Clare Teal - Clare is a great supporter of our work and has sung on both of our BANDAGED albums. She will bring her considerable experience in recording and live performance to the song. Yorkshire born Clare is one of the most successful female British jazz singers in decades with a string of albums behind her, including the UK National Top 20 hit "Don't Talk" and her highly acclaimed album "Hey Ho" released in 2011. But it is her ability to deliver great ballads, as anyone who has heard her version of Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars" will know, (on the Hey Ho Album)  that she will bring to the singing of Maggie Duffy's beautiful song "Peace For The Child"





Andrea Ryder - Soprano Andrea Ryder Andrea began singing at an early age and was lucky enough to be offered a place with the National Youth Choir of Great Britain at age 14. She toured the world with the choir and decided that Singing was a career she would like to pursue.

In 2007 Andrea made the final 12 in the “overs” category on ITV’s X Factor with Simon Cowell describing her rendition of Nessun Dorma as “Absolutely Terrific.....very, very moving.”
 
Andrea is the voice on the original submission by John Mackfall on his "Requiem For A Soldier" and will record the song again at Maida Vale.

The King from Merlin, Pink Floyd’s legendary drummer, the original electric string quartet, an Upcoming Boy Band, BBC Radio 2’s Clare Teal and an X Factor Soprano will all perform in aid of Barnardo’s!

The Top 4 songs in a national competition for the older songwriter, selected by judges including the giants of BBC Radio 2 Sir Terry Wogan, Ken Bruce, Bob Harris and Johnnie Walker will be recorded with Anthony Head, Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason, the electric string quartet BOND, upcoming boy band FTW, one of the UK’s best jazz singers and BBC presenter Clare Teal and soprano Andrea Ryder who’s performance of Nessun Dorma on X Factor was described as “Absolutely Terrific.....very, very moving” by none other than Simon Cowell.

If that wasn’t enough other great talents will be joining us at Maida Vale, Neil Taylor (guitarist for Robbie Williams), Steve Rushton (drums for Imelda May), Marcus Bonfanti (guitarist for Sandi Thom), Ben Thomas (guitarist for Adele), Simon Little (bass Divine Comedy) and Caroline Dale (soloist/cello for David Gilmour, David Gray, U2, Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant, Oasis, Sinead O'Connor ECO etc) and a host of individuals musicians and backing vocalists will all to this musical feast.

The recordings mark the culmination of the Oldie Composers songwriting competition, run by Charity Goods in aid of Barnardo’s, with two  recording sessions, overseen by producer A D Chivers, at the famous BBC Maida Vale studios in London on Monday 16^th and Sunday 22^nd of April 2012.

Anthony Head will provide lead vocals on songwriter Marina Florance’s beautiful song “Cry”. Marina has always written songs although it’s only in recent years she says she has had the courage to share them with a wider audience. She said “I realised that the only way they would ever be heard was to get out and sing them myself, I was surprised and pleased at the response!” Anthony Head first appeared on the Charity Goods BANDAGED album and we are delighted that he will be adding his great vocal talent to “Cry”. Best known for his role in Buffy The Vampire Slayer and more recently as King Uther Pendragon in the highly acclaimed BBC Series "Merlin".

FTW will sing “Loves Forever” penned by songwriting duo Trevor Wiles and Paul Hadler who have been writing songs together for over 30 years. Trevor and Paul met while playing in a band In the early 80’s but decided that song writing rather than playing cover versions of others songs was more their thing. FTW have been dubbed by the media as the UK's number 1 new boy band. They have injected personality back into pop since exploding onto the scene in 2011. With radio roadshows, festivals and live PA’s at some of the country’s top venues under their belt, demand for FTW is very high

Clare Teal is probably best know as one of the UK’s finest jazz singers but she can turn her hand to many formats and it is her ability to make ballads her own that she will bring to Maggie Duffy’s song “Peace For The Child”. Maggie says “I was always a bit shy of performing my own songs, afraid I might be judged a bit harshly, but I tried out one or two and they seemed to go down OK and my confidence grew.” Clare Teal is a great supporter of our work and has sung on both of our BANDAGED albums. She will bring her considerable experience in recording and live performance to the song. Yorkshire born Clare is one of the most successful female British jazz singers in decades with a string of albums behind her, including the UK National Top 20 hit "Don't Talk" and her highly acclaimed album "Hey Ho" released in 2011.

Andrea Ryder Andrea began singing at an early age and was lucky enough to be offered a place with the National Youth Choir of Great Britain at age 14. She toured the world with the choir and decided that Singing was a career she would like to pursue. In 2007 Andrea made the final 12 in the “overs” category on ITV’s X Factor with Simon Cowell describing her rendition of Nessun Dorma as “Absolutely Terrific.....very, very moving.” Andrea is the voice on the original submission by John Mackfall on his "Requiem For A Soldier" and will record the song again at Maida Vale. John has been a musician for the best part of 47 years. He says “My appreciation of music began as a small boy where I listened to monstrous masterpieces of works by Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Mendelssohn and many other great composers on my grandmother’s huge old pre war radio. I am a self taught musician and have played a myriad of instruments, and I was a gigging musician until the age of 48 but decided to retire and concentrate on composing instead.

Below is the full list of performers, Charity Goods would like to thank every single one of them for giving of their time for free in aid of our fundraising for Barnardo’s.

Anthony Head, Nick Mason, BOND (Tania Davis, Eos Chater, Elspeth Hanson, Gay-Yee Westerhoff), FTW (Jake Maddocks, Tom Peters, Kyle Passmore, Calum Boyle) Clare Teal,  Andrea Ryder, Grant Windsor, Simon Little, Andrew Playfoot, Marcus Bonfanti, Jasmin Nelson, Neil Taylor, Caroline Dale, Vocal Works Gospel Choir (Tim King, Gabby Violante, Lucy Joy, Sian O'Brien, Cath Foxwell, Nathalie Lemmy, Bindy Baker, Danny Williams, Keir Krishnamma-Hillier, Angus Wilson, Chris Southam), Steve Rushton, Ian Watson, Jasmin Nelson , Ben Thomas, Bernardo Coughlan, Sid Smith, Cathy Thompson, Matt Elston, Miranda Dale, Clifton Harrison, Nuno Carapina.

Producer: A D Chivers

Songwriters: Trevor Wiles and Paul Hadler, Marina Florance, John Mackfall and Maggie Duffy.

The recorded songs will be released as download singles with the winner being the most downloaded song.

Full details: www.oldiecomposers.com

Contacts:

Charity Goods

Hellen Bach

Tel: 01633 671586

Mob 07890 676362

Email: hellen@charitygoods.com

Barnardo’s

Serena Greaves

Artiste Development Manager 

Tel: 01276 677873

Mob: 07770 940117