David Woodcock & The Fixtures 

Date: Sat 18th July
Time: 3pm - 3:45pm

For more than twenty years, David Woodcock has been a tenacious troubadour, championing his own singular brand of original music. Comparisons inevitably surface for the uninitiated — Ray Davies, Jarvis Cocker, Elvis Costello, Damon Albarn, Ian Dury, Richard Hawley — but while those names hint at the territory, they don’t quite capture the man.

What binds those references together is a deep-rooted connection to the great British songwriting tradition — sharp observation, melody, wit and heart. David’s songs proudly share that lineage, yet he remains something of an outsider: carving his own path, following his own instincts.

First recognised as a pianist, David has since broadened his musical palette to guitar, often weaving in organ and synth to colour his sound. Since 2019, he has been joined by Mark Elliott (guitar), Joe Blamey (drums) and Wendy Solomon (bass, also of all-female Slade tribute Slady) as David Woodcock & The Fixtures. Despite their years together, the band sounds fresher than ever, effortlessly blending new material with much-loved favourites from earlier releases.

A prolific writer with a loyal and growing following, David has steadily built an impressive catalogue of songs defined by sharp lyrics and memorable melodies. These have been distilled into five solo albums: David Woodcock (2014) and Normal Life (2019) on Blow Up Records, followed by Pictures of Me (2023), DW40 (2023) and Readjusting (2024) on his own Thank Dog Records.

His lyrics are rich with poignancy, humour and wry observation — tales of lost love, lust, jealousy, memory and regret; of living life to its messy limits and facing whatever consequences follow.

Now, he’s turning his attention to his next project: Science Fiction Kitchen Sink, a forthcoming concept album poised somewhere between the mundane and the surreal — where everyday reality collides with the strange and unexpected.