Thomas Spencer-Wortley

[nicola]

I don't suppose anyone has heard of this upcoming tenor, due to release his debut album in August? It said on his website that he has performed with All Angels, so I assumed someone from here might have come across him.

I have (oddly) been invited to his album launch in London on Thursday. I don't know who they think I am, but I won't complain! So I will tell you what he is like afterwards!

He sounds a lot like Josh Groban. His tracks play whilst you search around his website: www.thomasspencerwortley.com/

He sounds lovely, actually. He collaborates with his brother who composes and arranges, so there's some originality. quite looking forward to it!

EDIT: Just looked more into his track listings - he seems very heavily influenced by Josh Groban. A copy-cat almost. But I will reserve judgement for Thursday. Hopefully I'll get a promo album out of it. XD

[nicola]

I'm quite gutted at the fact that I couldn't go to this event in the end. Sincerely gutted. I am going to look further into him in other ways.

[nicola]

His PR were kind enough to send me a promo copy of his album, and it's absolutely fantastic. He and his brother (who composes and arranges) recorded the whole thing in their home, but it doesn't sound like it did!

Beautiful arrangements, brilliant original songs, and some lovely choice of covers, such as 'The Rose' and Billy Joel's 'She's Always A Woman To Me'. The album is out in September. All I can say is that you should look out for him!

Doubly gutted that I couldn't go to the launch.