Name: Charlie Isaac
Instruments Played: Piano/keys, guitar
Qualifications & Place of Study:
MA in Music from Leeds Conservatoire
BA in Combined Honours (Music and History) from Newcastle University
Grade 8 ABRSM Piano
Favourite show played: Great Escape Festival last year with Elia Tomé; was an absolute mission getting the band and gear to Brighton in a single car, but so worth it to play a killer set to a packed out venue alongside some amazing friends.
Desert Island Disc: Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense
What you love about music:
Brings people together, gives me purpose and all lot of joy.
Motto: If it’s clear and yella, you’ve got juice there, fella. If it’s tangy and brown you’re in cider town.
Bio: A pianist/keyboardist, composer and teacher based in Leeds since 2020. He performs in an ecclectic variety of project including a house band of the Domino Club, dark psych rock act Part Time Model, Dub reggae band State of Satta and the live band for arty electronic rock act Elia Tomé. He also leads and composes for the contemporary jazz/fusion ensemble Cosmic Puppet.