Extra special day today. 22 June, the day Chris was born, and the world became a better, brighter place 🌻 If love was all you needed, you’d still be in this world. Wish you were here ❤️🩹
“On Top of Rocks and Sand” is an 8-track album by Chris Willow @chriswillow and is now available across digital platforms.
I loved photographing Chris over the years, and it was always fun seeking out new locations to try get just the right picture or scene for a project, especially as DIY musicians. I thought I’d put together some of my favourite photographs from the photoshoot we did for the “On Top of Rocks and Sand” album. So here are just a few, starting with the album cover.
It’s hard to believe that tomorrow, 23 January, will be a year since Chris left this world. As we continue to try and navigate life without him, we also continue to honour him by sharing his music and sharing love.
In the end it’s just love xoxo
Chris Willow’s new album “On Top of Rocks and Sand” is out today across digital platforms. All sharing, listening and following is greatly appreciated 🎧💜✨
Guitars and bass: Chris Willow
Drums: Sophie Alloway @sophie_alloway
Piano: Amy Crankshaw @amy.crankshaw
Harpsichord & flute: Alex Flower @alexflower_music
Production & mixing: Chris Willow
Mastering: Andy Baldwin at Metropolis Studios @metropolisstudios
Thank you to everyone who has helped to make this album release happen. We miss Chris every day and we’re so lucky to have his music to listen to. Keep spreading the music and the love 🤍✌🏻🌊
Hi friends, we’d love you to join us on 15th March 2025 at The BOILEROOM @boileroom for a very special memorial gig to celebrate Chris’ amazing music 🥰 A big, beautiful group of Chris’ band members and friends will be performing a variety of music that Chris wrote, performed and produced during his precious lifetime ❤️ We’ll perform a mix of songs from across his catalogue: the fun-filled blend of hip-hop and classic rock of his Chris Cape era, the uplifting, oceanic tunes of his Lava Kiss concept album, and the gentle, poetic, folkloric-inspired songs of Chris Willow @chriswillow@ilovelavakiss@chriscape 🎸🎶🕺🐬🌊🌿 It’s going to be an exciting and beautiful tribute concert, and I really hope that you can be there to share it with us. If you come along you’ll even get to see me playing my French horn 📯🤘🏻😎 Whether you knew Chris and his music or not, or if you’re keen to get to know his songs better, or if you simply want to experience a night of wonderful entertainment while supporting a great cause, you are WELCOME 🤗🤗🤗 Buy your tickets soon🎫 All profits made will go to Mind charity @mindcharity to support the vital work they do in helping to combat mental illness 🤍 More info and tickets in bio / at the link below. See you there 😘
/events/boileroom/1512133
“The Winds I Said Were Calling”
It’s the 22nd of December and Chris Willow’s latest song “The Winds I Said Were Calling” is out today across digital platforms. All listening and sharing is welcome and appreciated 🫶🏻
Chris’ final album “On Top of Rocks and Sand” is being released on his behalf, with one track on the 22nd of every month until the whole album is out. “The Winds I Said We’re Calling” is track 7 of 8 🎹 and features Sophie Alloway @sophie_alloway on drums and myself (Amy) @amy.crankshaw on piano.
One more track to go before this very special album is available in full.
We miss Chris every day and we’re so lucky to have his music to listen to. Follow Chris Willow on Spotify for more.
Peace to all. Keep spreading the love ✌🏻🤍
📷 1 - Tolcarne Beach, Newquay UK
📷 2 - Madeira, Portugal
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Link in bio 🎧🎶
“Are We Lost Out Here”
Today is the 22nd which means there is a new Chris Willow song out today across digital platforms 🎧
Please listen to and share Chris’ beautiful song “Are We Lost Out Here” 🤍🎶
We miss Chris every single day. We’re so lucky to have his music to listen to 💜
We are releasing Chris’ final album “On Top of Rocks and Sand” on his behalf, with one track on the 22nd of every month until the whole album is out. “Are We Lost Out Here” is track 6 of 8 and features some of Chris’ favourite production of the album 🎸🤘🏻 along with the exceptional drumming of @sophie_alloway 🥁
Follow Chris Willow on Spotify for more upcoming song releases.
📷 1 - Tolcarne Beach, Newquay
📷 2 - Signal Hill, Cape Town
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Link in bio 🤍
Hug a friend 🤍
“The Storm Is Coming”
This week, on 22nd October, we released Chris’ beautiful song “The Storm Is Coming”.
