Music
Choosing the soundtrack to your day
Your tastes are unique and you want the music played on your big day to reflect that, rather than hearing the same old tunes you always get at weddings. Well, maybe some of them. The really good ones. But perhaps you’re looking for something a little different too…
I have an extensive repertoire of songs spanning seven decades with a particular leaning towards the indie, alternative rock and folk end of the spectrum, but with more than enough pop and golden oldies to satisfy the most eclectic of tastes and keep relatives of all ages happy.
I approach each song in my own distinctive folky style, usually on the acoustic guitar but you might occasionally find me with a ukulele in hand, a harmonica around my neck or a whistle on my lips (subject to your approval!).
With the exception of a few not currently available on Spotify, you’ll find almost every one of the 400+ songs in my repertoire by clicking on this playlist.
All the songs are also listed below by decade, and available as a downloadable document here:
Repertoire
2010 - present
Free Treasure - Adrianne Lenker
No Machine - Adrianne Lenker
Sans Soleil - Alexisonfire
Dreaming - Allo Darlin’
Archie, Marry Me - Alvvays
Now You Know - Anaïs Mitchell
Wedding Song - Anaïs Mitchell & Justin Vernon
The Wedding Song - Angus & Julia Stone
I Wanna Be Yours - Arctic Monkeys
Keep Your Head Up - Ben Howard
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Old Pine - Ben Howard
Only Love - Ben Howard
Love In Mine - Big Thief
Masterpiece - Big Thief
Wildflower - Billie Eilish
My Favourite Room - Blossoms
8 (circle) - Bon Iver
Holocene - Bon Iver
Deep In Love - Bonny Light Horseman
Follow You - Bring Me The Horizon
7 - Catfish and the Bottlemen
So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings - Caroline Polachek
Pink Pony Club - Chappell Roan
Redbone - Childish Gambino
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
All My Love - Coldplay
With You - Cujo Moon
Throw Me Now Your Arms - Damien Jurado
Titanium (ft. Sia) - David Guetta
At The Indie Disco - The Divine Comedy
The Joker and The Queen - Ed Sheeran
The Only Road - Elbow
Love You So Bad - Ezra Furman
Real Love Baby - Father John Misty
Salt & Cloves - Fionn Regan
Emmylou - First Aid Kit
Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes
Favourite - Fontaines D.C.
There She Is - Frank Turner
Life Eternal - Ghost
On Melancholy Hill - Gorillaz
Amsterdam - Gregory Alan Isakov
As It Was - Harry Styles
Hallelujah - Haim
The Shape Of Us - Ian Britt
Gold - Interference
Detectorists - Johnny Flynn
For You - Laura Marling
How Can I - Laura Marling
Once - Laura Marling
Song For Our Daughter - Laura Marling
Best Guess - Lucy Dacus
Ho Hey - The Lumineers
Still Together - Mac DeMarco
Distant Axis - Matt Berninger
The Wedding Song - Matthew Mole
Anna - The Menzingers
Endless Summer - Mighty Oaks
I Will Wait - Mumford & Sons
I Need My Girl - The National
Fever To The Form - Nick Mulvey
Life Is Life - Noah And The Whale
Decimal - Novo Amor
Dead of Night - Orville Peck
Hexie Mountains - Orville Peck
Fare Thee Well (Dink’s Song) - Oscar Isaac & Marcus Mumford
Bloom - The Paper Kites
Still Into You - Paramore
Still - Seinabo Sey
Caramel - Sleep Token
Home Alone, Too - The Staves
Forever and a Day - Stephin Merritt
Zorbing - Stornoway
Upside Down - The Story So Far
Selfless - The Strokes
Mystery of Love - Sufjan Stevens
Motorhome - Sweet Baboo
A Million Dreams - The Greatest Showman
A Lion's Heart - The Tallest Man on Earth
A Thousand Ways - The Tallest Man on Earth
Love Is All - The Tallest Man On Earth
The Dreamer - The Tallest Man on Earth
Thrown Right At Me - The Tallest Man on Earth
Invisible String - Taylor Swift
Lover - Taylor Swift
Just You and I - Tom Walker
I Care - Turnstile
Waltz About Whiskey - Watchhouse / Mandolin Orange
Right Back To It - Waxahatchee (ft. MJ Lenderman)
Bros - Wolf Alice
Follow The Sun - Xavier Rudd
2000s
You You You You You - The 6ths
All My Days - Alexi Murdoch
Orange Sky - Alexi Murdoch
If I Ain't Got You - Alicia Keys
Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire
Baby I'm Yours - Arctic Monkeys
Shining Light - Ash
