About Me
My name is Richard Birch - nickname Ricky.
I was brought up in Darwen, which is a small town in Lancashire, England, close to the home of the best football team in the world, Blackburn Rovers!!
I attended Darwen Vale High School, and have always lived close by, even though I have now emigrated to Bolton (8 miles away).
I have worked in music all my life, but have always had an ambition to write my own album, but kept putting it off.
Two years ago I decided to sit down and do it, perhaps because I felt I had a lot to say. Once I started I could not stop and hence 2 years later I have written not one but 4 albums of material, all with an interrelated spiritual lyrical theme, but with vastly different musical styles.
I realise it is unusual to release 4 albums at the same time, but then again there are no rules!!
When I look around at what pain and suffering others have to endure, I feel I am one the lucky ones in life, and although, just like everyone else, I need to earn a living to support my family, I hope I can give something back, by helping charities raise much needed funds whilst doing something I enjoy doing at the same time.