Wonders are afoot: Sam Lee's English folk songs are as ancient as they are forward-looking, and as grounded as much as they soar.

Sam Lee was born in London, while his father comes from an artistic Polish family. He has demonstrated his wide range of talents in a number of fields, from visual art to burlesque dancing, before settling on British folk songs. He collects them, sings them and teaches them - in a university college, on radio and television shows and, last but not least, in the club he himself founded, the Nest Collective. He underwent a significant musical education in spending four years with the travelling band of the legendary Scottish singer Stanley Robertson. It was at that time that it became clear to him that you need to learn not from books, but from the original informants; from wandering gypsies and Irish singers. These experiences became the deep, timeless inspiration for his first album in 2012, Ground of its Own. This Mercury Prize-nominated album became one of the greatest international sensations of recent years, becoming the first English record to reach the playlists of world music radio stations across Europe. Intimate and unsettling, harking back to older times yet simultaneously ground-breaking.

With his 2015 The Fade in Time album, Lee brought a new masterpiece to the table. His distinctive and special instrumentation - which splendidly fits in cellos, trumpets, violins, kotos and tablas - further pushed the borders of folk music. His musical universe is in some ways as close to psychedelic folk, contemporary music and jazz as old-fashioned English songs, but, whichever way you look at it, a magical experience is guaranteed.

Müpa Budapest is one of Hungary's best known cultural brands and one of its most modern cultural institutions. It brings together the many and varied disciplines of the arts in unique fashion by providing a home for classical, contemporary, popular and world music, not to mention jazz and opera, as well as contemporary circus, dance, literature and film.

Mercury Prize nominated Folk singer and song collector Sam Lee is to play a one off concert for Tigmus at The Sheldonian Theatre on 1 June. Sam’s two critically acclaimed albums place songs he has collected first hand from the Gypsy Traveller Community at their heart with inventive arrangements bringing these ancient songs to life for the 21st Century. The live band ‘Sam Lee & Friends’ perform unconventional and contemporary interpretations challenging all preconceptions of what ‘traditional folk’ should sound like.

Sam also recently won ‘Best Traditional Song’ at the 2016 BBC 2 Folk awards for ‘Lovely Molly‘. His debut album ‘Ground of its Own’ was nominated for the 2012 Mercury Prize ‘Album of the Year’.

“This Mercury prize nominee continues to shake up the folk scene with this second album packed with drama and surprise. Sam Lee again concentrates on traditional songs he learned from Gypsy travellers; they are performed in no-nonsense, almost crooned style, but with startlingly original settings…Surely one of the albums of the year.” (Robin Denselow, 5*, The Guardian, March 13, 2015 (UK))

“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. “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!” Shirley Collins. “When Sam Lee makes this record public he’s going to find himself with a success story on his hands” Fiona Talkington, Late Junctio

Colours of Ostrava is an international, multi-genre music festival organised annually in Ostrava since 2002. In 2012, the festival was moved to the entrancing surroundings of Dolní Vítkovice – an area that used to belong to metallurgical works, mines and ironworks. The last, 15th year, offered over 350 programme items on 20 open and covered stages – concerts, discussions, theatre performances, films, workshops as well as art activities.

How many traditional English folk singers do you know who come from North London, studied at Chelsea School of Art, worked as a forager and wilderness expert while moonlighting as a burlesque dancer – until a chance encounter led to the door of the great Scottish Traveller singer Stanley Robertson, and an extraordinary four-year apprenticeship into the arcane, living world of traditional song that few outside the Traveller and Gypsy communities have ever experienced?

Since bursting on to the folk scene at the end of the Noughties, Mercury Prize nominee Sam Lee has blazed a trail as an outstanding singer and song collector. He’s also been the driving force behind the eclectic, award-winning folk club The Nest Collective, which has brought traditional music to all kinds of new stages and venues, as well as the founder of a burgeoning song collectors’ movement that inspires a new generation of performers to draw on living source singers rather than books and records.

