“You guys are incredible” - James Corden
“You really are very good” - Graham Norton
“Simply explosive” - Tatler
Jamie Cullum & Rufus Wainwright meet Sam Smith.
Powerful vocals, disarming vulnerability.
BACK INTO LIFE
Sam Chaplin’s album Back into Life is a genre-hopping joy ride through jazz/soul to 80s pop to intimate piano work.
“The whole album is a journey back into my life - everything’s piled in: Maroon 5, Duran Duran, Rufus Wainwright, Ray Charles - it’s all in there. These are songs I’ve written over a period spanning 20 years - from a sense of spinning out of control, to finding love, to being overwhelmed with joy with children - for me it’s all about connecting - through the stories, the lyrics, the twists in the melodies. The album is a kind of invitation too, after the last couple of years, however nervously, to jump back into life.”
The album was mostly recorded at WWWSTUDIOS in November 2019 and then finished off under duvets in homes during 2020! Working closely with producer Dan Weeks and released in November 2021.
ALBUM LAUNCH GIG: 21.11.21 BUSH HALL, LONDON
Sam Chaplin launches his album into the world with a special launch gig at London’s iconic Bush Hall on Sunday 21st November.
Come and experience the album live - delivered in Sam’s audience-engaging style and by a stellar line up of musicians. Enjoy the music in the lavish Edwardian dancehall - Bush Hall - beloved by Amy Winehouse, The Who and Adele.
Opening set by the most beautiful of songwriters, Chris Read. Learn more about Chris here.
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Sam Chaplin is a singer, song-writer, multi-instrumentalist with a gift for engaging audiences and powerful vocals. As a song-writer, if there’s something going on in Sam’s life - it gets worked out at his piano. The result is a collection of songs over the years marking loves and losses, findings and losings. He’s always been drawn to other musicians who do the same whether it’s Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Rufus Wainright or Ray Charles - you can hear those strands of honesty, lyrical twists, and jazz inflections flowing through his songs.
Sam leads song-writing workshops and choirs with vulnerable adults and children. He is musical director for the Choir With No Name in London a choir for people affected by homelessness and also runs song-writing workshops in prisons with young people with disabilities from the Orpheus Centre.
Sam has performed world-wide with his high-energy swing/jive band Jazzbomb with live shows at jazz clubs across London, they have also performed for private and corporate events in Monaco, Geneva, Baku, Dubai and across the UK. They have performed with or for many well-known names: James Corden – “You guys are incredible”, Graham Norton “You really are very good!”, Miranda Hart “You rock!” and were described by Tatler Magazine as “Simply explosive!”
Over the last few years Sam has been performing his songs, showcasing them with a regular gig at The Pheasantry Pizza Express in Chelsea. Following a successful crowdfund campaign in 2019 Sam and his band hit the studio. The result is the album Back into Life. There are two parts to this title: the songs are a journey back into Sam’s life… but they’re also an uplifting call to listeners to jump back into life and embrace life and love.
During the pandemic Sam kept himself and many others round the world entertained by running a global online choir gathering hundreds of regulars from over 6 continents and also creating a string of humorous parody songs one of which went viral with over 1.3 million views.
