Song writing can be a deeply personal process built on passion and the desire to share emotions and thoughts with others.
Chris Wood invites you to join his song writing weekend. Express yourself, be edgy, be emotional, be political but above all tell a story. Chris Wood consistently celebrates the “ordinary” with his gift for articulating that which so many thousands feel in their daily lives. The Handmade Song follows his highly acclaimed album ‘Handmade Life’ and invites students to enter into Wood’s celebrity free zone, come and write as you are!

Award winning Chris Wood is an uncompromising writer whose music reveals his love for the un-official history of the English speaking people. With gentle intelligence he weaves the tradition with his own contemporary parables. His appeal as an artist extends beyond the modern folk scene. His writing has been said to share the same timeless quality as Richard Thompson at his best. Chris’s latest projects include the new album, Handmade Life and he is also an integral part of, ‘The Imagined Village’.

Singer of the Year and Best Album  BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2009