Whole Again - Atomic Kitten
I’m With You - Avril Lavigne
As Long as You Love Me - Backstreet Boys
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Elephant Gun – Beirut
Postcards From Italy – Beirut
Piazza, New York Catcher - Belle & Sebastian
The Luckiest - Ben Folds
Mountains - Biffy Clyro
First Date – Blink-182
I Miss You - Blink-182
Blood Bank - Bon Iver
Flume - Bon Iver
Re: Stacks - Bon Iver
Skinny Love – Bon Iver
Girl All The Bad Guys Want - Bowling For Soup
First Day Of My Life - Bright Eyes
Lua - Bright Eyes
Year 3000 - Busted
French Navy - Camera Obscura
To Build A Home – The Cinematic Orchestra
The Girl - City and Colour
Cannonball - Damien Rice
The Blower's Daughter - Damien Rice
I Believe In A Thing Called Love - The Darkness
I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Death Cab for Cutie
Love Song 2009 - Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele
Home - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
One Day Like This – Elbow
Sugar, We’re Going Down – Fall Out Boy
Her Eyes Dart Round - The Felice Brothers
Wonderful Life - The Felice Brothers
Abacus - Fionn Regan
Be Good or Be Gone - Fionn Regan
Do You Realize?? - The Flaming Lips
You’ve Got The Love – Florence + The Machine
Stacy's Mom - Fountains Of Wayne
Poke – Frightened Rabbit
Run - George Strait
Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear
Hate To Say I Told You So - The Hives
No Fear Of Falling - I Am Kloot
Naked As We Came - Iron & Wine
Such Great Heights - Iron & Wine / The Postal Service
Angel - Jack Johnson
Precious Love - James Morrison
If You Ever Need a Stranger (To Sing At Your Wedding) - Jens Lekman
You Are the Light (By Which I Travel Into This and That) - Jens Lekman
The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie - Joanna Newsom
Heartbeats - Jose Gonzalez / The Knife
Kathleen - Josh Ritter
Snow Is Gone - Josh Ritter
Somewhere Only We Know - Keane
Not So Far To Go - Kelly Joe Phelps
Human - The Killers
Mr. Brightside - The Killers
Homesick - Kings of Convenience
Toothpaste Kisses - The Maccabees
Nothing Matters When We're Dancing - The Magnetic Fields
Papa Was A Rodeo - The Magnetic Fields
The Book Of Love - The Magnetic Fields / Peter Gabriel
Bachelor's Hall - Martin Simpson
All About You – McFly
Kids - MGMT
Time To Pretend - MGMT
Anyone Else But You - The Moldy Peaches
Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
Two Doors Down – Mystery Jets
Slow Show - The National
She's Got Soul - Nick Lowe
2 Bodies 1 Heart - Noah And The Whale
5 Years Time - Noah And The Whale
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show
We're All In This Together - Old Crow Medicine Show
Always Lift Him Up and Never Knock Him Down - Old Crow Medicine Show / Willie Watson
Hey Ya! – Outkast
Last Request - Paolo Nutini
The Only Exception - Paramore
Just Breathe - Pearl Jam
Welcome Home, Son - Radical Face
Weird Fishes / Arpeggi – Radiohead
Hold You In My Arms - Ray LaMontagne
Jolene - Ray LaMontagne
Trouble - Ray LaMontagne
Us - Regina Spektor
Serious - Richard Hawley
Umbrella – Rihanna
Foolproof - Ron Sexsmith
Come Pick Me Up - Ryan Adams
La Cienega Just Smiled - Ryan Adams
My Winding Wheel - Ryan Adams
Oh My Sweet Carolina - Ryan Adams
When The Stars Go Blue - Ryan Adams
Reach - S Club 7
New Slang - The Shins
Kiss Me Thru The Phone - Soulja Boy
Run - Stephen Fretwell
Someday - The Strokes
Casimir Pulaski Day - Sufjan Stevens
Chicago - Sufjan Stevens
The Dress Looks Nice On You - Sufjan Stevens
The Gardener - The Tallest Man On Earth
Love Story - Taylor Swift
Better - Tom Baxter
Oxford Comma– Vampire Weekend
Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
Maps - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
1990s
Girl From Mars - Ash
Judy and the Dream of Horses - Belle & Sebastian
My Wandering Days Are Over - Belle & Sebastian
The Boy With the Arab Strap - Belle & Sebastian
The State I Am In - Belle & Sebastian
Forever - Ben Harper
All The Small Things - Blink-182
What’s My Age Again? - Blink-182
End Of A Century - Blur
The Universal - Blur
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You’re So Great - Blur
Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan / Adele
