Through all the challenges that life throws up; through the ups and through the downs, music has been Nicky’s therapy and survival mechanism - at the heart of his being and well-being. THROUGH IT ALL.

But now the sun is shining and as John Lennon said, ‘without love there ain’t nothing’. Music after all, as another bard said, is the food of love. On ‘Through It All’, this ‘feel-great’ album, there are ten originals exploring the glorious contours of love and three delicious cover versions. The album was recorded with an array of fantastic musicians including the legendary Remi Harris Hot Club trio, violinist Xenia Porteous and of course, Nicky’s ukulele is never far away.

Nicky began as a professional musician at 19 but then life took a detour or two. He has dipped in and out ever since but now, from the darkness of a tough few years, he is diving into a clear blue sea and it feels amazing.

An award-winning journalist, he’s a proper TV and Radio survivor with 43 years on the Radio and 38 years on Network TV. From Top of the Pops and Watchdog through to the Big Questions and the multi-award-winning Long Lost Family. And of course there was his memorable performances as Dippy Egg in the Masked Singer, which ended in “the best reveal ever”. Davina didn’t have a clue.

But he is a survivor in another way. His personal struggles and the campaign for justice for his school contemporaries are well documented and he has spoken about them with stark honesty.

On the lead single ‘Dream A Little Dream’, an old and bewitching song, he duets with his daughter Kirsty who has severe ADHD. She has to take medication to get through it all and has done amazingly. For Kirsty, as for so many others, music gives her wings. Nicky is passionate about the untapped potential of so many people who are not lucky enough to be properly diagnosed and are in situations in life which only make things worse. Awareness and understanding are all. And it’s all about those little dreams you dream being given a chance.

Once he sang ‘Dream A Little Dream’ to baby Kirsty as a lullaby. Now 23 years later they have recorded the song together. That means the world to both of them.

Nicky also performs the 1938 classic ‘I’ll Be Seeing You’ which he believes is one of the most poignant and powerful songs ever written. His version is a mere one minute and twenty seconds and he sings it from the heart for his adoptive Mum and Dad who both served this country in World War Two. Eighty years ago that hell officially ended but for many including Nicky’s Dad, it endured.

“Frank and Sheila Campbell were the most wonderful people I will ever know. The day they adopted me was the day I won the lottery of life. And I see them every day, especially when I’m looking at the moon.”

1. Theres No Definition of You
2. Dream a Little Dream
3. Our Sweet Embrace
4. One Last Chance
5. I Got My Hat, I Got My Shoes
6. Till There Was You
7. Baby You Re the Ticket
8. Through It All
9. You're My Ubiquity
10. Cloud Cuckoo Land
11. Never Knowingly Undersold
12. The Barber of Old New York
13. I'll Be Seeing You