Lee is a 21st-century artist, collecting new versions of old songs on his iPhone and laptop, but his repertoire is steeped in the reek and smoke of folk history and lore, its tales of love, parting, exile and murder bound by a sympathetic magic still resonant today, parting the veil on vivid scenes from our islands’ deep history.
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"Folk Holidays" Náměšť nad Oslavou is an extraordinary music Festival. These 8 days many visitors spend as their real music, art and dancing holidays, of which they can be either active or passive participants. They are surrounded by the charming environment of the Naměšť Renaissance chateau, chateau park, adjacent environs of the Oslava river in the town as well as outside the town.

Every evening music programme of the Festival has its theme, its set up, with no genre borders - world, ethnic and folklore music, jazz, rock, folk, classical music. For the coming musicians the Festival often is an inspiration for an untraditional special concert - it is not unusual that they stay for several days, even just as spectators in the audience or as workshop participants.

The Festival is not just the evening concerts at the chateau courtyard. During the Festival days a number of workshops take place - you can e.g. learn to play the basics of some interesting musical instrument, jam and talk with musicians, who the previous evening enthused the courtyard, create your own drawings, paintings, silkscreen printings, objects, write your own text and poetry. Several hours in the afternoon belong regularly to so-called "Open Scene", where interesting, less known, music groups perform on a small stage behind the Baroque Hospital in the town by the Oslava river. And at night not only does the Festival camp come alive with music, but also the chapel of the Baroque Hospital.

The Festival is also unusual thanks to the number of international guests.

The Folk Holidays Festival is a festival of outstanding music as well as non-music experiences and inspirations.

Sam Lee is an amazing London singer-songwriter. His musical style, inventive folk, can not be locked into any boxes. Wild Highlands up funds for pubs in Ulster, this tireless troubadour collected sounds and knowledge has fed sharing moments with nomadic communities, Gypsy or Irish or the last 4 years with the last great Scottish bard-traveler, Stanley Robertson.
As elusive as a virtuoso, its folk songs are an incredibly fertile land, open to all winds, from which flows a warm baritone voice, sparkling, twirling on an unusual repertoire. It definitely builds a bridge between past and future, between different worlds that break down the borders. What happiness to upset the world of our time! Author of two discs acclaimed by critics and acclaimed by the public, he presents his repertoire with the official group.

Each summer, around 700,000 people from all over the world invade the Celtic land of Lorient for the Festival Interceltique. From Galicia to Scotland, the cream of Celtic music can be found here, to be enjoyed in a really convivial atmosphere.

As an artist Sam traverses many worlds, challenging and pioneering folk music in diverse places and ways. Not just an award-winning singer with two highly decorated albums to his name and a sound incomparable to his contemporaries’; his work fostering live music in the UK has been instrumental in the explosion of folk of the last decade. Sam reinvents not just the way these ancient songs should sound but how they can be sourced, exist and thrive, from conscientiously gathering them in Gypsy Traveler camps to singing them for the Hollywood big screen.

Regarded as 'One of the most promising folk singers to emerge from the London scene this decade' (The Independent), the award winning British singer Sam Lee invites you to immerse yourself in British and Irish traditional music.

Die Strottern & Ensemble Mikado / Sam Lee & Friends

The fourth edition of the Nest Collective’s unplugged celebration of worldwide roots music

Join us for non stop music across 4 stages, indoors and out
Craft beer, French wine, Breton cider and Gosnell’s London Mead
Delicious freshly prepared food
Campfire singarounds and more!

