AN ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Release date 27 februry 2026
It's finally here! My new album pulls together many of my approaches to songwriting with ten new tracks. Perhaps subjects not always talked about as much as they should be - like the title track! Just click on the album cover to listen!
Also, I'm very proud to announce that because my last album won Gold with ISSA, this new album qualifies for entry for the GRAMMY® Awards 2027. I shall be entering it in the Alternative Music Album category - watch out for my FYC campaign in September and October.
EVERYthing about to change
A new single released on 15 May
Just when you're hitting the home run....everything about to change! I really enjoyed writing and recording this track earlier in the year. It reminded me a bit of the sort of thing 10cc would have written, with it's short stabbing chords and rhetorical lyrics! As usual, just click on the cover to listen.
"Image by Gerd Altmann at pixabay.com".
...And on with the show...
Gold winner at the ISSA awards 2025!
So proud that this album won Gold International Album of the Year 2025 at the ISSA Awards in Atlanta. My co-writer Drew passed away a few years ago. We had written a number of songs together, so I decided to revisit and record them. Drew would normally have sung them, but I took on that role as well as playing all the instruments. Hopefully a fitting tribute to a great friend. Just click on the album cover to hear it!
LET'S FILL OUR HEARTS WITH LOVE
Here's my Christmas single. It started off in May as a piano tune, gained lyrics in August as a potential Christmas song, was recorded in October with the help of a load of volunteers in my home town of Ludgershall, UK and has now been adopted for helping to raise funds for the restoration of our church bells! Bit of a journey but enjoying every minute. A huge ‘thank you’ to all involved'! https://alangarmonsway.bandcamp.com/track/lets-fill-our-hearts-with-love-christmas-2024-2
BIG NEWS FOR SEPTEMBER!
Very pleased to announce that my ‘Stories in Time’ album achieved Silver Award for Best International Album of the Year at the ISSA (International Singer-Songwriters Association) Awards in Atlanta this months. It's really fabulous recognition from established artists all over the World and I'm thrilled to bits! Songs from the album have been played on quite a few radio stations and there's still a buzz around about the event and the awards.
In addition, one of the songs 'Wild Fires Tell Us Why' achieved a Top Ten placement in the Best Alternative Song category at the World Songwriting Awards.
The album took about four months to record, mix and produce, and along the way I also used some older recordings, remixing and adding more instruments. Now the album is released I'm working on some unreleased songs which will form the basis of a new album.
Big news for march 2024
My new album 'stories in time' is released
After a few months of studio sessions etc, I'm pleased to release my new 11-track album, Stories in Time.
Feedback from fellow songwriters seem to appreciate my lyrical stories, so I've focused on this for the album. As each stories conjures up different atmospheres, it means that the music is pretty diverse as well.k the album cover to head over to the tracks!
Just click the album cover to head over to the tracks.
DECEMBER 2023
To round off the year, I've released a Christmas ep with three tracks. two are new and I recorded them over the past few weeks to give you a relaxing Christmas! The third track is one from the archives. Many years ago I co-founded a folk band called Badgers Sett and we spent over 15 years travelling around the South of the UK at festivals, folk clubs and pub venues doing our thing. I say folk, but I used to lump around a Roland electric piano and D50 synthesizer as part of the offering! Anyway, when we did recordings they were reel to reel tape, and social media didn't exist. As a nod to those times, I've added a very early unaccompanied song Gaudete (traditional) which I think was recorded in 1986. Two of the four members of the band are sadly no longer with us, but I'm sure they would have been thrilled at this recording being converted to the digital age. Just click on the cover picture to take you to Spotify.
New Singles in 2023
This year I've been working hard on developing my recording and production skills, so I've only released a couple of tracks in these firs 5 months up to early June. It's been worth it though and you can hear for yourself if you click the covers below. Share and Share Alike was created working with Franky Gibbon, Brian & Irene Hume and Jimmy Smith up in the North East of the UK, to many thanks to them. It won a Top Ten placement with World Songwriting awards recently. Love in the City is all my own work, writing, playing, singing, recording, mixing and producing, with Jacqueline Jax offering cover art and Henry Smithson mastering. It's a great collaboration, been a long road but I'm very happy with the results and things should speed up now that I'm more familiar with some new techniques!
