Early life Ash was born in the North East of England and grew up in Brighton and Cambridge. He began playing classical guitar when he was just six years old before taking up the electric guitar aged twelve. He began performing both solo and in bands during his teenage years, gigging all over the UK.
Debut and No Early Nights EPs Ash has performed live sessions for Sue Marchant's show on
BBC Three Counties Radio, for
BBC Cambridgeshire,
BFBS Radio and various BBC Local radio sessions. After releasing his debut EP, Ash supported
Seth Lakeman,
Newton Faulkner and
Nick Harper. Ash's second EP,
No Early Nights, featured the debut single "Tried To Get Rid of Me", which was chosen as an iTunes Single of the Week in November 2010. In 2011 Ash played The
Secret Garden Party,
Cambridge Folk Festival,
Guilfest and
Bestival. He was also chosen to support
Ed Sheeran on the Birmingham and Nottingham legs of his
X Tour.
Playing By Numbers EP Ashs' six track EP,
Playing By Numbers was released in October 2012. He embarked on a tour in support of the EP, playing with
Rachel Sermanni,
P Money,
Foy Vance,
Leddra Chapman,
Passenger, and
John Bramwell (from
I Am Kloot).
Face To Face EP Ash has recently written new material with
Amy Wadge (
Ed Sheeran,
Lewis Watson) and
Janet Devlin (
Newton Faulkner). His brand new EP "Face To Face" is set to release on 16 March 2015. It features the lead single "Chasing Your Love" which has received Radio 1 play on the Huw Stephens show. Tracks from this EP will be mixed by Grammy award winner
Simon Gogerly (
U2,
Paloma Faith,
Gwen Stefani). ==References==