The first run of Rupert Wates' CD 'The Rank Outsiders Ball', released in March 2014, is now nearly sold out and a second run has been ordered.  It took just over six months to sell all 1,000 units of the…Read more

I'm very excited and proud to have been selected as one of 6 headliners at the Listening Room Festival in Florida, April 20-26.  For this I'm very grateful to the house concert network Concerts In Your Home (www.concertsinyourhome.com), which has…Read more

In addition to my songwriting, over the years I've written a lot of prose fiction. Some of my stories have been published in British periodicals. I've recently put together a brief anthology of my short stories set in Paris, in…Read more

I'm pleased to announce that my new album, The Rank Outsiders Ball, is at number 45 in the top 50 new Folk Releases for March 2014 on Roots Music Report. 

You can purchase the album here.

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The recording of my new CD, The Rank Outsiders Ball, at Phase One Studios in Toronto went even better than I'd hoped. Tracking and mixing of all 14 songs were completed in four days. Jeff Pelletier did an outstanding…Read more

Concerts In Your Home, an organization of house concert hosts booking artists across the United States, named Rupert a 2013 Artist of the Year, an honor given to three CIYH artists. The award is shared with Ian Mcferon (…Read more

As of December 2013, Rupert Wates is at number two in the Top 10 most booked performers on the Concerts In Your Home house concert network (www.concertsinyourhome.com), with almost 50 house shows booked through the network since 2009.

December 2013. It took eighteen months, but I've achieved my first SOLD OUT run: of all 1,000 copies of my 2012 CD At The Losers' Motel.  Most units were sold hand to hand at gigs, in company with copies…Read more

Phase One Studios in Toronto, Canada are lined up for the recording of my new CD, Feb 5-9 2014.  The album is to be called The Rank Outsiders Ball and comprises 14 new songs written over the last year.  Personnel…Read more

I've begun an exciting new project with my good friend, virtuoso pianist Bartosz Hadala. We're forming a piano/guitar duo with the aim of touring Europe in 2014. We're calling ourselves The Nightwatchers. This week we recorded six demos towards the…Read more

It's been a busy year of touring so far, with more than 150 gigs on my calendar. Meanwhile, plans are taking shape for my 6th CD, to be recorded in February 2014. I've been looking at studios in Toronto…Read more