<br /> David Hughes is an acoustic guitarist, songwriter, author and playwright. His six albums include, ACTIVE IN THE PARISH, which, in 1997 was named by Q magazine as one of their albums of the year. His five published books include, THE MALDONIANS, and the diary of a UK tour supporting Fairport Convention. His plays, with a determinedly local focus, regularly sell out in Maldon, Essex. <br /> <br /> His sharp, half-spoken delivery and rhythmically-percussive finger-style guitar earned him regular slots on BBC Radio Four's Loose Ends with the late Ned Sherrin. <br /> <br /> He has recorded and performed with some of the finest musicians in the UK including Gerry Conway (Jethro Tull / Fairport Convention), Jacqui McShee, Danny Thompson, Bert Jansch (Pentangle), Dave Mattacks, Chris Leslie, Dave Pegg (Fairport Convention), Spencer Cozens (Joan Armatrading / John Martyn), Alan Thomson (John Martyn), Chris While, Julie Matthews (BBC Folk Award winners), and Eddi Reader. <br /> <br /> He has toured the UK and Europe with Bert Jansch, Pentangle and Fairport Convention. His Internet tour diary, THE FAIRPORT TOUR, published by the Folk Corporation in 1998, sold worldwide. <br /> <br /> He is also the writer and voice of YouTube sensation "Dengie Boy" and, in the guise of alter ego, Cocker Freeman, was, for three years, a regular weekly contributor to BBC Essex and co-author of the spoof self-help smoker's guide book "Cough Your Way To Fitness". <br /> <br /> In 2001, David was the founder member of the St Agnes Fountain project. Together with Chris Leslie, Chris While and Julie Matthews, the band recorded an album of Christmas music and enjoyed a hugely successful December tour that has now established itself as a "seasonal tradition", the band touring to sell-out audiences each December since with seven further albums. <br /> <br /> In 2011 he self-produced his fifth album on the Folk Corporation label, "Songs Of Integrity (and other compositions)" and a planned sixth album is scheduled for 2014. <br /> <br /> A compilation album, RECOGNISED, a good introduction to his work featuring selections from his first four albums, was released in November 2002 and is available with his other Folk Corporation releases on-line from The Folk Corporation. <br /> <br /> David's albums are: <br /> CURTAINS (1992 Hypertension HYCD 200 126) <br /> ACTIVE IN THE PARISH (1995 The Folk Corporation TFCCD 999) <br /> FIFTY YARDS OF DAVID HUGHES (1997 The Folk Corporation TFCCD 1099) <br /> THIS OTHER EDEN (1999 The Folk Corporation TFCCD 2003) <br /> RECOGNISED 19 track compilation (2002 The Folk Corporation TFCCD 2007) <br /> I CAN EXPLAIN (2004 The Folk Corporation TFCCD 2010) <br /> SONGS OF INTEGRITY (and other compositions) (2011 The Folk Corporation TFCCD 2011) Limited edition sold out<br /> DAVID HUGHES - SONGS OF INTEGRITY LIVE AT THE BLUE BOAR HOTEL (2015 The Folk Corporation TFCCD 2012)<br /> <br /> Published books are: <br /> THE MALDONIANS, hardback, 1996<br /> THE FAIRPORT TOUR, paperback, both published by The Folk Corporation<br /> MALDON, published by Black Horse Books for the Frith Collection. <br /> COUGH YOUR WAY TO FITNESS, paperback, Shane Saunders Publishing<br /> COCKER FREEMAN'S WORLD CUP DIARY, paperback, Hodder & Yardley <br /> <br /> Plays: <br /> "Local Knowledge" 2000 Bewick Suite, Swan Hotel, Maldon. Stuart Rayner as ageing ship-wright and centre-half, Cocker Freeman. <br /> "Troubled Waters" 2005 Maldon Town Hall. The author as Tablo Yardley. <br /> "Tablo's Top Twenty" April 2006, Maldon Town Hall.">