Nigel Burch (born 25 January 1954 in Braintree, Essex, England) is an East London-based songwriter, musician, poet, and graphic artist now based in the London Borough of Hackney.[1]

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Musically covering the genres of punk, rock, folk, and anti-folk, Burch has collaborated with Kevin Coyne, John Cooper Clarke, Andrew Ranken (of The Pogues),[2] and had an ongoing pen pal relationship with Charles Bukowski, who described Burch's writing as "the best cure for a hangover I ever lucked across."[3] Burch's current band, Nigel Burch and The Flea-Pit Orchestra, have released three CDs, and often play live in London. A Guardian review called his music "a cross between the music of Ian Dury, Brecht and Weill, an Irish pub band, and a 1950s skiffle group. The urban-alienation songs might be too explicitly crammed with messages for some, but plenty of fierce, spontaneous playing".[4]

Burch and band has toured internationally, with a significant following in Russia[5] and Austria. Burch's self described "morbid drawings" are represented by The Nicholas Treadwell Gallery, have been shown in the UK, Austria, and Germany, and been published in a number of magazines.

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External links

• Django Bates, Hackney Empire, London
• http://music-news.com/showreview.asp?H=Nigel-Burch-and-the-Flea-Pit-Orchestra&nReviewID=7282
• http://www.themoscowtimes.com/arts_n_ideas/article/songs-for-when-you-want-to-weep--waltz/366162.html
• http://www.islingtontribune.com/reviews/features/2010/jun/feature-holloway-arts-festival-interview-musician-nigel-burch