I'll Make Love To You - Boyz II Men
If I Should Fall Behind - Bruce Springsteen
Sea Of Love - Cat Power / Phil Phillips
It's All Coming Back To Me Now - Celine Dion / Meatloaf
Believe – Cher
Waiting for My Real Life to Begin - Colin Hay
Runaway - The Corrs
Dreams - The Cranberries
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm - Crash Test Dummies
Higher - Creed
Friday I'm In Love - The Cure
Just Like Heaven - The Cure
Mint Car - The Cure
This Year's Love - David Gray
Tell Her This - Del Amitri
Go The Distance - Disney’s Hercules
National Express - The Divine Comedy
P.S. You Rock My World – Eels
Waltz #2 (Xo) - Elliott Smith
Your Love Gets Sweeter - Finley Quaye
Big Me - Foo Fighters
Everlong - Foo Fighters
Freed From Desire – Gala
Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me - George Michael & Elton John
Basket Case - Green Day
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day
Lilac Wine - Jeff Buckley
Satisfied Mind - Jeff Buckley / John Martyn
My Own Worst Enemy – Lit
Amazed - Lonestar
Always Be My Baby - Mariah Carey
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
Into My Arms - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Live Forever – Oasis
The Circle - Ocean Colour Scene
The Day We Caught The Train - Ocean Colour Scene
Self Esteem - The Offspring
Wild Wood - Paul Weller
I'll Stand By You - The Pretenders
Babies – Pulp
Something Changed – Pulp
These Are The Days Of Our Lives – Queen
Black Star – Radiohead
Fake Plastic Trees – Radiohead
High and Dry – Radiohead
Karma Police – Radiohead
Nightswimming – REM
I’ll Be There For You - The Rembrandts
1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Richard Thompson
Beeswing - Richard Thompson
When You Say Nothing At All - Ronan Keating / Alison Krauss
Send Me On My Way - Rusted Root
Kiss from a Rose - Seal
You're Still The One - Shania Twain
Kiss Me - Sixpence None The Richer
1979 - The Smashing Pumpkins
Stumbleine - The Smashing Pumpkins
Tonight, Tonight - The Smashing Pumpkins
2 Become 1 - Spice Girls
Fields Of Gold – Sting
Driftwood – Travis
Writing To Reach You - Travis
Lucky Man - The Verve
Grow Old with You - The Wedding Singer / Adam Sandler
You and Me Song - The Wannadies
California Stars – Wilco
1980s
Take On Me - A-ha
Super Trouper - ABBA
Eternal Flame - The Bangles
Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
True Love Will Find You in the End - Daniel Johnston
Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac
Together in Electric Dreams - Giorgio Moroder and Philip Oakey
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Just The Two Of Us - Grover Washington Jr (feat. Bill Withers)
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates
The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis and the News
Don't Stop Believin' – Journey
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) - Kate Bush
Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves
Give It Up - KC & The Sunshine Band
Hand on Your Heart - Kylie Minogue / Jose Gonzalez
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen / Jeff Buckley
It Must Be Love - Madness / Labbi Siffre
Crazy For You – Madonna
I Melt With You - Modern English
Temptation - New Order
Rip It Up - Orange Juice
You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
Here Comes Your Man – Pixies
I Would Die 4 U - Prince
When Doves Cry - Prince
I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer
Cemetry Gates – The Smiths
Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want – The Smiths
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
Through The Barricades - Spandau Ballet
Waterfall - The Stone Roses
This Must Be The Place (Naïve Melody) – Talking Heads
Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears
Simply The Best - Tina Turner / Billianne
Free Fallin' - Tom Petty / John Mayer
Fast Car – Tracy Chapman
I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston
Only You – Yazoo
1970s
Mamma Mia - ABBA
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
All I Want is You - Barry Louis Polisar
You're the First, the Last, My Everything - Barry White
Forever - The Beach Boys
Thirteen - Big Star
