Sam Lee

New Album Out In JUne

Shirley Collins on the Album “Ground of Its Own is wonderful. The singing is sublime and exquisite! It’s gentle and despairing, trancelike and tender. Strokes of genius there I think!”

“A wonderful singer and fascinating character. He’s working with musicians in a very interesting and unusual way, his arrangements are unlike anything anyone has ever really heard before”
Joe Boyd

Sam’s Vogue Shoot

In July 2011 Sam posed for a dedicated folk feature in the UK Vogue. An unprecedented bit of press for the folk scene and some stunning pictures plus a very insightful bit of Journalism from the taste makers themselves. for see the full feature including pictures my the legendary Tim Walker click on

May fROOTS Cover

This May sees Sam grace the front cover of the fRoots Magazine, a first class issue with an ever so revealing article by Colin Irwin. Talking about his multiplicity of roles in music, all is revealed on his previous lives as a wilderness survivalist, burlesque dancer and then of course there’s a good old rant at the whole folk scene
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Well it feels like its been a long time coming but here at last is somebody doing really creative things with traditional English folk song. From the ground breaking new album

Verity Sharp Radio 3 Late Junction
It was while hearing musician Sam Lee perform that I decided we should celebrate folk, not only as a musical movement but as a lifestyle

Alexandra Shulman, Editor Vogue UK

Folk singer, song collector, promoter (of BBC award winning Nest Collective) radio host, TV personality, teacher and animateur, Sam will this June release his debut album “Ground Of Its Own’ comprised mainly of songs learned 1st hand from the Gypsy Traveler community. The recording is a new musical manifesto, reflecting Sam's unique artistic journey. Winner of the 2011 Arts Foundation Award, he is fast becoming accepted as a new pioneer, defining the sound, sight and texture of folksong today. Likewise his band 'Sam Lee & Friends' perform unconventional and contemporary interpretations challenging all preconceptions of what ‘traditional folk’ should sound like.