Featuring:

Sam Amidon • Irish-American singer, fiddler, guitarist, banjo player, and prolific collaborator “weaves his own new tunes into worn, weary, seemingly ageless sagas.” – NPR

Sam Lee & Friends • Mercury Prize nominated folk singer, song collector and animateur “Britain’s most inventive folk singer” – Songlines

Santiago Quartet • Ensemble bringing classical virtuosity to the music of Latin America “Melancholy sensuality.” – Songlines Magazine

Mesadorm • Somewhere between Suzanne Vega’s domestic observations and Bjork’s elemental other-worldliness

Faith Mussa • Malawi-born “electronic one man band” combining traditional African vibes with modern sounds

Findlay Napier • Glasgow folk singer, songwriter, and erstwhile stand up comedian “Weird” – Sunday Mail

Leonie Evans • “Jazz and Folk flirt en route to New Orleans via Canterbury with Evans’ slinky, supple vocal…” – Prog Magazine

Stillhouse • Progressive acoustic music “Impressively stylish” – fRoots

Fran & Flora • “A string duo bound for glory…” – DJ Max Reinhardt, BBC Late Junction

Balladeste • Songs without words with a contemporary alt-folk twist from this string duo

Thom Ashworth • English folksinger & bassist “…the vanguard of a new generation of protest singers” – Folk Radio UK

Catherine Earnshaw & storywheel • English traditional song meets middle eastern virtuosity in this exciting collaboration

Land Of If • Soul-folk-jazz quintet with influences as diverse as Nick Drake and Béla Bartók

Pete Yelding • Rootsy cello songs influenced by Hindustani sitar, classical music, and Ivor Cutler!

Davies & Daughters • Family trio joining in harmony for English, Serbian, Sephardic, Georgian, Bulgarian, and French folk songs

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Since bursting on to the folk scene at the end of the Noughties, Sam Lee has blazed a trail as an outstanding singer and song collector. He’s also been the driving force behind the eclectic, award-winning folk club The Nest Collective, which has brought traditional music to all kinds of new stages and venues, as well as the founder of a burgeoning song collectors’ movement that inspires a new generation of performers to draw on living source singers rather than books and records.

Sam is a 21st-century artist, collecting new versions of old songs on his iPhone and laptop, but his repertoire is steeped in the reek and smoke of folk history and lore, its tales of love, parting, exile and murder bound by a sympathetic magic still resonant today, parting the veil on vivid scenes from our island's deep history.

Sam Lee and his band comprise multi-instrumentalist Jon Whitten on dulcimer, piano and ukulele, violinist Flora Curzon, and percussionist Josh Green with Sam himself playing the shruti box and Jew’s harp.

This event is part of Manchester Folk Festival – an urban folk festival.

World music festival PORTA, this year celebrating its 18th birthday, is an intimate festival located in Latvia, in the heart of Baltic region, PORTA provides a bridge between music and those who seek to get back to their roots.

As an artist Sam Lee traverses many worlds, challenging and pioneering folk music in diverse places and ways. Not just an award-winning singer with two highly decorated albums to his name and a sound incomparable to his contemporaries’; his work fostering live music in the UK has been instrumental in the explosion of folk of the last decade.

Sam’s debut album, ‘Ground of its Own’ was conceived after winning the prestigious Arts Foundation Prize in 2011 and nominated for the 2012 Mercury Music Prize. His second album, ‘The Fade in Time’ (2015) has been equally feted. At the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2016, Sam was presented with ‘Best Traditional Song’ for his version of the song ‘Lovely Molly’. In the past few years, Sam Lee has broken yet more new ground by taking his distinctive take on traditional English & Scottish music to more than 20 countries, including Japan and the USA, where he has toured twice.

Sam reinvents not just the way these ancient songs should sound but how they can be sourced, exist and thrive, from conscientiously gathering them in Gypsy Traveler camps to singing them for the Hollywood big screen.

This summer, The Nest Collective invites you to discover extraordinary music around the campfire.

Every week from May to September, we gather in beautiful green spaces under city skylines and listen to amazing music by artists from all over the world.

We come together in the simple way that people have done for thousands of years, around the fire with food, drink, music and each other. The performances are unamplified, allowing you to get up close and personal and hear the artists’ music in a very intimate way.

Keep an eye on the Nest Collective website for full details.

This summer, The Nest Collective invites you to discover extraordinary music around the campfire.