Don’t It Make It Better - Bill Withers
Lovely Day - Bill Withers
Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel
Piano Man - Billy Joel
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She's Always A Woman - Billy Joel
Buckets Of Rain - Bob Dylan
If Not For You - Bob Dylan / George Harrison
The Man In Me - Bob Dylan
Is This Love - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley & The Wailers
Angel From Montgomery - Bonnie Raitt / John Prine
Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
So Far Away - Carole King
You’ve Got A Friend - Carole King / James Taylor
The Wind - Cat Stevens / Yusuf
Wild World - Cat Stevens / Yusuf
Our House - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Fill Your Heart - David Bowie
Starman - David Bowie
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton
American Pie - Don McLean
And I Love You So - Don McLean
Raglan Road - The Dubliners / Martin Simpson
Rocket Man - Elton John
Tiny Dancer - Elton John
Your Song - Elton John
The Wonder Of You - Elvis Presley
Ooh La La - The Faces
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
Right Down The Line - Gerry Rafferty
The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies
Fire And Rain - James Taylor
Sweet Baby James - James Taylor
Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce
Couldn't Love You More - John Martyn
May You Never - John Martyn
A Case Of You - Joni Mitchell
Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas
Rainbow Connection - Kermit the Frog
That's The Way - Led Zeppelin
Chelsea Hotel #2 - Leonard Cohen
Lovin' You - Minnie Ripperton
This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) - Natalie Cole
Birds - Neil Young
Heart Of Gold - Neil Young
Helpless - Neil Young
Fly - Nick Drake
From The Morning - Nick Drake
Northern Sky - Nick Drake
Place To Be - Nick Drake
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
These Days - Nico / Jackson Browne
Arthur McBride - Paul Brady
Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney
Roxanne - The Police
Love of My Life – Queen
The Only Living Boy In New York - Simon & Garfunkel
Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) – Stevie Wonder
You Are The Sunshine of My Life - Stevie Wonder
Sarah - Thin Lizzy
Crazy Love - Van Morrison
Into The Mystic - Van Morrison
Moondance - Van Morrison
1960s
I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
God Only Knows - The Beach Boys
I Can Hear Music - The Beach Boys
Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys
Across The Universe - The Beatles
All You Need Is Love - The Beatles
Blackbird - The Beatles
Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles
I Will - The Beatles
In My Life - The Beatles
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Norwegian Wood - The Beatles
Something - The Beatles
I Want You - Bob Dylan
Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
Love Minus Zero/No Limit - Bob Dylan
I Love My Dog - Cat Stevens
Catch The Wind – Donovan
Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
Gentle On My Mind - Glen Campbell / John Hartford
Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher - Jackie Wilson
Blues Run The Game - Jackson C Frank
Il Mondo - Jimmy Fontana / Engelbert Humperdinck
Fairy Tale Lullaby - John Martyn
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash
Both Sides, Now - Joni Mitchell
Thank You - Led Zeppelin
Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye – Leonard Cohen
So Long, Marianne - Leonard Cohen
What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Alone Again Or – Love
If You Knew - Nina Simone / Jeff Buckley
Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones / Melanie
America - Simon & Garfunkel
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) - Simon & Garfunkel
Kathy's Song - Simon & Garfunkel
The Tracks of My Tears - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Morning Glory - Tim Buckley
I’ll Be Here In The Morning - Townes Van Zandt
La Strada Nel Bosco – Traditional
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Sweet Thing - Van Morrison
Sunday Morning - The Velvet Underground
This Will Be Our Year - The Zombies