"A TASTEFUL, MELODIC AND INVENTIVE JAZZ GUITARIST" 
Marc Higgins, FATEA

Innovative guitarist and author linking Earth science and polar worlds to creative arts. 

My main music projects for 2026 are live solo performances of The Song of the Ice',  exploring ‘100 Years of Song’ with the FlaG Trio, producing ‘Hutton 300: the concert’ and adding to my blog ‘Exploring Geology in Creativity’.

You can read about me in this interview with the Independent Society of Musicians. My music has been reviewed  positively by jazz, folk and roots radio stations and magazines across the UK. My solo electric guitar recordings Even Song, Discover and Endure &  The Song of the Ice re-imagine jazz, folk, rock and classical music. My acoustic duo with the double bass of Peter Lowit is featured on In Arden. During lockdown in 2021, singer Alex Fordham and I remotely built our  Songstring repertoire and I led the wonderful community project Our Living Rivers and Glens.  I have led an innovative Antarctic Musician in Residence programme,  convened  a Geological Society of London event ‘Earth’s Canvas - Exploring Geology in Creativity' and published a  book ‘A Suitable Stone' with the Cardozo Kindersley Workshop.

To help avoid another case of mistaken internet identity, I'd like to clarify that  I am neither: Steve Garrett: Nashville-based singer songwriter, worship artist, pastor & speaker; Steve 'Static Major' Garrett: rap star; 'Stainless' Steve Garrett: Cardiff-based social entrepreneur, writer, poet and musician with a long-standing interest in men's issues;  Steve Garrett: blues singer and guitarist featured on Netherlands radio; Steve Garrett: Newcastle guitarist; nor Steve Garrett: dodgy German country and western singer.