Starlite Campbell Band are husband and wife Suzy Starlite and Simon Campbell. They are passionate about music as well as each other.
Equally at home in the recording studio or on festival stages around the world, Starlite & Campbell are curious souls, constantly asking questions and exploring new sounds, ideas and thoughts. Quintessentially the ‘sound’ of their music is based around a very British playing, recording and production aesthetic.
Travelling poets, detectives and observers, voracious readers and lovers of inspirational situations and spontaneous happenings with authentic people. Writing stories in song where the lyric has meaning. To document, inform and arouse curiosity… served on a bed of musical emotion.
PHASE TWO: 2017 - 2019 Album: ‘Blueberry Pie’ | Nominated for Best Album - European Blues Awards
PHASE THREE: 2019 - 2022 Albums: The Language of Curiosity’, ‘Starlite Campbell Band Live!’ Winner - Best Original Band - GSMC Awards, 2022
Simon Campbell is an experienced music producer, working with Island Records, Big Jim Sullivan and Derek Lawrence in the '90s. Starlite & Campbell fly in the face of disposable music, writing, recording, engineering, playing and producing all their work. All music is released on their independent label Supertone Records.
The couple tour with their two labradors Hummock and Bobby in the ‘Van of Rock’. They have moved seven times in the past nine years and finally found their spiritual home in Portugal. All their music is mastered by Jon Astley of Close to the Edge, England who has worked with The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, John Mayall, Debby Harry and many more.
SINGLES 2020 - 2022 Starlite Campbell Band released four singles; Stone Cold Crazy, Lay It Out On Me, Gaslight and Take Time To Grow Old from their second studio album - The Language of Curiosity. In a zeitgeist moment during the first lockdown, Suzy & Simon released their version of a cover of the Blind Faith classic ‘Can’t Find My Way Home’ which received fantastic feedback from the media including BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio 2 amongst other international radio. A Whiter Shade of Pale, Live - featuring Josh Phillips from Procol Harum was released as a single in June 2022.
PHASE FOUR - JULY 2022 ONWARDS Starlite & Campbell are spending the Summer in Portugal trying to remember how to live a good and meaningful life. They are learning Portuguese, reading inspirational books, hanging out in art galleries and local bars, writing songs and exploring new musical ideas and thoughts for their next creative project... [ Starlite Campbell Band website
“Campbell’s vocals are flawless. Infectious hooks, meaty jams, and innovative song-writing stand front and center, making Starlite Campbell Band’s Live album an exhilarating listen.” - Phillip Smith — Making a Scene magazine, USA
“Simon Campbell seems like a walking encyclopaedia of classic British axe heroes. But overall his guitar sound is his own, and it's remarkable that he eschews effects pedals in search of it. The Language Of Curiosity is about well-constructed songs, infectious melodies and worthwhile words!” - Iain Cameron, Editor — Blues Enthused, UK
“Oh My, Oh My! What a cracker this one is. I listened to the whole album at one go... Then it hit me. This is what Cream sounded like before they became super-stars” - Ian K. McKenzie, Editor — Blues in the South