Dunford is from
Islington in North London where he began playing the piano aged 15 after his family moved into a house which happened to have a piano already in it which he then had to persuade his parents to keep. He started playing
Elton John songs and then began to mix music with his own poetry. He learnt to play guitar because the piano was too loud to play late at night in the house. He played his first gig at a pub called
The Library and afterwards he said to his father he would eventually sell out
The Union Chapel venue opposite it, which he did in 2022. In 2012, Dunford and
Charlie Quirke alternated playing the role of Travis Stubbs in the stage version of their mothers' comedy television series
Birds of a Feather. Dunford's music was discovered by
Jamal Edwards in 2014 through hearing his song
When We Were Hooligans on
YouTube. Dunford has said he writes songs about the area around him, his experiences and his friends. His first EP
The Morland chronicled life on the Morland Estate in Islington as he saw it. The first single from that EP ''London's Requiem'' was a version of the first song he ever wrote. In 2021 Dunford signed with
Sony Music and released a cover of
East 17's hit single
Stay Another Day, the video for which featured Dunford wearing the white fur trimmed
parka jacket visible in the 1994
Christmas number one song video. In 2022 Dunford supported
Jake Bugg on tour. Dunford's second EP
Popham EP contained the song "
The Angel (North London Forever)", which has since become an anthem for the fans of
Arsenal F.C. and has begun to be played in the pre-match of every home game Arsenal play at the
Emirates Stadium. Dunford himself is an Arsenal fan and wrote the song as a paean to the culture and sense of community in North London. Dunford and the song were featured in the
Amazon Original documentary series
All or Nothing: Arsenal about the
2021–22 Arsenal F.C. season. ==References==