UK musician and poet Vinny Peculiar [aka Alan Wilkes] has been variously described as – ‘An under sung national treasure’ [UNCUT Magazine 2014] – a warm hearted Morrissey [Q Magazine 2014] and the missing link between Jarvis Cocker and Roger McGough [Irish Times 2014]. He’s released eleven albums of outsider pop music to great critical acclaim, current album release Silver Meadows [Fables from the Institution] on his own Shadrack & Duxbury Records continues to gain plaudits and is currently in development as a stage play/musical with Liverpool writer Ian Salmon. Most of the albums are available from the store. Raised a Methodist in the north Worcestershire village of Catshill VP trained as a nurse working in long stay learning disability & mental health hospitals, a primary influence on Silver Meadows. Much of the work is autobiographical, songs are candid, poignant and self effacing – you really need to hear them. He also writes occasional poems and runs workshops.

He has collaborated with Bill Drummond [KLF, SOUP ART] as an artist in residence and on numerous house concerts. Various bands have included ex members of The Smiths, OASIS, Aztec Camera & The Fall. He’s released twelve albums to considered critical and a formed psychedelic art-folk-rock band PARLOUR FLAMES with BONEHEAD [OASIS] in 2012, their acclaimed eponymous Cherry Red debut is available here. His work is often compared to the likes of Eels, John Cooper Clarke and the more pastoral elements of The Kinks. He’s played stages far and wide opening for British Sea Power, Edwyn Collins and Luke Haines amongst others and is a former compere on the Glastonbury Acoustic Stage.