Al Start

About Al Start

Hailing from Brighton UK, acoustic singer-songwriter Al Start made quite a name for herself on the vibrant UK acoustic music scene. Both as a solo performer and with her fantastic folk-happy acoustic band.

With great musicality and powerful performances, this Brighton Institute of Modern Music graduate has toured extensively across the UK and USA. From London’s UCL Bloomsbury and Mean Fiddler, to Glasgow’s mighty Barrowland via Liverpool’s Cavern Club back to the Brighton Dome.

In 2007 Al took a side-step into children’s music. Combining 25 year’s experience of working with children with her personable live performances, this has been the most exciting and rewarding career move to date.

She leads school singing assemblies, runs music & songwriting workshops and even teaches ukulele. Al has found a whole new enthusiastic audience…

“The songs have great tunes” “I like that the songs are different from other songs” “She puts funny bits in!”

Collaborations include writing for the likes of Glyndebourne Opera and national music organisation Sing Up. Al has written and produced 3 children’s musicals and produced music for a ground-breaking performance touring schools highlighting mental health issues for children.

In 2015 she set up children’s music enterprise Go Kid Music whilst studying business on Natwest’s Entrepreneur Accelerator. This led to developing an online platform with digital music clubs and courses for schools and families. Al’s children’s songs are well crafted, full of sign language, humour and are creating a buzz in families across the UK and beyond.

Inclusion is at the heart of everything at Go Kid Music. Al is known for ‘sing and sign for big kids'! Her educational songs are providing schools with exceptional creative learning resources, enabling them to bring singing and music-making into everyday teaching for children of all abilities.

“Sing! Play! Learn! with Go Kid Music” Songbooks were recently published by HarperCollins. Packed with original songs for a wide range of popular cross curriculum topics.

With a superb back-catalogue of both adult and children’s albums, 2020 saw her 10th studio album release, ROBOT. Al is breaking stereotypes in children’s music and her skilful writing style appeals to music-lovers of all ages. Upbeat acoustic meets melodic quirky songwriter - imagine Jack Johnson and Aimee Mann’s cool baby!

Current projects include writing for children’s animations, collaborating with songwriters around the world and expanding Go Kid Music to reach even more families.