Steve Trafford

Steve Trafford is Course Leader for our songwriting courses at BIMM Manchester. A singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer, he was a member of The Fall with Mark E. Smith, touring internationally and co-writing songs for two of the band’s albums – including the acclaimed Fall Heads Roll, recorded at Philip Glass’s studio in New York. Steve has also performed on Later... with Jools Holland, recorded several John Peel Sessions with The Fall, and appeared in the BBC documentary about the band.

Steve has worked with many other artists and bands, including Paul Heaton (The Housemartins, The Beautiful South) on his Cross Eyed Rambler album, Cerys Matthews (Catatonia), and Brix & The Extricated. He is also the singer-songwriter for the Manchester-based band Rubberbear, which includes members of New Order.

He has released two albums under his own name and is currently recording a new solo album.

In addition to his work with bands, he has worked as a string arranger and media composer. Recently, he was commissioned to write music for three independent films that have toured major European film festivals.