May 2025
Murray Webster is a London-based songwriter, educator, and storyteller whose music blends blues, soul, pop/rock, folk and a pinch of ‘jazz for people who don’t like jazz’.
He has decades of songwriting experience and a history of mentoring rising talent as head of LondonSongwriters.org education.
Murray’s new single ‘Your Couldn’t Care Less Heart’ marks the beginning of an exciting solo journey, having been performed to great acclaim, even as an instrumental, at iconic venues such as The Hammersmith Palais, the Forum and the Bracknell and Soho Jazz Festivals.
He has performed on the same bill as artists such as Courtney Pine, Charlie Watts at the Bracknell Jazz Festival and in the Channel 4 documentary 10 Days That Shook Soho. He has featured on the Gilles Peterson and Gary Crowley radio shows, as well as on single and album releases for CBS Records.
With a deep appreciation of the art of storytelling through song, Murray’s music invites listeners into a world of timeless lyric and melody, rich with emotion, depth, and lived experience.
September 2021
London Songwriter Murray Webster crafts engaging and catchy Pop/Rock, Blues, Soul, Introspective Folk and Jazz drawn from personal experience and a rich tradition of classic songwriting.
The new single Blue Dansette has been selected from the forthcoming online stereo EP Blue Dansette and is also available as a physical 7″ single b/w Tell Me It’s You in Limited Edition authentic bright 1960s Mono Vinyl Mixes.
The first three tracks on the EP represent the 60, 70s and 80s in turn, with Mersey pastiche Tell Me It’s You completing the four tracks. The video of Blue Dansette will also be released soon.
The mono mixes are not available on the EP but buyers will be able to download the Digitally Remastered Mono mixes with purchase. You can order now at music.murraywebstersongs.com
The EP release explores personal and cultural artefacts, with influences spanning 25 years of musical history, musicians, fashion, discs, gigs, venues and instruments from the early 1960s to the late 1980s and beyond.
Look out for my Autoblography stories here chronicling the musical and personal journey.
Murray has played iconic London venues such as The WAG (‘Whiskey-a-go-go‘, as featured on the EP), The Astoria, The Bass Clef, The Hammersmith Palais, The 100 Club and The Forum. He has played Douglas Corner Cafe in Nashville and The Mint in LA. He has supported Courtney Pine at the Bracknell Jazz Festival also featuring Charlie Watts and is featured in Channel 4 documentary 10 Days That Shook Soho about the Soho Jazz Festival.
He has taught the art and craft of songwriting for over a decade at www.LondonSongwriters.org