ABOUT FRANK

Born and raised in the Scottish Highlands, Frank Burkitt has been writing songs and performing for over 10 years now. Frank has an unrivalled ability to effortlessly churn out classic Folk songs. Since moving to Edinburgh, Frank has completed a degree in Acting from Queen Margaret University – he is indeed, more than just a singer/songwriter, but an all round performer. Heavily influenced by the Edinburgh Folk scene, he combines the traditional Scottish sound with his own inimitable blues style. His repertoire varies from anti war ballads such as ‘Military Band’, to energetic love songs like ‘Safe and Sound’ and ‘Glory Be’. His tributes to Edinburgh’s “real” pubs such as ‘Old Timer’, ‘Murphy’ and ‘A Fine Drink’ are a nod in the direction of the drinking dens which have inspired his music – Edinburgh’s ‘Royal Oak’ and ‘Sandy Bells’. Frank is an acoustic musician with a big sound.

Frank is also one of the co-presenters of 'The Garden Sessions', an Edinburgh based online "folk portal" which has been going now since early 2006 - with a free fortnightly internet radio show (or Podcast) as well as free folk downloads, News, Reviews, Lyrics and all things folk. Frank has attained the number 1 slot on ‘The Official Garden Sessions FREE Download Chart’ on several occasions with his song ‘Military Band’ – putting him up there with many of the rising (and established) stars of the Scottish folk scene such as Andy Chung, Jim Malcolm and the Lori Watson 3. www.gardensessions.co.uk

Between 2005 and 2007, Frank has recorded 2 albums through the Garden Sessions, the first was simply entitled ‘The Garden Sessions’ and the second ‘SpeakEasy’. According to the Garden Sessions “Burkitt redefines what folk music is all about” and Edinburgh based open mic night ‘Out Of The Bedroom’ said “The common bonds in his songs are seamless, all of us (in our own way) want to get there."

Since finding fellow musicians Chris Stone (Fiddle), Holly Downes (Bass) and Chris Silver (Bouzouki), it could be said that Frank has truly found his sound. Together with Stone’s masterful arrangements, Frank’s music has evolved from the more sparse beginnings of his earlier recordings – and whilst retaining it’s trademark honesty, is backed up by a beautiful wall of sound. It is this culmination of musical talents that led to the recording of Frank’s first major album ‘Little Less Care’ (released May 2008), produced by Chris Stone at Castlesound Studios near Edinburgh. Frank said “Finding Chris and Holly was a major breakthrough and produced a great album, hopefully this will be the first of many”.