Ged Camille sings in English, Spanish & Portuguese and plays acoustic guitar, percussion and synthesiser. He writes and produces songs in many genres including reggae, bossa nova, blues and polka, some performed using a loop pedal

Ged’s performing career started in Japan where he lived from 1995 to 1996.

He then moved to South America, spending 5 years mainly in Ecuador, Colombia & Brazil.

Initially he was playing with local blues bands in Bogota but as his Spanish language skills developed, his ears opened to the richness of Latin music.

See Ged perform a traditional Colombian cumbia here.

Ged studied traditional Latin folk guitar and started writing music in Spanish & Portuguese.

Listen to a bossa nova Ged wrote while living in Brazil here

When he returned to England in 2001, he was invited to play with local Latin bands including Los Que lo Dan, Nuevo Castillo & Pe Na Rua.

A highlight of this work was getting to jam with Roberto Fonseca & his band.

In 2012 Ged was invited to write music for a show and tour it with Baretoed Dance Company. 

This tour was quite an inspiration…see a montage of the making of the show here.

It involved learning to use a loop pedal which then became a great composition and performance tool.

And studying physical theatre & clown.

Clown became a strong influence on Ged’s performing and writing style which often uses humour to address difficult subjects

From 2017 Ged has worked with MiHC (Music in Hospitals and Care}, giving concerts in care settings such as hospitals, care homes etc.

This suits Ged well as he has always had a parallel career in caring/healing work (Ged worked as a shiatsu practitioner, yoga teacher & practises co-counselling).

This work in care settings was an inspiration to delve into music beloved of older generations, especially jazz standards.

Ged has pursued this interest in jazz and his most recent projects have been jazz duos, trios & a quartet. See Ged performing a jazz song here.