Johnny Coppin

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Johnny Coppin is a singer/songwriter, composer and poetry anthologist. Formerly with the folk-rock band Decameron, he has released many solo albums, supported Gerry Rafferty, Jasper Carrott and the Albion Band on tour and appeared at festivals in Britain, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Holland and Belgium. TV appearances include his own programme, "Song of Gloucestershire", for the BBC, "Stars in a Dark Night" for Channel 4 and "Music Writers on TV" for HTV, while his radio work includes Radio 4 and Radio 2 as well as many appearances on British local radio shows.

Johnny has also created music for theatre, including "Songs on Lonely Roads" (the story of composer/poet Ivor Gurney) with David Goodland, the Shrewsbury Theatre Guild's production of "Arthur's Plough", as well as writing and directing the music for the Festival Players Theatre Company and their touring productions of Shakespeare, which culminate in the Three Choirs Festival.

He has edited two poetry anthologies - "Forest & Vale & High Blue Hill" and "Between the Severn and the Wye". His third book, "A Country Christmas", is a collections of prose, poetry, carols, songs and folklore.