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10/01/26 - Ravenaissance @ Loco Klub, Bristol
16/01/26 - Vocamemories @ Twitch.tv/satorinotengoku
14/02/26 - Pony Party x 2Happy2Hardcore @ Eiger studios, Leeds
05/03/2026 @ ????, Manchester
04/04/26 - Vocafest UK Teto Day @ Union Theatre, London
12/06/26 - ???? @ Bristol

ARCHIVE 
×2025×
29/11/25 - Rave Tycoon 2 @ Doppler Studio, Leicester
18/10/2025 - Vocafest @ Union Theatre, London
08/10/25, Run da Bass 3rd Anniversary @ Triangle, Osaka, Japan 
20/09/25, Nightcore.kr @ H.ai club, Seoul, South Korea
08/08/25 - Boomtown @ Gabber Kebabber, Friday 7PM
27/06/25 - Nanashi Disco @ Exchange, Bristol
13/06/25 - Nitecawr @ Electrowerkz, London
20/06/25 - Corefusion @ The Loft, Low profile studios, London
30/05/25 - Temple Cloud @ The Cellars, Bristol 
07/03/25 - BiG CHiP NRG @ Red Lion, Bristol
05/01/25 - Vocafest starry serenade @ The Attic, Southampton

×2024×
23/11/24 - Ravenaissance @ Red Lion, Bristol
15/11/24 - Odd Top @ Cosies, Bristol
06/11/24 - Big Chip NRG @ Cosies, Bristol
31/08/24 - ZOOPHORIA @ Lost Horizon, Bristol
11/08/24 - Boomtown @ Gabber Kebabber , Sunday 5PM
02/08/24 - Nitecawr 3 @ Electrowerkz, London
20/07/24 - Nightcore4TotalSluts X SOZLAD @ The Crown, Bristol
04/05/24 - Nitecawr 2 @ Camden assembly, London

JINDER is a UK based songwriter, storyteller and international touring musician. Thirteenth album ‘Codetta’ is out now, featuring the singles ‘A Simple Song’, ‘Isabel’ and ‘Between Vermillion and Mitchell’.

Jinder's story begins with a childhood spent in the folk heartland of Warwickshire, sheltered by the rolling Avon Dassett hills and steeped in impromptu family jams with friends such as Dave Swarbrick and Richard Thompson of Fairport Convention. Pursuing a career in songwriting from the age of 14, Jinder founded alt/rock group Candlefire in his late teens, who subsequently signed to hip independent label One Little Indian in 2002 and scored a chart hit with single 'Sorrow Spreads Its Wings' later that year. 

After disbanding Candlefire in 2004, Jinder signed as a solo artist with fledgling Nottingham based indie Folkwit, releasing solo LPs 'Willow Park' and 'I'm Alive' in 2005 and 2006 respectively. Largely thanks to the support of Zane Lowe at BBC Radio One and celebrity endorsees Coldplay and Ryan Adams, Jinder signed to Sony BMG in late 2007 and formed The Mercurymen, an acoustic based trio of singer/songwriters, with Jinder joined by former Mickie Most proteges Simon Johnson and Gavin Wyatt. 

2008 saw the release of the Mercurymen album 'Postcards From Valonia', accompanied by tours with Sinéad O'Connor, Deacon Blue and Level 42. The album received extensive support from BBC Radio Two, with the band recording interviews and live sessions for Johnnie Walker, Janice Long and Bob Harris.

After departing the Mercurymen in 2009 to return to solo work, Jinder signed to Universal Records as a staff songwriter and solo artist, releasing his bestselling solo album 'Crumbs of Comfort' through Universal in 2012. The album features Jinder's best known song, 'Keep Me In Your Heart' (also a hit for Aled Jones in 2014) and 'Let My Love Be Your Shelter', subsequently covered by TV star Nick Knowles on his UK top 20 chart album in 2018.

Jinder's songs have also been recorded by Ridley Scott collaborator Lotte Mullan ('La La Love You'), former Christians songwriter and acclaimed solo artist Henry Priestman ('I Cried Today'), and classical crossover group Elysium III ('Keep Me In Your Heart').

