​Biography

I'm a multi-instrumentalist and have played professionally since 1972 when I left Winchester School of Art to join Caravan. I run a recording studio - Richardsonics - in Canterbury, UK, where I write and record string arrangements, library music. and my own, and other peoples,' records.

I play all over the world with Caravan, and play and record regularly with Murray Head. I was a member of the original Penguin Café Orchestra, and ​continue to play PCO music with The Orchestra That Fell To Earth.

In France, I've played and recorded for many years with Renaud, most recently his 120-date ‘Phénix’ tour, and have played and recorded with Khaled, Rachid Taha, Elsa and others.

Since 1999 I've worked as a multi-instrumentalist with the storyteller, Tony Edwards, in Kent Primary Schools.

​As a session player I've worked on hundreds of records, quite a few of them achieving silver, gold and platinum sales.