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Craig Fortnam
Fortnam performing with NSRO in 2016
Background information
Birth name
Craig Edward Fortnam[1]
Born
September 1967 (age 56) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England[2]
Occupation(s)
Composer
conductor
musician
Instrument(s)
Guitar
bass guitar
vocals
keyboards
percussion
Labels
Onomatopoeia
Believers Roast
Member of
North Sea Radio Orchestra
Arch Garrison
Cardiacs
Formerly of
The Grown-Ups
Lake of Puppies
Shrubbies
Knifeworld
Spouse(s)
Sharron Saddington
(m. 2003)
[3]
Musical artist
Craig Edward Fortnam (born September 1967) is an English composer, conductor and musician. Fortnam is a skilled guitarist and bass guitarist, specialising in nylon-string acoustic guitar (which he plays in a style drawing on classical and African techniques and the work of Nick Drake) and also sings. He is best known as the leader, conductor and principal composer of the North Sea Radio Orchestra, but also leads the smaller band Arch Garrison and was previously a key member of several other bands, most notably the Shrubbies and Lake of Puppies.
^"Record Transcription: England & Wales Births 1837-2006". Findmypast. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
^NME entry on North Sea Radio Orchestra Archived 30 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 14 July 2009
^"Record Transcription: England & Wales Marriages 1837-200". Findmypast. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
Craig Edward Fortnam (born September 1967) is an English composer, conductor and musician. Fortnam is a skilled guitarist and bass guitarist, specialising...
up mainly as a vehicle for the compositions of its musical director, CraigFortnam, but has also performed works by William D. Drake and James Larcombe...
active from 1996 to 1998. The band was formed as Shrubby Veronica by CraigFortnam (vocalist and guitarist), Sharron Saddington (vocalist and bass guitarist)...
was the first NSRO album to be produced in full by the group leader CraigFortnam, who composed the music for the album during the winter of 2010/2011...
Puppies member CraigFortnam and was taken into the repertoire of the chamber ensemble North Sea Radio Orchestra (in which both Drake and Fortnam currently[when...
Radio Orchestra's CraigFortnam releases video for Gigant". Prog. Retrieved 24 June 2023. Benjamin, Stuart (11 January 2023). "CraigFortnam – Lunar One A...
and Allami as drummer. Three new members were added: bass guitarist CraigFortnam (better known as the leader of North Sea Radio Orchestra) and two members...
Leith and Poole, with CraigFortnam (percussion), Chloe Herington (saxophone), and Adrien Rodes (keyboard). Sharron Fortnam, Spratley, Tiny Wood from...
another rock band, Authority, in 2005 (the lineup was completed by CraigFortnam of North Sea Radio Orchestra on bass). Authority recorded several songs...
Drake, Elaine Herman, Jon Bastable (The Trudy), Dominic Luckman and CraigFortnam. Five tracks were recorded by this line-up but never released. From...
Keddie reunited in a new rock band called Authority, this time with CraigFortnam (North Sea Radio Orchestra, the Shrubbies, Lake Of Puppies) playing...
"The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time: 100–1". NME. Retrieved 31 May 2020. Fortnam, Ian (21 August 2016). "The 10 Essential Glam Rock Albums". Classic Rock...
Story of the Ramones (DVD). United States: Rhino Records/Sire Records. Fortnam, Ian: "Heavy load"; Classic Rock #216, November 2015, p138 Ramone 2000...
p. 397. Schaffner 1978, p. 89. Harry 2000b, p. 31. Wiener 1990, p. 60. Fortnam, Ian (October 2014). "You Say You Want a Revolution ...". Classic Rock...
Archived from the original on November 28, 2010. Retrieved November 5, 2009. Fortnam, Ian: "Heavy load"; Classic Rock #216, November 2015, p138 Savage (1992)...
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