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Meet: Stephen Jones talks creativity and influences, ahead of the upcoming Babybird tour
Stephen Jones is the all-round music aficionado, singer and writer of “lullabies” behind Babybird. He’s forever associated with “that song”, but the writing prowess has never abated, and continues on through the freedom that Bandcamp affords artists. 3 and half albums already dropped in 2023, it seems the creation of new material is something that …
Meet: We have a chat with Babybird’s Stephen Jones about that hit single, his creative process and the music industry. Plus we review his new album.
While Babybird will always be associated with the global hit ‘You’re Gorgeous‘, the prodigious talent behind the name, Stephen Jones, has never ceased creating sublime indie pop over the course of his career. In a sense, the music industry may have moved away, but Jones’s songwriting magic has remained a constant. Jones might have the …
News: Babybird to release King of Nothing compilation
Like an albatross around his neck, Babybird (the work of Stephen Jones) will always be known for the massive hit ‘You’re Gorgeous‘ – a song that amusingly featured in many a wedding ceremony without people realising its horrifically dark subject matter of abuse and exploitation. And there is no doubt that this is a magnificent …
Soundtrack of our lives: Stephen Jones / Babybird
If you think it all began and ended with You’re Gorgeous, a song which catapulted Stephen Jones into the mainstream 22 years ago (number 3 in the UK charts) , then you’d be mistaken. He’d already recorded a handful of records by that point, and since then, with the help of bandcamp he’s released nigh …
News: Babybird announce May UK tour dates
It’s now half a year since Stephen Jones had that stupid irritating heart attack. He’s been to the gym for the first time. Lost a stone and a half. And is now fully hiked up on blood thinners and other drugs. He and the band gave birth to new gigs last December, and made it …
Not Forgotten: Babybird – Ugly Beautiful
It’s difficult to comprehend just how much airplay Babybird’s “You’re Gorgeous” received back in 1996. Listening back to it now, it still stands up as a great pop song, albeit one with far more dark and sinister lyrical content than it’s success suggests. It was a massive crossover hit, and something quite unexpected for Sheffield’s …
From an old record box: Babybird – Goodnight
It was 1996, and I was in the Lake District for a summer holiday with a friend’s family; music was key in-car entertainment and one of the principal tapes in the stereo of that lovely old red Volvo 240 estate was a selection of live cuts from Radio 1’s Mark and Lard show. At the …