Folk Bands and Artists
Mike Weaver
Cheltenham-born singer/songwriter Mike Weaver’s stop-start career has spanned six decades. His new album, The Greyest Bits, features fresh recordings of some of the most popular songs he has composed and performed over the years, all written between 1978 and 2022. He first sang live in the late 1970s, but was always a reluctant performer, preferring to write and share his music with small groups and friends in more intimate surroundings. Working as an illustrator and journalist as his day job, Mike met and encouraged many musicians in those early days. He started his own marketing and publishing business in 1989, and largely withdrew from the music scene before quitting completely in 1997, when his twin daughters were born. Sixteen years later he picked up his guitar and found his true voice. Encouraged by a few artists he’d supported through his newspaper columns and blogs, he began to write music again. Returning with a greater depth and sensitivity that comes with maturity, there were some thought-provoking new songs, and re-workings of earlier numbers to match life’s experience too. It took time. The hairline receded, the hair colour changed (naturally), the keys were moved up and down. www.mikeweavermusic.com
