ROACHFORD has announced a new single ‘What We Had’ featuring BEVERLEY KNIGHT

ROACHFORD has announced a new single 'What We Had' featuring BEVERLEY KNIGHT

Revered British singer, songwriter and musician ANDREW ROACHFORD teams up with the Queen of British soul BEVERLEY KNIGHT for the powerful duet WHAT WE HAD.

“It was a joy to finally work with Roachford after years of admiration for his work, so much that I recorded a homage to his smash Cuddly Toy some years ago. He is one of the great British singer-songwriters, and continues to be brilliant as you can hear with What We Had.” – BEVERLEY KNIGHT

“We’ve had a similar journey over the years, me and Beverley, both of us from a black Caribbean heritage, with similar stories and a lot of shared experiences. We’ve had to go out there and bang on a lot of doors during our careers, and I really admire Beverley a lot, I love her warrior spirit. When she came to the studio and started singing, we knew it was going to be special.” – ANDREW ROACHFORD

Listen to ‘What We Had’ – BELOW:

Throbbing with musicality and soul, TWICE IN A LIFETIME is the sound of an artist at the top of his game, of one who knows his craft inside out, and is the album Andrew Roachford MBE has been gearing up to make for decades. Produced by Jimmy Hogarth, who has previously worked with Paolo Nutini, Duffy and Amy Winehouse, and featuring several members of Winehouse’s band alongside a duet with Beverley Knight, it’s full of grit and the most tremendous sonic energy.

“I think that with this album, I finally get to showcase just who I am – an artist, a songwriter, a pianist,” says ROACHFORD. “I never wanted to be a fleeting popstar chasing momentary fame; I’ve always been in this for the music and for the long haul – and I’m still here.”

Since Cuddly Toy (a mainstay of radio airplay for over three decades) reached number four in the charts in 1988, ROACHFORD has carved out a career for himself as one of the most compelling and consistent rock and soul artists the UK has produced. He has released 10 studio albums and several Greatest Hits collections, been sought as a songwriter by the likes of Michael Jackson, Joss Stone and Chaka Khan, and consistently toured on his own and with contemporaries such as Terence Trent D’Arby and The Christians. For the past nine years, he has also been part of Mike and The Mechanics, recording with Mike Rutherford’s post-Genesis band and playing live with them across the world.

And so, in 2020, ROACHFORD finds himself writing and recording the best songs of his life. He’s come a long way from the giddy chart success of Cuddly Toy, with a deep-rooted desire to work at his trade and, simply, to make great music.

ROACHFORD is someone who channels the energy of James Brown before going on stage each night and who, on record, summons the spirit of Al Green and Joe Cocker. When he sings, you listen. And he is always performing, always laying live somewhere. To coincide with the album release, he will embark on the following dates:

MARCH

Thu 26 NORWICH Waterfront
Fri 27 MANCHESTER O2 Ritz
Sat 28 NEWCASTLE O2 Academy

APRIL

Thu 02 BRISTOL O2 Academy
Fri 03 LONDON O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
Sat 04 BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy 2
Sun 05 BRIGHTON Concorde 2
Fri 10 GLASGOW Oran Mor
Sat 11 GLASGOW Oran Mor

See http://gigst.rs/Roachford and Ticketmaster for tickets.

“I like to improvise,” he says, “so no two shows are the same and, even when I play the old hits, I always play them differently so I never get bored and neither I hope do the audience. I like to think I know how to interpret a room, how to connect with a crowd, and I always give it 100%. Every night, the moment the music starts up, the moment I walk out onto a stage, I’m right there. I’m completely inside it.”

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Mark Millar is the founder of XS Noize and looks after the daily running of the website as well as hosting interviews for the weekly XS Noize Podcast. Mark's favourite album is Achtung Baby by U2.

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