Jim Bryce

Jim Bryce eschews labels. If you want a “typical singer-songwriter” - whatever that is – don't book him, because you're not going to get it. Bryce veers wildly from dissonant boogie-woogie to rock to MOR, from jazz-tinged musings to elegiac pibroch to music-hall singalong. His influence are legion; the results unmistakably Bryce. His lyrics can be political (tongue-in-cheek), achingly beautiful, witty and occasionally plain daft. One thing is certain, you won't know what you're going to get next. As an actor, he has appeared on screen, in theatre and on radio. He has been a scriptwriter for children's radio and theatre, and article-writer. As a composer, he has written for BBC Radio 4, theatres the length of the country, Ceebeebies and squeaky stuff for the concert-hall, with works performed at the Ravenna Festival and on the Edinburgh Fringe. He was the composer of the musical “Whisky Kisses”, which toured Scotland to great acclaim in 2010.

Gorebridge, ABE