Mel Randall

Mel is a story telling singer songwriter guitarist mainly in the folk music genre be it traditional, progressive, alternative........ Also has recorded ambient music and his take on classical music which he brings up to date usually with his own twist with it. Mel started off in the mid 70s as lead guitarist in a promising blues group then later on playing guitar in pop/country groups The Fifth Amendment and later FTM. A break in 1982 to around 2002 when he was asked to host and perform a St Patrick's night and since then he started playing live again but mainly in the Folk genre as a solo artist. At the beginning of the pandemic he once again started songwriting and recording producing his first solo album The Stripey Tent. Member of The New Artist Spotlight community. On the 13th June 2022 he released his take of a piece of classical music which has been described as Peer Gynt meets heavy metal called In the Hall of the Mountain King. On the 20th September 2024 released an album The War to End all Wars which was about the 1st World War from the beginning to the end of it. Included in it there are songs covering different aspects of occurrences and some are quite emotional. Check out his latest albums Tales from the Mystic Glade which is ambient music and The Ploughman's Lunch which is folk related. Check out melrandall.bandcamp.com