Stephen Fretwell

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Stephen Fretwell (born November 10, 1981) is an English singer-songwriter from Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.

Stephen attended St. Augustine Webster Primary School in Scunthorpe and St. Bede’s Catholic School in Ashby before furthering his study at John Leggott College - It was here that he started his first band ‘Label’.

Fretwell is a keen fan of bands of the Brit-pop era, such as Oasis, Blur, The Bluetones, Radiohead, and Suede. During this period he formed a band; in order to demonstrate his talent to a wider audience.

After moving to Salford in the autumn of 2000 Stephen started to gain recognition for his music. He earned notice from magazines such as NME, Q Magazine. During this period songs such as Emily and What’s That You Say Little Girl? were first written.

Fretwell decided to stay in Manchester permanently, later releasing 8 Songs which he put out on Northern Ambition, a label owned by a friend. Fretwell later described it as ‘The one I did to prove to myself I could put out one proper record’.

Fretwell left university after only one year, discovering that education wasn’t for him at this time, after all he’d only managed to attend two lectures. With this he picked up his guitar and started to perform at local acoustic nights in the Manchester area. The first of these nights being at The Roadhouse, a venue that lay in the centre of Manchester’s Northern Quarter. That night Fretwell impressed a restless and hard to please crowd with his performance.
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  • Legioner87

    Супер. Душевно. Необычно.

    January 2012
  • DonPauliano

    Run is a great song, you sound something like nizlopi. Great sound!

    December 2011
  • momentkevin

    笔记,CD,夕阳

    November 2011
  • mirabear37

    lovely!

    November 2011
  • pattash

    one of the best albums i own, never get tired of listening to it.

    November 2011
  • locketelli

    loving this guy. He has the soul of a folk singer

    September 2011
  • Eldron

    yeah, Play is amazing

    August 2011
  • dhaw

    Play is def the best song by Stephen Fretwell! Its got a feeling of serenity in it!

    April 2011
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December UK Tour Dates

13 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/stephenfretwell

Stephen Fretwell is pleased to announce a special run of dates in December:Monday 14th DecemberYork Pocklington Arts Centrehttp://www.pocklingtonartscentre.co.ukTuesday 15th …

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