everything - a mantra-based song inspired by the phrase "make the most of everything" (written on the drum skin of a snare drum on a rehearsal room kit).

I'm Not Like You - a story about an unpleasant character who makes conquests on trains whilst commuting round the country.

The Wine That Warmed Our Thoughts - a tale of the last night before going to war, but ultimately one of hope.