 After leaving Universal in 2014, Jinder chose to focus on his own label, Din Of Ecstasy, turning down an offer from Polydor in favour of putting his energies into self-releasing and building the cottage industry brand. The first fruits of this came in the form of 2015's lo-fi statement 'Traditional Dark', an eclectic record which abandoned any commercial major label mores, swinging from neo folk to country-rock to grunge style protest without pausing for breath. Recorded entirely to tape in a crumbling Westcountry cottage, the album drifts in and out of focus and challenges the listener at every step, garnering the best reviews for any Jinder release to date. 

2016-2018 saw extensive touring in UK and Europe, plus collaborations with Billy Bragg, Henry Priestman and more, along with the release of Jinder's tenth album, 'Presents...KINGSIZE BLACKFOOT'.   

2019 promises to be a bumper year for Jinder, with a re-recording of 'Keep Me In Your Heart' to be featured in Universal Pictures' forthcoming major motion picture 'Fishermans Friends', released in UK and Europe in February 2019, an extensive tour thoughout UK and Europe, and the release of his eleventh album, 'The Silver Age', later in the year.

I’ve been playing a bunch of songs that I really like. In the past I avoided “covers” but I have built a studio that I am happy with and I have a few demo’s that I can live with. My own versions of other folks stuff. Very much a work in progress. Spitfire Project is a collaboration with long time musical ally Sean Gore-Rigby. Next level spoken word. Poetry and music without boundaries.

Brooding songs that can be heard if wen you tune out of the mainstream. Whatever you do, don't call it commercial..

Recorded in a barn or a shack. Available on Apple Music and Spotify. Limited edition CDs.

Bookings via ifsongs@hotmail.com

Reviews:

“Standout tracks include the uplifting folktronica of the opener, the anthemic Loveletters, and the hookladen It Always Hurts.” - Gareth L Powell, Acoustic Magazine

“..the most overtly catchy of if wen’s anthems, like Love Letters, have something of the opulent feel of Paris-1919-period John Cale – which should be taken as quite a complement.” - David Kidman, Folk and Roots

“..not only a selection of natural, soothing acoustic tracks but a celebration of nature and its beauty…brings to mind comparisons to artists such as Nick Drake and Elliott Smith. This album is a definite for anyone who plans to spend this summer relaxing in a peaceful, pastoral place, away from the busy city and the worries of life.” - Nicholas Benson, Folk Music, Suite 101

“Delicate, awkward, endearingly intimate, this is an album to savour, to mull over…A bedsit album for the modern age.” - Paul Kerr, Blabber ‘n’ Smoke

“Beautifully played and recorded….it’s an album that harks back to the folkie idealism of the late sixties and Donovan, Al Stewart and Nick Drake in particular….if ‘classic’ late 1960’s style English singer songwriter folk is your bag, then Take A Look At Sea is an essential purchase.” - Pete Whalley, Get Ready to Rock!

“Take a Look at the Sea” opens the album on a high note, delivering well-crafted hooks and gives you that pensive feeling that comes from listening to a good piece of melodrama. “Nothing Means Nothing” is a terrific song, purposefully strummed behind fragile vocals.” - Bradley Hartsell, DOA

“Fine folk from the far beaches of Cornwall..that’s the title track from If Wen’s masterful and subtly understated album Take a Look at the Sea.” - BBC DJ Tom Robinson

“..genius..one of best things heard in last ten years..could be the English Elliot Smith.’ - Shaun Belcher, Flyin’ Shoes Review

“A quite charming and fulfilling debut release’ - David Kidman, NetRhythms

‘‘..a really great album..’ - BBC DJ Sean Rowley

“..songs that go far deeper than many song writers are capable of going..’ - the acoustic/folk fanzine Fatea

“Simple, pastoral, but breathtaking folktronica.” - Radio Caroline TV

“..an impressive album..” - BBC DJ Gary Crowley

“The title track sets off the record at a mellow pace, which resonates throughout, shining like early Death Cab or a trumpet-less Get Cape.’ ‘Wind Blows’ is this album’s most sweet of sweetest moments though, if anything ideal for one of those iPod-ready summer nights on the beach.” - Adam Silverstein, Subba Cultcha

“Sublime multi-tracked vocals soar over earthy fingerpicked guitar with a melodic pop sensibility whose closest comparison is an extroverted Elliott Smith circa Figure 8. The vocals at times bring to mind Nick Drake, without the intensity and melancholy but just as breathy and lovely…I enjoyed Take a Look at the Sea very much.’ - Alex Cleary, Folking.com

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