Originally from Southampton, Richard Craine began his performing career in pubs & clubs back in 1993 during his teenage years, before moving to Swansea in 1996 & becoming a regular performer at the Uplands Tavern, The Chattery & The Halfpenny Folk club.

The Essence Of My Life is his latest recording & with interest from BBC local radio and ITV his career is reaching ever broader horizons.

Check out album reviews on Americana UK,Scrumpy 'n' Western and Suited and Booted website!

Also check out this album and the classic Love In The Real World from 2002 now available on your favourite digital retail sites!

His repertoire includes more self-penned numbers & many covers from 60's classics to current day chart toppers!

He says:" I have always found my music to stretch across the generations, and this is a key factor which makes my music equally at home with the more mature audiences of some folk-clubs or te energetic buzz of a student friendly bar!"

In the near future he is promoting this latest recording & continuing to play on a national basis including several dates in Manchester and Leicester (The Shed).

Some nice people wrote...

'..New album is excellent.'              Scrumpy 'n' Western

 '..cross between English singer-songwriter and Haight-Ashbury jangler'..'strong voice.'      Americana UK

'...Wonderful stuff.'           Independent sound U.K

'This guy deserves some exposure.'        Logo Magazine.

'Terrific energy and intelligent lyrics.'        Salt open-mic reviews.