Luke Ritchie’s debut, The Water’s Edge, is a culmination of a two year song-writing journey.

Starting in January 2010, Ritchie started recording a song a week. He released each one as a podcast - for six months. Creating 26 in total, his songs spread through word of mouth, resulting in 8,500 downloads by the time he stopped. (The whole diary is here: www.lukeritchie.co.uk/podcasts).

The podcasts reached composer Nico Muhly, with a track record of collaborative work with acts such as Björk, ...