Colin Little is a singer/songwriter and poet who has been writing and performing for 50 years. Once he had shaken the toad ‘work’ from his back, Colin recorded his first album of original material ‘Remnants’. in 2019.
2023 saw the release of his second album ‘The Algebra of Daylight’. The album featured brand new songs: ‘Sky’, ‘The Song Machine’, ‘The Butterfly Dance’, ‘The Call’, ‘Coffee Shop Writer’, ‘Time’, ‘Mistakes’, ‘Walking in the Night’, ‘His Last Goodbye’ and ‘Graham’. Also songs from down the years - ‘Sunshine’ and ‘Electric Blues’
All songs can be downloaded free by clicking on the Download button. They will appear in the Download folder of your device.
Other songs have been added to the Songs in the Hall page. ‘Beyond The Pier’ is new. ‘Vermont In The Fall’, and ‘Never Comes The Day’ have vocals by Elaine Claxton, ‘Eastbound Blue’ features here as well as ‘My Uncle Syd’ and ‘Fraction’.
If you are interested in the evolution of songs, you can hear guitar demos and early versions of a few of the home recorded and never-to-be-recorded demo songs on the Home Demos page.
Poetry
Poems include - ‘Boy’, ‘Grace Note’, a threnody for Colin’s friend Keith Hammond, ‘Buddleia at Clapham Junction’, ‘Rainhorse Again’, ‘Grantchester Meadows’, ‘The Dark Room’, ‘Quobba Point’, ‘Cricket with my Father’ and, for the dyscalculic amongst you, Mathematics!
Check out the Plague Songs page for video acoustic one-offs of previously unrecorded songs. Recorded during first lockdown in 2020.
All songs and poems copyright Colin Little 2019/2020/2021/2022/2023/2024