Every week from May to September, we gather in beautiful green spaces under city skylines and listen to amazing music by artists from all over the world.

We come together in the simple way that people have done for thousands of years, around the fire with food, drink, music and each other. The performances are unamplified, allowing you to get up close and personal and hear the artists’ music in a very intimate way.

Keep an eye on the Nest Collective website for full details.

This summer, The Nest Collective invites you to discover extraordinary music around the campfire.

Every week from May to September, we gather in beautiful green spaces under city skylines and listen to amazing music by artists from all over the world.

We come together in the simple way that people have done for thousands of years, around the fire with food, drink, music and each other. The performances are unamplified, allowing you to get up close and personal and hear the artists’ music in a very intimate way.

Keep an eye on the Nest Collective website for full details.

The folk music festival that takes place in Viljandi Castle Hills and city centre every July is the ultimate expression of the unique way of thinking that started spreading in the beginning of the 1990s. It values tradition, heritage and local identity and tries to adapt the spiritual values that people have developed over hundreds and thousands of years to the contemporary way of life. The aim of all of it is to keep our traditions alive, strengthen our national character and invigorate our musical mother tongue.

The folk music festival that takes place in Viljandi Castle Hills and city centre every July is the ultimate expression of the unique way of thinking that started spreading in the beginning of the 1990s. It values tradition, heritage and local identity and tries to adapt the spiritual values that people have developed over hundreds and thousands of years to the contemporary way of life. The aim of all of it is to keep our traditions alive, strengthen our national character and invigorate our musical mother tongue.

Shambala takes place across four days on the August Bank Holiday Weekend at a stunning secret location in the heart of the Northamptonshire countryside. It involves 200 diverse musical acts across 12 live stages, world-class cabaret, an amazing array of workshops, stand-up comedy, inspirational talks and debates, jaw dropping circus and acrobatics, interactive theatre and nationally acclaimed poetry all housed in beautifully decorated venues.

Festival of New is a whirlwind two days of freshly devised music and sound, exploring some of the most exciting work being made in the UK. Projects range from Hip Hop to contemporary folk and from electronica to experimental jazz. Some are ready to take flight, while others are just beginning to take shape. All have been developed at Snape on residencies that take place all year round, giving artists the freedom to take risks, be ambitious and release their creative spirit.

We are thrilled and privileged to have Sam Lee, Mercury prize nominated folk singer, song collector, promoter, broadcaster and naturalist, joining us for an intimate gig in our hall to launch his new album, Old Wow.

‘Old Wow’ will be released in late 2019 and is a collection of songs written from, interpreted, adapted and augmented out of Sam’s unique collection of material he has sourced as an intrepid song collector of British vernacular song.

Sam will be accompanied on this tour by James Keay (piano); Misha Mullov-Abbado (double bass); Kalli Opimitropoulou (violin); and Josh Green (percussion).

Further details to come.

Nature Matters is an annual three-day creative celebration of nature in words, music, film, photography, art and debate. Our delegates are treated to an inspiring programme of talks, readings, performances and discussions from leading voices and emerging talents, all of whom share tireless dedication to the natural world. The event is also about people, and offers a unique opportunity to meet and forge connections with like-minded individuals in a warm and informal atmosphere.

Our theme for 2019 is Time for Nature, and we'll be taking a journey of several thousand years, from ancient past via living memory to the present day, with a weather eye on the future. We can't wait to time travel with you - old friends and new faces are equally welcome.

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Sam Lee – award-winning inventive singer, folksong collector, conservationist and founder/director of The Nest Collective –joins forces with Chris Watson (pre-eminent sound recordist and former Kings Place artist in residence) for this special online show. Performing in response to and collaboration with Chris’ recordings, Sam alongside pianist James Keay and percussionist Saul Eisenberg weave within these soundscapes a folksong and nature-inspired song journey. With Chris' evocative and detailed capturings of native British birds and acoustically unique landscapes, this 'slow radio-esque’ immersive piece will lead listeners’ ears into the nest and upwards into the high canopies of some exquisite sound worlds. Meanwhile, Sam’s ensemble will transform these habitats through their pairings with the ancient ethereal folksongs that have captured the symbolism and characters of these species throughout history. This live commission is the uniting of two devoted nature lovers who have sought, through their recordings and creativity, to tell the story of our natural world and reveal the majestic artistry of our fellow species. This stripped-back textural performance will offer never heard before sounds and songs, excavated from both Chris and Sam’s extensive archives. Raptors unravelled, feathers unruffled, Nature unwrapped!

