Begin Again

Archie the Goldfish is a project co-led by trumpet player Graeme Flowers and guitarist Chris Bestwick.

As one of the UK's most in-demand trumpet players, Graeme has performed with jazz stars such as Quincy Jones, Gregory Porter, Manu Katché, Michael Bublé, Kyle Eastwood, Tom Scott, Charlie Hunter and Deodato. On the pop/commercial side he's worked with Taylor Swift, Cee Lo Green, Tom Jones, Simply Red, Paul Weller, Duran Duran, and many others. He has also performed on, and written music for, three Clint Eastwood movie soundtracks.

After playing on the London jazz scene for many years, getting drunk on JTQ tours with Graeme, backing pop singers, and performing at Womad and similar festivals in the UK and abroad with Algerian, Moroccan and Turkish musicians, Chris has spent the last few years writing for and leading projects in Helsinki, Prishtina and The Hague.

On their new single, 'Begin Again', they are are joined by:

Nadia Basurto - vocals

Kishon Khan - keys

Simon Lea - drums

Over the past two years there's been a lot of talk about how societies can rebuild themselves in better ways. As yet, there's not much evidence of that happening. In this song, the first in a planned series of singles from Archie the Goldfish in 2022, we ask for things to change, and offer the consolation of good music in case they don't.

'Begin Again' is released on 4th March on Funkiwala Records