Charles Watson - I Wish I Wrote That Song

For this episode, we spoke to Charles Watson (https://charleswatson.bandcamp.com/music), member of Sheffield band Slow Club (https://www.facebook.com/slowclub/). Charles’ debut solo album “Now That I Am A River” was released  in 2018 leading UK independent label, Moshi Moshi. The album was released to critical acclaim and was named one of the albums of the year by BBC Radio 6 Music presenter, Lauren Laverne. Slow Club were a successful indie band, spanning a period of almost 10 years. They released four albums from “Yeah So” in 2009 through to “One Day All Of This Won’t Matter Anymore” in 2016. An award winning documentary of their last tour “Our Most Brilliant Friends”, was released in 2019 We talked to Charles about writing music for film, demoing his next album, and of course the song he wish he wrote, a song by Bob Dylan. Enjoy listening! Here is a playlist (https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/4Hog0VROxqQQu1tyHyLEFd) of some of the songs featured, or mentioned in the episode.

Om Podcasten

I Wish I Wrote That Song is a podcast talking to songwriters and artists about a song they wish they wrote. Each episode includes discussion with them in an informal atmosphere, where they give an intimate insight into themselves, songwriting and life in general. During the episode they play a version of one of their own songs, and the song they wish they wrote - all especially recorded for the podcast. Presented by Keith Wyatt (Indie Kitchen) and David Glover (Tesla Studios). Visit iwishiwrotethatsong.co.uk for playlists of the artists and music discussed in each episode, along with links to other books or people mentioned.