Due to COVID travel restrictions, Chris Watson will be joining the ensemble live from his home in Northumberland virtually.

Sam and the band – along with 27 other musicians – will play an original love song, a traditional love song and a cover version of someone else’s love song, in Folk on Foot's 4th Festival.

Half the money raised will go to the charity Help Musicians whose work supporting musicians facing severe financial hardship is even more important as the lockdown continues. The other half will be divided equally between the 28 artists who’re taking part in the Festival.

https://www.folkonfoot.com/festival

A brand new festival bringing together ideas and music.

Join Sam Lee for an evening of music and conversation about his 2021 debut novel ‘The Nightingale: Notes on a Songbird.’

Sam Lee plays a unique role in the British music scene. A highly inventive and original singer, folk song interpreter, passionate conservationist, and song collector. Playing songs from his critically acclaimed latest album, ‘Old Wow,’ you can enjoy Sam’s compelling and emotional music in a truly unique setting.

Before the band arrives and the music starts, Sam explores the tales of the nightingale bird which is the focus of his new book. Discover the epic tale of this highly endangered bird and its place in culture folklore, folksong, music and literature throughout the millennia.

Gather round all nature lovers, day dreamers, big thinkers, for an inspiring and energising three days (2-4 July) in Feanedock woodland, near Ashby de la Zouch in the heart of the National Forest.

Step into an incredible weekend festival of debate, celebration and reflection in the National Forest. Timber invites you to stand up and be counted as we rethink our relationship with trees and forests.

Join new thinkers as they challenge us to re-examine our relationship with the world. Gather with artists, musicians and writers, as they respond and react to the forest in bold and exhilarating ways. Activists and makers will invite to you join them in joyous celebration of nature. The rebels and the unexpected from the worlds of music, art, performance and wellbeing will play, provoke and inspire as we change the world.

So come on in, unplug, walk into the trees and fall under Timber's spell. Recharge under the leaves. It's good for the soul.

Set within the stunning surrounds of Henham Park, cinch presents Latitude has been creating unforgettable memories for over 15 years. Let your curiosity guide you through the very best in music, dance, comedy, poetry, theatre, literature, podcasts, family activities and wellness.

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For this Future Folk concert, Sam has invited Alice Zawadzki to join him on the bill, and then guest with his group. Alice often gets pigeonholed as a jazz singer: like Sam, she defies easy categories.

Violinist, songwriter, composer, vocalist and improviser Alice Zawadzki draws together influences from her early exposure to New Orleans soul and gospel, a classical training and an exploration of world and improvised music. She is joined by the brilliant bass player Misha Mullov-Abbado and her band.

Camp Kin is a series of gorgeous, spacious and creative camping weekends with food, music, activities, and more than a taste of the Shambala we know and love.

This is a chance to gently emerge from social hibernation and rekindle those friendships and connections with your close friends and family, round the campfire, at the beautiful home of Shambala in the Northamptonshire countryside.

Sam will be running improvised singing workshops and performing live as part of Tide Mills' Heritage Celebration Week (20-26 September).

The Tide Mills Project is a creative heritage project from LYT Productions, focused on sharing the unique and diverse history of Tide Mills with new audiences through a variety of creative and artistic disciplines.

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Sam Lee plays a unique role in the British music scene. He’s an acclaimed, award-winning inventive singer, a folksong collector, conservationist and founder/director of The Nest Collective who’ve helped shake up the music scene and injected life back into the folk trad and world acoustic scenes. With his critically acclaimed new album, ‘Old Wow’, he takes the listener on a truly compelling and emotional journey that takes his work to yet another level.

