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Adam Astbury in the studio recording ‘Balloon Hearted Boy’ for his upcoming album.

Adam Astbury in the studio recording ‘Waiting At Your Door’ for his upcoming album.

Adam Astbury in the studio recording ‘Living In Colour’ for his upcoming album.

I was recently lucky enough to be invited to BBC York Introducing towers for an interview with Jenny Eells and to perform a live acoustic track, I chose to play the new single ‘My Heart Is A Fire’ from my upcoming EP. The show was broadcast on Saturday 26th November and you can listen to it below.

As promised on many occasions, I finally delivered a muffin to Jenny!

Download / Listen: BBC York Interview with Jenny Eells

Check out the music video for ‘Give Up The Ghost’.

So I woke up this morning to an exciting email letting me know that my song ‘Pretty Little Lying Eyes’ had been played on BBC York & North Yorkshire Introducing. Along with having my already great weekend brightened up by having my track aired once again on radio, it looks like Jenny Eells is indeed a muffin fan. So in response to my previous statement that I would buy anyone who shares details on my single a muffin… Read the rest of this entry »

If you missed my interview with Mark Pike at Point FM 1O3.1, you can listen below. Mark talks to me about my upcoming album ‘We All Fall Down’, and airs my new single ‘Pretty Little Lying Eyes’ which is available for free download from www.weallfalldown.co.uk

» Listen to Part One
» Listen to Part Two

Hello fellow internet dwellers. My new single ‘Pretty Little Lying Eyes’ is out now! After over a year of writing and having just wrapped up recording, I’m extremely excited to finally be able to get some new music out there to whoever has ears that are willing and wanting to listen!

I decided to make the new single available to everyone as a free download to hopefully build up interest for my upcoming album ‘We All Fall Down’. You can get your hands on it here: http://www.weallfalldown.co.uk/.

Watch the video of Adam Astbury in the studio recording Black & Blue, a new song from his upcoming album ‘We All Fall Down’.

Howdy. I’m in the mood for blogging… actually it’s mostly because I’m waiting for a new video to upload to Facebook and I can sometimes be impatient Anyway, the video I’m uploading is an old / newish song that I recorded earlier this evening called “Black & Blue” and it will be on my new upcoming album “We All Fall Down”. Read the rest of this entry »

Hello again, I wanted to announce that the first single from my upcoming album ‘We All Fall Down’, will be ‘Pretty Little Lying Eyes’ and it will be released free of charge in June (exact date TBC). My decision to release the single for free, is that I want people to get a big taste of the rest of the album and hopefully get the songs into the hands of more listeners.

I chose ‘Pretty Little Lying Eyes’ as the first single, because I think it represents the rest of the album the most, and it is also the main foundation for the rest of the songs on the album. Read the rest of this entry »

Hello fellow blog readers / surfers of the tinter-web. It’s been a while since I have posted on here so I thought I’d take some time out (in the early a.m) to catch up. I’m still busy writing away for my next album (currently baking in the oven of musicalness) due to be released later this year. I’ll be going into the studio at the end of this month, so stay tuned for pictures and videos from the studio! Read the rest of this entry »

Use the player below to listen to my radio interview with Geraint Lloyd on Mark Pike’s Breakfast Show at Point FM 103.1 (aired on Friday 31st December at 09:00)

The MP3 has been recorded on my iPhone and not directly from the radio station, so excuse the creaky chairs and fuzzy quality

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A YOUNG musician is looking to hit the right notes as he takes another key step in his career.

Independent singer/ songwriter Adam Astbury, 24, of Shotton, has released his second online indie-style album White Noise as he looks to showcase his musical talents to a wider audience.

A former pupil at John Summers High School, Queensferry, Adam works as a website developer during the day but is dedicated to his musical talents outside work. He said: “I’ve always been quite musical and had my first guitar when I was about seven years old. I’ve taken it from there and devote much of my spare time to my music. Read the rest of this entry »

Use the player below to listen to my single and album interview with Mark Pike at Point FM 103.1 (aired on Monday 10th 09:30)

The MP3 contains both parts of the interview including a stream of the single ‘Inside Out’ as well as another song off my upcoming album ‘White Noise’ called ‘Don’t Give Up On Me’.

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Long time, no blog… which is good news on the music front as it means I’ve been busy writing / recording!  I have over 20 songs written at the moment, and once they’re all recorded I plan on choosing 13 to go on my next album ‘White Noise’, with the possibility of including a bonus track (I’ve always wanted to do that as it sounds cool) ;) Read the rest of this entry »

My new album ‘Long Journey Back’ is now available to buy!

You can purchase / download the album from the following stores: iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, emusic and Amazon MP3.

You can listen to some of the tracks from my album for free on MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/adamastbury), or click here to hear samples.

A YOUNG musician from Deeside is tuning up for the launch of his self-released debut album.

Adam Astbury’s album, Long Journey Back, will be released on international music sites i-Tunes, Napster and Amazon in late October.

Singer/songwriter Adam, 22, from Shotton, has been passionate about music from an early age and says the release is a culmination of years of dedication and determination to get exactly the right sound. Read the rest of this entry »

COMFORT IN SOUND: Adam Astbury has organised a concert tomorrow night at the Carlton Club in memory of his nan, who died of cancer. With him are Shotton Cancer Research UK volunteers Louise Astbury, Betty McAllister, Jean Hamilton and shop manager Jean Kenward. Read the rest of this entry »