Frankie Peroni has quite a story to tell! The singer songwriter lives in Westcliff and has been performing locally and making music for years, currently working on his second album, due out on Lumpy Gravy Records in December. We talked all about his music and why it became an important part of his life but Frankie also told us about the incredible events that unfolded thanks to his recent appearance on ITV's Long Lost Families. In the first episode of the programme's thirteenth series Frankie meets his long-lost brother, Paul Connolly for the first time thanks to the researchers of the programme. Their lives share a lot of spooky similarities including going to the same school and the same boxing club yet despite this, the two had never met before the programme!

It was great to catch up with Frankie and hear more about this bizarre and amazing story. We also talked about how music became a big part of his childhood and his upcoming album. We covered all sorts of other things too from some first class online dating tips to mandolins, hats and why he might be writing a few extra Christmas cards this year!