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How a streetwise poet's album has captured the soul of Salford on lockdown - with musicians he's never met

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at the invitation of musicians and songwriters, Paul Frost and Vincent Sheedy. "While that too was cancelled, it led to a virtual collaboration with the pair which has resulted in a CD."It features an achingly moving song, "Homeless" about a former soldier living on the street.Paul said: "Simon and I collaborated in writing a song about homeless soldiers, which was picked for a television documentary, and then Simon started sending me his words and the process of sharing ideas with Vincent and myself began."Simon said: "The first track, Buile Hill 75, was written about my memories walking up to Buile Hill School in Salford, every day, with the girl, who lived around the corner in Bridson Street, in old Weaste, in Salford, sadly now longer.

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