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SPL's 'Things You Never Said' No 1 in Australia, No 32 in the Radio Indie Alliance Chart of Charts Top 100 and included in the Brotish Country Music Radio Spotify Playlist

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Christopher Brown performs songs of Sun-Pinned Leaves at The Lighthouse April 2026

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Sun-Pinned Leaves 'No One Gets Out Alive' named no 8 in Eaten Alive Zine's Top 50 albums of 2025

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Public voting begins for ISSA Awards 2026

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Nominations

 

Christopher Brown & Neil Faulkner (UK) International Abum - 'No One Gets Out Alive'

Christopher Brown & Neil Faulkner (UK) International Single - 'All Life Lies Here'

Sun-Pinned Leaves (UK) International Songwriters

Sun-Pinned Leaves (UK) International Vocal Duo

Sun-Pinned Leaves latest release 'Life So Good' a finalist in the WSA Awards

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Sun-Pinned Leaves upcoming single features in Canada's Downtown Radio Magazine 

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Christopher Brown honoured to receive an IMDB credit as Judge for 2025 ISSA Awards

'Life's So Good' makes No 2 in Banks Radio Australia Chart

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Sun-Pinned Leaves are Featured Artist on UK Country Radio on World Radio Day 13/2/26

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Sun-Pinned Leaves are honoured to be the featured Artist for World Radio Day on UK Country Radio courtesy of award winning presenter Ray Burgess and 'The Country Weekend Kickstart Show'. Included in the show is our brand new single 'Life's So Good' the first of four stand-alone singles to be released in 2026 plus our ninth album 'Lost in America' dropping this October.

Sun-Pinned Leaves - ISSA Awards 2026
First Round Nominees

 

In August 2023 SPL had the incredible privilege of receiving the Gold Award  for 'International Duo of the Year' in Atlanta from the prestigeous International Singer Songwriting Association. Now after the honour of being ISSA Award Judges for the past two years Chris and Neil are nominated for four awards in 2026. The next stage is a public vote this April. Wish us luck!

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SPL Third in Elite Music Awards

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Latest Top 10 WSA Award

Sun-Pinned Leaves are delighted to have received  their latest recent Quarterly Top 10 placement from the World Songwriting Awards. The Fall 2025 Award is in the category of Best Modern Country Song for 'Tennessee Whiskey Sweet Georgia Peach'

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Sun-Pinned Leaves on the Radio (Fall 2025)

A wonderful end to 2025 for tracks from SPL's latest album 'No One Gets Out Alive. Track 'Rain Clouds in Opryland' was No 2 in the Coastal Breeze Top 40 and No 85 in the World Indie Network Chart Top 100. 'All Life Lies Here' (a JMA nominee this year) made No 2 in Germany's TFSC Chart. Meanwhile 'Heaven Doesn't Need Another Angel' was No 1 in the itisnow radio Top 40 and 'Tallahassee Sunday' was No 1 in Australia's Banks Radio Daily Chart. The icing on the cake was an interview with Christopher Brown from Marc Carey the Head of Deal Radio HQ.

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Live summer perfomance on Deal Radio

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Christopher Brown and US guitarist Robert Foster from California performed covers of Old Crow Medicine's Show's 'Waggon Wheel' and Lucinda Williams 'Passionate Kisses' live on Deal Radio Summer 2025 as part of the Station's summer celebrations.

SPL in the Media 2025

SPL had the great pleasure of making their first appearance on a magazine cover thanks to Radio Downtown of Canada who also blessed us with a double page article. Thank you also to Tandridge Independant for celebrating our return to Caterham (where we both grew up) for a live performance down the road in Reigate. Finally a big thank you to Paul Mash TV coming out of Alabama for interviewing Chris about their amazing musical journey.

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Sun-Pinned Leaves No 3 in ISSA Artist of the Month Poll - Americana July 2025

Christopher Brown joins the CMA

In 2023 Christopher was honoured to become a member of the Country Music Association HQ Nashville.

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Highlights from 2023

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In August 2023 'Lakes and Sky' from 'Tales From The Great Lakes' was No 1 in the World Indie Network Chart

In July 2023 'City's Got Soul' made No 1 in the European Indie Music Chart

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SPL's latest appearance on BBC Radio

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Christopher Brown collecting the 'Best International Duo Award on behalf of SPL at the ISSA Awards 2023 in Atlanta

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SPL No 3 in 'Eaten Alive's' Top 50 albums of 2023 with 'Tales From The Great Lakes' plus 3 page interview.

SPL in the Tandridge Independant - article courtesy of Rosalind  Brookman

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