Bounce Magazine August Edition 2017

FEATURE
AUGUST 2017 AUGUST | ISSUE 2017 | #58 ISSUE | CHARLIE #58 FINK
SINGER & SONGWRITER
He first entered the limelight when he formed Noah and the Whale, and the
band released four full-length albums, becoming a staple of
the U.K.’s young folk scene.
Noah and the Whale split up in 2015 after six
years together and multiple tours of both the
U.K. and America.
‘Cover My Tracks’ is the new debut solo
album released just ahead of a theatrical
production of the same name, with a script by
the award-winning playwright, David Greig, at
The Old Vic theatre.
Rachel Ducker spoke to Charlie about his
recent theatrical adaptations performed
recently at the Latitude
Festival 2017 and finds out
more about his upcoming
tour next month in Bury St
Edmunds.
R: How did you get into the
music scene?
I had just moved back to
London from Manchester
and I went to a gig to see the girl called Emmy
the Great. During the gig she announced
that her bass player was leaving the band, so
I went up to her afterwards and offered my
services as a bass player.
She ended up taking me up on that offer and I
toured with her for a while and whilst doing so
I formed my own band ‘Noah and the Whale’.
Then we started touring by ourselves and the
rest is history.
R: Have you always had a passion for folk
music?
Yeah definitely, I grew up in a house of folk
music, my mum was a real ‘folkie’ when I was
younger.
R: That must have been a fun household?
Definitely, it was very fun, but also very
embarrassing at the same time. Especially
at parties when you’re mum gets out the
acoustic guitar, in general
I listened to a lot of Bob
Dylan that sort of thing.
R: You first entered the
limelight through ‘Noah
and the Whale’, that must
have been some journey
over eight years?
Yeah, it was. It was a really
amazing time with the band, and a mixture of
trepidation and excitement when leaving and
looking for a new project. That was when I did
the show ‘The Lorax’ with The Old Vic, which
lead me to doing the new show ‘Cover My
Tracks’ which is about to ‘hit the road’.
R: How have you changed as an artist since
the band split?
Yes, in lots of different ways. I think during my
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