Charlie Wood – YOUR LOVE IS MY HOME

Eine von Soul durchdrungene Stimme, geprägt vom Süden und unverkennbar seine eigene. Warm, großzügig und tief verwurzelt im gelebten Leben und voller Groove, Anmut und leiser, tiefgründiger Songkunst.

Der Sänger, Songwriter und Keyboarder Charlie Wood hat schon immer dort gelebt, wo Grenzen verschwimmen. Seine Musik schöpft frei aus Jazz, Blues, Soul, Pop und Americana und formt diese Traditionen zu etwas zutiefst Persönlichem und warm Menschlichem um. Verwurzelt und doch rastlos, vertraut und zugleich unverkennbar seine eigene.

‚Es war ein sehr freier Prozess während der Aufnahmen‘, sagt Wood. ‚Ich konnte mich darauf konzentrieren, Sänger zu sein, ohne mir zu viele Gedanken darüber zu machen, auch Songwriter zu sein. Wir haben einige meiner Lieblingssongs aufgenommen – und nur ein paar eigene.‘

Das Repertoire des Albums spiegelt Woods tiefe musikalische Neugier und seine emotionale Offenheit wider. Zu den Songs gehören Paul Simons Still Crazy After All These Years (‚Ich hatte immer das Gefühl, dieses Lied handelt von mir‘), Sam Cookes You Send Me, John Lennons Love sowie zeitlose Standards wie Stardust und Willow, Weep for Me. Zu Woods eigenen Kompositionen zählen das zärtliche Home, geschrieben für seine Frau, und Love Can’t Love Alone, eine groove-betonte Ballade, die seine lebenslange Hingabe an Texte und Zurückhaltung widerspiegelt.

‚Ich war schon immer sehr – vielleicht zu sehr – auf Texte fixiert‘, sagt er. ‚Aber ich habe gelernt, den Mut zu haben, einfach zu sein.‘

Warm, großzügig und vom Leben tief geprägt ist YOUR LOVE IS MY HOME ein Album, das sich wie eine offene Tür anfühlt – es lädt läd uns ein  in Charlie Woods Welt voller Groove, Anmut und leiser, tiefgründiger Songkunst.

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During Jazzahead in Bremen, Charlie Wood found himself talking music—and life—with Peter Littauer and Søren Friis of Denmark’s Stunt Records / Sundance Music. Wood mentioned he’d just recorded a handful of new songs with a trio.

“Send it to us,” they said.

That simple invitation sparked a collaboration that would soon grow into YOUR LOVE IS MY HOME—an album that feels less like a genre statement and more like a heartfelt declaration: of love for music, for people, and for the places that shape us.

Born in 1967 and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Wood came of age in one of America’s most storied musical cities. On Beale Street, genres dissolve nightly as blues, jazz, soul, and rock are  thrown into the same pot—creating a sound that’s hard to define, but instantly recognizable.

“You know it when you hear it,” Wood says. “That’s the tradition I’m lucky to be part of. Growing up, I was obsessed with Elvis, but I’ve never thought much about genre—only whether it feels right and has that special Memphis thing.”

At just 17, Wood left for New Orleans, immersing himself in the city’s piano traditions and easygoing musical spirit. By his early twenties, he was touring internationally as Albert King’s keyboardist, an experience that left a lasting imprint on his groove, touch, and musical authority.

Back in Memphis, Wood became a fixture on Beale Street, holding a long-running residency at King’s Palace Café with his Hammond organ trio. Night after night, he refined a signature sound: earthy, swinging, soulful, and effortless.

Over the years, he has shared stages with legends including B.B. King, Georgie Fame, Joey DeFrancesco, George Coleman, Mulgrew Miller, and Alvin Batiste. In 2014, his contributions were formally recognized with a Brass Note on Beale Street—Memphis’ answer to the Hollywood Walk of Fame—placing him alongside icons such as B.B. King, Al Green, and Isaac Hayes.

Now based in the U.K., Wood is married to acclaimed British jazz vocalist Jacqui Dankworth and continues to tour and record on both sides of the Atlantic. Half of YOUR LOVE IS MY HOME was recorded in England, the other half in Copenhagen, reflecting both his musical roots and his present-day life.

On YOUR LOVE IS MY HOME, Charlie Wood is heard on vocals, piano, and organ, joined by an outstanding international cast: Robin Asplant (piano), Daniel Franck and Lawrence Cottle (bass), Ian Thomas and Cornelia Nilsson (drums), Ayoe Angelica and Sofie Ziedoy (vocals), Villads Littauer Bendixon (violin), Lara Biancalana (cello), and James McMillon (trumpet).

Critics have drawn comparisons to Dylan, Springsteen, Costello, and Waits, but Charlie Wood remains resolutely himself. JazzTimes notes that he “packs the same kind of punch,” while Jazzwise praises his ability to channel “Memphis soul and blues to moving effect.”

Warm, generous, and deeply lived-in, YOUR LOVE IS MY HOME is an album that feels like an open door—inviting listeners into Charlie Wood’s world of groove, grace, and quietly profound songcraft.

A TIMELESS PLACE / YOU SEND ME (4.13) / STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS / LOVE CAN’T LOVE ALONE / STARDUST / LOVE IS A LOSING GAME / HOME / WILLOW, WEEP FOR ME / LOVE.

Charlie Wood (vocal, piano, organ), Robin Aspland (piano), Daniel Franck (bass), Laurence Cottle (bass), Ian Thomas (drums), Cornelia Nilsson (drums), Áyoe Angelica & Sophie Ziedoy (choir), Villads Littauer Bendixen (violins), LARA BIANCALANA (cello), James McMillan (trumpet).

LP: STULP 25091 / CD: STUCD 25092 CHARLIE WOOD, YOUR LOVE IS MY HOME, STUNT RECORDS, SUNDANCE MUSIC APS 2026.