and the Girl with the Strawberry, his 2003 acclaimed debut album, was recorded wedged between a mattress and a wall in the corner of a friend’s bedroom. In 2006, his second album Coming Up For Air was hailed as “Truly beautiful” by BBC R2’s Bob Harris.
Fraser then moved to rural France, where he lived and raised his family. In between physically demanding labouring jobs, he penned songs and performed at local village concerts to a community that adored him and his music. This life line support would soon propel him to launch his third studio album in 2010, Little Glass Box featuring the legendary Danny Thompson on double bass (Nick Drake, Kate Bush and John Martyn) [“Quite brilliant’ - Folk Radio].
Support tours have included the great Joan Armatrading, The Low Anthem, Pete Doherty, revered Italian artist Niccolo Fabi, and the legendary Chuck Berry on his 2010 European tour. He has headlined many UK dates and appearances at European festivals including Celtic Connections and Reeperbahn, and toured extensively around the east coast of Canada, and won publishing deals and contracts in Europe.
After 7 years in Rural France, Fraser returned to the UK in 2013, making the musically diverse and vibrant city of Bristol his home in which, to critical acclaim released his fourth studio album, ‘Under the Cover of Lightness’. Lauded as a “masterpiece” by MSN and voted album of the week by BBC Radio Ulster, it is a beautiful genre-blending dance amidst the ashes of a marriage.
“I look back now, and it all moves by like a passing cloud without making a sound at all.”
With vast emotional reserves at work, Fraser Anderson is likened to Damien Rice, Nick Drake and Bon Iver. Combining painted narratives, unique acoustic tunings, soaring harmonies with a tender falsetto he affords the most arresting and intimate performance experiences. Reminiscent of Joni Mitchell's melodic movement, Fraser’s poetic honesty and passion for design weaves throughout his music. Audiences have described his live performances as deeply moving.
His forthcoming album, All we are, is to be released early 2023 . The sense of love amidst the spontaneity and impermanence of everything continues in this new body of work. Exploring human connection, vulnerability and our responsibility to each other and the wider world, Fraser reflects on his own personal life experiences to question wider themes of who we are, what love is and our role in creating the world we want to live in.
‘We’re all born with this inherent desire to connect, to love and to be loved. I think that’s pretty much all we are when you strip it all back – all the other nonsense just gets in the way,’ he says.