"The Best Damn Ride" EP now available  goo.gl/j5BHvX

Now based in Glasgow, singer-songwriter Charlie previously gigged mainly around Oxfordshire.  Charlie's set generally includes an eclectic mix of upbeat pop songs tinged with the odd hint of blues, country or folk & maybe the odd original/cover in Korean, Japanese or Spanish. 

Singer songwriter & winner of the London 2015 Pride's Got Talent Cabaret, Charlie headlined the Pride stage at BST Hyde Park on Sun 21st June, followed by 3 stages at Pride the following weekend.

Since starting, Charlie has performed about 350 gigs in total, slowing down whilst at the University of Nottingham, studying History with Contemporary Chinese Studies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApplsRWytz0

Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music, "Out there in Streaming Land there are naturally gifted singers and then there are the rest of us, and you can tell within seconds that Charlie Leavy belongs effortlessly in the first category. In the coming years Charlie will be able to pick pretty much any direction he wants to and, with enough hard work, make a success of it."

Art Lagun, Oxford Nightshift, "True to form the first act tonight proves to be the most interesting. Charlie Leavy makes a big impact with just his voice and an acoustic guitar, sounding more California than his native Hook Norton. Relentlessly upbeat, one great song follows another, catchy tunes with straightforward yet personal lyrics like the poignant ‘Tongue Tied’. Only seventeen, Charlie writes and performs with frank simplicity that comes as a breath of vitalising air, his take on Pixie Lott’s ‘Mama Do’ trouncing the original."

Fusing together Beatboxing, Live-Looping and Guitar, Fugitive Orchestra makes music best described as: Alternative Jazz-infused, Bluesy Hip-Pop; drawing inspiration from the likes of Andrew Bird, LCD Soundsystem, Talking Heads, Paul Simon, Kate Bush and the Blue Nile.

Having garnered support and airplay from BBC Introducing as well as several features on Tom Robinson's 'Fresh Faves' for BBC 6-Music, the release of Tomahawk Caress in early 2019 saw the addition of Politically-charged Alt-Funk to an already diverse palette of sounds, incorporating influences from classic funk to Vulfpeck and Childish Gambino. New single, The Price of Doubt sees an exploration of 80s-tinged Guitar-driven Pop as well as universal themes of self-doubt and the importance of self-belief amid a confusing world.

Fugitive Orchestra has supported the likes of Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer, The Petebox, Jerry Williams, The Showhawk Duo, Miles Hunt & Erica Nockalls (The Wonder Stuff), shared a stage with early-naughties heroes Wheatus at the Isle of Wight Festival, and continues to take his exciting live show to ever-growing audiences.

http://fugitiveorchestra.com

My hobby was Charlie's gigging...

https://soundcloud.com/charlieleavymusic

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