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I’ve always been fascinated by the quiet complexity of love, the kind that Raymond Carver wrote about, where tenderness and pain seem to exist in the same breath. Love isn’t always something grand or easily defined, sometimes its found in the words that are left unsaid, the fragile moments that pass unnoticed. When I first heard ‘What Love Will Do to You’ I was struck by how gracefully Laufey captured the feeling of being changed by love, there’s something comforting and heartbreaking about that feeling, that love makes you softer and stronger all at once.
I distinctly remember hearing this Arabesque by Debussy for the first time as a child. Hearing the notes flowing over each other like water left a huge impression on me, I didn’t know that music could do that, that it could reflect the sounds of nature so impressively. I remember taking the music out of the music library and sitting down to have a go at arranging it and not getting far, settling for playing it on piano instead. It wasn’t until I later met Rene Izquierdo that I believed that the piece was even possible for the instrument, which reignited my dream of playing it. It feels especially momentous to me that this piece is my first single with Sony as it has been present through so many different phases of my musical life. I hope you enjoy this recording as much as I enjoyed making it!
I first heard Mel Bonis’ prelude opus 10 as I was walking through the botanical garden in late spring. Each phrase was just long enough to be felt on one calm inhale and exhale of the sweet jasmine filled air, the whole piece itself no longer than the journey of a bee from its bumbling arrival to the top of a clover and off again. The piece is subtle and euphoric, hopeful and introspective. It’s hard to imagine a piece of music that packs more sublime reflection into such a short space of time. The arrangement of this work came to me in about 20 minutes, as if made for the guitar, the weight of the phrases under the fingers on the fretboard feel like they were destined to have always been there.
My arrangement of one of the most haunting, hypnotic songs I have ever heard. Laura Marling is the ultimate troubadour, so when I was trying to think of music that could be boiled down to its raw essence to be interpreted on guitar, it didn’t take long until my mind settled on her work. This arrangement was inspired by a particularly gripping performance that she gave in Union Chapel of this song, inspired by the pendulum swinging songs of Agnes Obel and the unfiltered desperation of Henry Purcell’s depiction of Mary.
One of my favourite works to play in duo! As soon as I started talking about transcriptions with Sony, I knew that this would be on my list of pieces to fight for. Making a solo arrangement of a song that requires so much ease of movement over the fretboard to hold its humungous phrases was no mean feat! I had such a wonderful time packing in as many musical quotes from my favourite brasilian artists as I could. Until this moment (June 2026) nobody has detected them! If you listen and find some, definitely send me an email, there are two distinct ones, and a couple of looser melodies….
This piece always brings to mind the flight of a lazy, heavy bumblebee dotting its course through the garden on a summer’s afternoon. Barrios was the king of packing equal passion and lightness into the longest phrases known to man. The piece has had me spellbound for years, so getting to record it was an absolute dream. In true Barrios style I added some of my own melodies to this version, do drop me a line if you spot them!