As you might already know, we are releasing Chris’ final album “On Top of Rocks and Sand” on his behalf, with one track being released on the 22nd of every month until the whole album is out. Today’s song is track 5 of 8 🤍🎧
All sharing & listening appreciated ✨🙏🏻
Thank you for continuing to listen to and support Chris’ music. Chris would be very grateful - his music meant the world to him. Keep sharing his songs and sharing the love. Peace to all 🤍✌🏻
Follow Chris Willow on Spotify for more upcoming song releases 🌊 Link in bio 🎧
📷 1 - Tolcarne Beach, Newquay
📷 2 - Watergate Beach, Newquay
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“Leviathan”
Hello dear friends. Chris Willow’s latest single “Leviathan” is out today. All sharing & listening appreciated 🙏🏻💙 Big thanks to the one and only Alex Wilson @alexwilson_music on harpsichord and flute 🪈🎶 and the phenomenal Sophie Alloway @sophie_alloway on drums 🥁
“Leviathan” is the 4th track of Chris Willow’s 8-track album “On Top of Rocks and Sand”. As you might know, we are releasing Chris’ final album on his behalf, with one track on the 22nd of every month until the whole album is out 💙🎧
Thank you for listening to and supporting Chris’ music. It means a lot to all his loved ones and we know he would be very grateful for all the support. Love and peace to you 🤍✌🏻
Follow Chris Willow on Spotify for more upcoming song releases 💙 Link in bio 💙🎧
📷 1&2 - Tolcarne Beach, Newquay 🌊🌊🌊
“The Place We’ve Forgotten”
Chris Willow’s latest single “The Place We’ve Forgotten” is out today on all major digital platforms. All listening and sharing appreciated 🙏🏻🤍 Click the link in bio to listen, and follow Chris Willow on Spotify to keep up to date with upcoming releases.
As you might already know, we are releasing Chris’ final album “On Top of Rocks and Sand” on his behalf, with one track on the 22nd of every month until the whole album is out. This is track #3 🎶🎧🎶
Thank you for listening to and supporting Chris’ music. Hope you enjoy this new song 💙✌🏻
📷 1 - Tolcarne Beach, Newquay
📷 2 - Kalk Bay, Cape Town
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Chris Willow’s latest single “Red Tide” is out today on all major digital platforms. This track features the one and only Sophie Alloway @sophie_alloway on drums 🥁 alongside Chris’ epic guitar playing 🎸
Click on the link in bio to listen, and follow Chris Willow on Spotify to keep up to date with upcoming releases 🤍🎧 All listening and sharing is appreciated 🤍
As you might already know, we are releasing Chris’ final album “On Top of Rocks and Sand” on his behalf, with one track on the 22nd of every month until the whole album is out. “Red Tide” is the second track on the album.
Thank you for listening to and supporting Chris’ music - for appreciating its beauty, creativity, and thought.
📷 1 - Watergate Beach, Cornwall
📷 2 - Venice Beach, LA
Love and peace
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“On Top of Rocks and Sand”
Chris Willow’s new single “On Top of Rocks and Sand”, the title track of his upcoming album, is out today on all major platforms. All listening and sharing would be much appreciated. Click the link in the bio to listen, and follow Chris Willow on Spotify to keep up to date with new releases 🩵
Today, 22nd June 2024, would have been our beloved Chris’ 35th birthday. Thank you all for supporting Chris’ music and for sharing in the beauty of his songs 🩵
Peace and love to you all 🩵
A message from the family and friends of Chris Willow:
Hello everyone
As many of you may already know, our beloved Chris departed this world on the 23rd of January, 2024. It is with heavy hearts that we, his family and friends, write to share this news here on his artist page.
We would love to share some words here about him and his music, and to let you know that a new album of his will be released soon.
Chris was a brilliant musician, and a loving husband, brother, friend, and son. He was universally loved and respected, and showed us what it meant to live honestly and with an open heart. Chris lived a life of profound empathy, infectious creativity, and sparkling humour. His gentle nature, sincerity, intellect, and trademark random acts of kindness, made him a unique and irresistible magnetic force in this world.
We are so proud of Chris for the courage, dignity, and grace with which he endured his long battle with depression. He always made time to give joy, warmth, and music to the people around him, despite his own struggles. While this news is painful – and our hearts are aching – we know that the world will remember our gorgeous Chris for his unwavering integrity.
Music and songwriting were everything to Chris, and he embodied what it meant to be an artist. For Chris, making music was a way of life; a way of processing life; a safe-space; and a vehicle through which he gave of himself, vulnerably, to the world – sharing stories with, and helping, others. We are grateful for his music that so poetically expresses the depth of the human experience. For those who may not be familiar, Chris released music under the names ‘Chris Willow’, ‘Lava Kiss’, and earlier in his life, ‘Chris Cape’.
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