Noel Richards

Tricia and I really enjoyed sharing songs, conversation and a little wine with all our Facebook friends on 23rd December. Our Christmas event featured the following songs:

1) O little town of Bethlehem 

2) God rest you merry gentlemen 

3)…

A beautiful Christmas song written and performed by Sue Rinaldi, looking at the miracle story through the eyes of Mary. 

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I am enjoying the process of re-discovering some of the classic songs. This one was written in the nineteenth century. It is a  Christian hymn  written by  Anna Bartlett Warner  who lived from 1827 to1915. The lyrics first appeared as…

At this time of the year, we always tell everyone about our Christmas song, which we wrote back in 2009. We trust that as you listen to it, you will once again be reminded of the wonderful hope we have…

This song was birthed during a worship team rehearsal back in 1989. Tricia started to sing out the phrase "He is our fortress......."  from Psalm 62 and afterwards we thought it would be great to write a song based on…

The music for this song was birthed during a soundcheck for a concert in Berlin, Germany in November 2015. Tricia was playing her guitar and she began to improvise a simple melody. We captured it on a smartphone and filed…

The first time heard this song, I fell in love with it. I played it all day, to get the chords and melody memorised and then in the evening, used it in an event where I was leading worship. It…

I have had the pleasure of working with Dave Clifton - who is an amazing guitar player - on different projects over the years. He has played acoustic guitar on some of my albums and for a brief period we…

Exodus 20:7 says: “You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name”. (NIV) 

US Election fever has gripped the entire world during this last week. As…

I have made this my latest "Song of the Week" and we sang it at "Champion of the World" in 1997, at London's Wembley Stadium. This video is taken from that event and features the band and dancers that were…

A song that Tricia and I wrote very easily in 1995. I wrote this melody and when I played it to Tricia, she told me that she had lyrics that would fit perfectly. If only all our songs could be…

We live in a world where we are constantly bombarded with incredible amounts of information. Rolling news programmes are mainly filled with stories of disaster, death and catastrophe. Good news rarely sells! 

When this current pandemic began, it seemed…

A week before our event at the Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany in July 2006, our friend Wayne Drain arrived from the USA. He was one of the participants and had travelled early in order to get over jet-lag and…

Every Sunday, Pam Rhodes presents this show live online. This week, she is featuring me singing All Heaven Declares/From The Rising Of The Sun, which was recorded earlier in the year at a church in Arad, Romania. Click on the…

To be able to express our worship in song, is one of God's great gifts to us. As we lift our hearts towards our Creator and sing, we are connecting with the One who is always present with us and…

Every Wednesday, I am hosting a live event on my Facebook Profile featuring worship songs, conversation and a little wine tasting. It starts at 7.30pm (BST) and runs for around 25 minutes. You can watch live or catch up afterwards…

This is a beautiful prayer song that I began using during the early 1990s. It came from the Taize Community in France and was written by J Berthier. 

There is very little I need to say about this…

I have been blessed with having a great sense of direction. Whenever I am driving somewhere, I have a sixth sense of knowing which direction to take. I have my own built in navigation system. It has been very…

What a song! Written by Belfast singer/songwriter Brian Houston. 

Bob Harris, the legendary BBC DJ said of Brian when reviewing one of his albums; “It was thirty seconds in when I realized what a really special piece of music…

I have watched with growing dismay the posts on social media that praise the actions of Californian worship leader Sean Feucht. CBS News stated that he is a pastor associated with Bethel Church in Redding, California. 

This person is…

Sting once said: “Songwriting is the hardest intellectual pursuit in my life”. I would agree with that. It takes time to craft a song and then you have no guarantee that it will work. However, writing this song back in…

This song was written by Doug Horley (aka Duggie Dug Dug) in 1993. At that time Doug was playing guitar in my band, so he played me the song and asked if I would like to use it

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We'll be the dreamers of Your dreams

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Continuing this week's theme of dreams, this song seems appropriate. I wrote it with Ken Riley (yfriday) back in 2001. 

Many times I have…

These were my first ever 'publicity' shots. Taken sometime during the summer of 1975, when I was just 20 years old. I had joined up with Mike Clark under the name “Seed” and we were about to embark…