Charlie Cunningham

Charlie Cunningham has emerged as a truly under-the-radar success story. He has headlined London’s iconic Queen Elizabeth Hall and has become a regular fixture in Europe’s most prestigious concert halls. Splitting his time between piano and nylon string guitar, Charlie creates melancholic yet rhythmically driven songs. When expressed with his warm voice and characteristic restraint, something timeless takes shape.

Despite his dyslexia making it near impossible for him to read music, Charlie earned a music degree and by his mid-20s worked a variety of odd jobs and wrote songs in his free time. Eventually, he moved to Seville, immersed himself in Flamenco music, and focussed intensely on his guitar playing. Planning to stay for 3 months, he stayed for 3 years. Once home, Charlie found work playing in bars across London and Oxford ­— eventually returning to songwriting. Charlie has subsequently released 2 albums and 4 eps which have garnered over half a billion streams.

Next on the horizon is his third album, Frame. A collection of lush, delicate pop songs brimming with references to art rock, golden era jazz, and neo-classical composition—all the while maintaining the pared-back and clear-eyed musicality for which he is so well recognized. Throughout the album, Charlie and long-time producer, Sam Hudson Scott, create the fragility, power, and tension found in timeless songwriting, reanimated through a modern lens.

An artist made more articulate and introspective by the global adversity under which it was written, Charlie weaves a delicate autobiographical thread through the record. This thread sews together universal and individual concerns—binding the personal to the political and connecting themes of heartbreak, spirituality, grief, and climate anxiety. ‘We are the sum of the competing aspects of our personalities—these songs are conversations between mine. Learning to accept, or even embrace the conflicting parts of ourselves is a matter of self-preservation.

Past Shows


Oct
29
th
2023
7th St Entry
Oct
29
th
2023
7th St Entry

Charlie Cunningham

with Ethan Tasch
Apr
21
st
2020
Turf Club
Apr
21
st
2020
Turf Club
Cancelled

Patrick Watson

with Charlie Cunningham
Sep
23
rd
2019
7th St Entry
Sep
23
rd
2019
7th St Entry

Charlie Cunningham

with The Still Tide
Mar
22
nd
2018
Turf Club
Mar
22
nd
2018
Turf Club

Lucy Rose

with Charlie Cunningham

More Shows

May
12
th
Palace Theatre

An Evening With
Violent Femmes

Aug
14
th
The Fitzgerald Theater

Dweezil Zappa

Jun
2
nd
Turf Club

Alien Ant Farm

Oct
12
th
The Fitzgerald Theater

Brad Williams