Simon Bartholomew on stage



Music is the last true magic in the world. It changes your chemical balance. Love comes, love goes. You still have the music, like your funk tattoo. You can’t see it, like music.


We were so young. We started off a local little thing. Then we got to drive from LAX to Hollywood Boulevard. Go to New York. Going to America was amazing. Doing shows in Paris. Meeting Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Al Jarreau. Playing the big jazz festivals sharing the bill with the legends.


Classic Brand New Heavies - "Dream On Dreamer"


Getting to hear people say that our music changed their lives is wonderful. Hearing people say that our music touched them, even saved them, is something else.


This is an exciting year. We are just finishing an album that will be released in August. We are making it with super-producer Mark Ronson, and we’re just now adding a track for which I am recording the guitar-part tomorrow. We have our original singer and a new singer on the album as well as secret guests. The record company loves the album, which is always a good thing. We are planning a tour during the year. 


The Brand New Heavies live December 2018


I also have my side project with Nick Van Gelder, the drummer I met recording Jamiroquai’s first album. We did an album titled “On Top” a few years ago. And I am doing a new album with that project. 



Simon Bartholomew


It allows me to express different sides as a performer, and it makes for exciting times. 


I think keep on funking is all we can do. We can’t make money from records anymore, but we can from going to see people. 



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