Roger Askew
Musician Producer Songwriter

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B I O

Roger Askew grew up in the North East of England, playing in local bands. One of these, Arbre, signed a record deal and released two albums in the late ‘70s. Touring, TV and radio followed but success was elusive. Roger moved to London and worked with a variety of bands and musicians before joining Bliss as keyboard player. Their First album on EMI reached the top of the charts in Italy and did well in Germany, and other European countries as well as in South America.

Roger was increasingly getting work in recording studios and started engineering and producing. His engineering skills led to work with Joe Strummer, Wilko Johnson, Peggy Seeger, Eternal, Mica Paris, Guo Yue and many others, while he produced or co produced recordings by Martin Southwood, Christy Moore, Eleanor Shanley, Spikedrivers and Nicola Hitchcock. Roger has released three albums of his own songs, with help from some great musicians, Scarab Moon, Big Fire and Hurt Lies and Lovesongs.

He has focussed on songwriting recently, co writing with several songwriters including album tracks for Charlie Austen, Emma Ballantine and Nashville recording artist Anna Howie. Roger has also found time to work with Broken Bones Matilda and produce tracks for Texan singer songwriter George StClair. Roger has produced two albums for Rob Corcoran and the Necessary Evils, with whom he regularly performs live, and has also produced an album for Americana band Ragtop Down. During the Covid lockdown Roger produced Jason McNiff's album The Dust of Yesterday which has gained four star reviews in The Times and Mojo and great reviews in many other publications along with a healthy quota of radio plays. Recent work includes a new album for Pepe Belmonte, and mixing Ben Tyzack's first solo album. Roger is currently working with Charlie Austen on her latest recordings, and preparing to release a new album of his own later in the year.