Well established award winning song writer Songwriter with honest lyrics, wonderful melodies and a warm powerful voice. His contemporary songs are in the Tom Paxton style, accompanied by some of Scotlands finest musicains.

15 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Modern Folk, FOLK: Traditional Folk



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Stan is an exciting and naturally gifted Song Writer who is becoming more and more talked about, listened to and having his work recorded by others. With an enviable number of well known songs and two very successful albums already under his belt, he is an artist who you are going to hear a lot about in the future. The subjects he writes about are varied and up to date, many reflect his experiences and observations of life both serious and humorous. He never preaches, is never pretentious but just eases in and out of the subject matter. This quiet and simple style is highly effective and contains a quality and style reminiscent of Tom Paxton, Allan Taylor or Ralf McTell. He always produces; "Songs that matter with words that count".

Whether youâre a listener or performer, Iâm sure youâll enjoy his varied collection of memorable songs and carefully crafted words. He has an easy going relaxed style, combined with a warm strong voice, which always allows the lyrics to be heard and appreciated.

Stanâs current album âMore Than Wordsâ recorded in 2005 has been highly acclaimed for its outstanding quality at every level. A well thought out mixture of unique new songs the likes of âTeaching Emily To Count To Tenâ, âAll Is Quiet On The Waterâ and the âThe Olive And The Vineâ along with some of his previously unrecorded classics including âSarajevoâ, recorded by Vin Garbutt, âNo Regretsâ and âGrace Darlingâ. This excellent collection of songs, containing many future classics, has been produced with skill and restraint by Kenny Speirs of âReal Timeâ, recorded by Tommy Roseburgh, with outstanding contributions from some of the countries finest musicians. With simply stunning Cello from Wendy Wetherby, wonderful backing vocals from Judy Dinning and the multi-instrumental talents of Steve Lawrence. Described by Performing Songwriter Magazine as âA triumph of a CD, each track is stunningly goodâ, it is without doubt an essential purchase, from an artist who is becoming more and more talked about, listened to and having his work recorded by others.