CHUNKY BITTY MERMAID

The Band

Chunky Bitty Mermaid has one hell of a dynamo band behind it, featuring some of the UK's most renowned musicians: 

Paul Silver – sax, saw, keys and melodica

Chris Montague – guitar and mandolin

Will Glaser – drums

Ruth Goller – bass and backing vocals

Sarah Gillespie - backing vocals 

• Paul Silver has written a diverse range of work for film and TV and draws on 20 years’ of experience working as an in demand performer and studio musician. He has toured extensively around the world and his live work has seen him perform with artists as diverse as The Hold Steady, Deneice Williams and Pete Tong and The Heritage Orchestra to name a few. Paul also recently collaborated with Josh Appignanesi to write the score for the film Husband (2023),  by Josh Appignanesi and Devorah Baum.  As a result he has been labelled ‘a maniac with a horn, a giant compositional talent, and a delight to work with.’ Agree 100%.
  

• Chris Montague is widely recognised for his skills as a guitarist and composer. He is a founder member of Troyka and has garnered a reputation for his distinctive approach to the guitar and has gained much acclaim for his contribution to many contemporary recordings. Some of the musicians and bands Chris has worked with have also included; Squarepusher, Benny Greb’s Moving Parts, Janek Gwizdala, Monocled Man, Charlie Watts, Django Bates, Shinya Fukumori, BJ Cole, Colin Town’s Blue Touch Paper, Nick Smart’s Trogon, Trish Clowe’s Tangent, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. He is also a Spitfire Audio Recording artist. And, fun fact, is originally from Gateshead, like me :-)
  

• Will Glaser is one of the most imaginitave drummers on planet Earth. Fact. Drawing eclectically on the Jazz tradition, improvised music, rock, noise, folk, blues, experimental and electronic music - Will leads his own projects and is a highly in demand drummer on the British Jazz and Experimental music scenes. He is a member of avant-rock bands Snack Family & World Sanguine Report and has performed with an enormous range of artists. He is also the master of his craft teaching at Guildhall School of Music's Jazz Programme. 
  

• Ruth Goller has been hailed by The Guardian for her ‘thunderous bass-guitar hooks’. She is a bassist, vocalist, composer, environmentalist and now solo artist. Ruth helped lay the foundation for the UK’s jazz renaissance, from her years on stage with Acoustic Ladyland and Melt Yourself Down, to more recently Let Spin and Vula Viel, whilst performing and recording with the likes of Shabaka Hutchings, Mercury-Award nominee Kit Downes, Sam Amidon, Bojan Z, Marc Ribot, Rokia Traoré, and Paul McCartney. She is the bass queen on Chunky Bitty Mermaid and also provides the haunting voice of the mermaid towards the end of the album.