Ian Prowse is an English singer-songwriter whose style can be located around pop, alternative rock and Celtic genres.
He was born and grew up in Cheshire-England, and since a young age, he showed his musical incline, performing in school bands, etc.
In 1989 as a young adult, he formed the band Pele at Liverpool-UK, releasing 2 studio albums, 1 live album and 6 singles. After 9 tours of the UK, they split in 1996 due to problems with the record company whose efforts to make him record as a solo artist was never accomplished.
Then in 1999, this great musician started a new band: Amsterdam. They released one album in 2005 and one more in 2008, along with several singles. In 2009 their song "Does This Train Stop on Merseyside" spent 5 weeks at the top spot in his home country.
During this time, the band struck up a friendship with Elvis Costello who used them as his backup band on the Jonathan Ross television show, as well as support act on several occasions. Furthermore, he performed a duet with Costello for EMI Records with a cover of The Searchers' 1964 hit "Don't Throw Your Love Away" for the Liverpool Number Ones Project in 2008.
He released an album in 2012 entitled "Does This Train Stop on Merseyside: The Very Best of Ian Prowse." Then, he released his first solo album "Who Loves Ya Baby?" in March 2014, and a second one in 2015, 'Companeros:' project that rediscovered long lost songs from the British Isles.
Our dear guest celebrated the 25th anniversary of his first album 'Fireworks' with a UK tour in the Spring of 2017. And a there is a tour announced for 2018, celebrating the 25th anniversary of his second album “The Sport of Kings.”
Ian Prowse is also a member of the Irish Sea Sessions, which is described as "Part super group, part colossal session and part festival, all in a single gig” bringing together some of the finest traditional musicians from Liverpool, Ireland, Northern Ireland and the Irish Sea, to explore and celebrate tunes and songs inspired by their shared heritage and connections.