His 1st release, ‘Ground Of Its Own’, in 2012, was shortlisted for a Mercury Music Prize. Sam’s 2015 album ‘The Fade In Time’ broke further ground, with ‘Lovely Molly’ winning a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track. He also won Artist of the Year at the 2016 Songlines Magazine Awards. Sam wrote and performed the lead song for Guy Ritchie’s Hollywood film ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’.

‘Old Wow’ pushes Sam’s music into further remarkable territory with producer Bernard Butler’s (Suede, McAlmont & Butler) electric guitar playing and a rare and gorgeous contribution by Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack). Her spine-tingling vocals were joined on the album by other stellar performers including Cosmo Sheldrake, spoken-word poet Dizraeli and The Gloaming’s Caoimhin O Raghallaigh.

Sam is a committed environmental campaigner whose work includes the annual sell-out ‘Singing With Nightingales’, helping to highlight the threat to these and other endangered species. In 2019, Sam was musical director for the RSPB campaign ‘Let Nature Sing’, which resulted in 3 minutes of bird song entering the Top 20 UK music charts. Sam is a founding member of Music Declares Emergency and is closely involved with Extinction Rebellion. He has recently released his debut book ‘The Nightingale: Notes on a Songbird’, published by Century/Penguin Random House.

This performance forms part of Sam’s ‘Old Wow+‘ tour and for which he is releasing a special tour edition of the same title including the full original album together with six special bonus tracks.

We are over the moon to announce that the incredible Sam Lee will be joining us for his Old Wow+ Tour this autumn. Presented in collaboration with Talking Gigs and delivered in their unique format – the first half comprises conversation with musical performance, the second half is all music.

We can’t wait to hear this award-winning folk artist and find out more about the stories behind his incredible songs.

Since childhood singalongs around campfires, folk song and mother nature have been indivisible passions for Sam Lee and on the acclaimed singer’s third album, Old Wow, these two obsessions were fused in dazzling style. Old Wow was released by Cooking Vinyl in January 2020 and is the first of Sam’s albums to be produced by Suede’s Bernard Butler, it also featured a special guest vocal appearance by Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser.

Sam Lee plays a unique role in the British music scene. He’s an acclaimed, award-winning inventive singer, a folksong collector, conservationist and founder/director of The Nest Collective who’ve helped shake up the music scene and injected life back into the folk trad and world acoustic scenes. With his critically acclaimed new album, ‘Old Wow’, he takes the listener on a truly compelling and emotional journey that takes his work to yet another level.

His 1st release, ‘Ground Of Its Own’, in 2012, was shortlisted for a Mercury Music Prize. Sam’s 2015 album ‘The Fade In Time’ broke further ground, with ‘Lovely Molly’ winning a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track. He also won Artist of the Year at the 2016 Songlines Magazine Awards. Sam wrote and performed the lead song for Guy Ritchie’s Hollywood film ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’.

‘Old Wow’ pushes Sam’s music into further remarkable territory with producer Bernard Butler’s (Suede, McAlmont & Butler) electric guitar playing and a rare and gorgeous contribution by Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack). Her spine-tingling vocals were joined on the album by other stellar performers including Cosmo Sheldrake, spoken-word poet Dizraeli and The Gloaming’s Caoimhin O Raghallaigh.

Sam is a committed environmental campaigner whose work includes the annual sell-out ‘Singing With Nightingales’, helping to highlight the threat to these and other endangered species. In 2019, Sam was musical director for the RSPB campaign ‘Let Nature Sing’, which resulted in 3 minutes of bird song entering the Top 20 UK music charts. Sam is a founding member of Music Declares Emergency and is closely involved with Extinction Rebellion. He has recently released his debut book ‘The Nightingale: Notes on a Songbird’, published by Century/Penguin Random House.

This performance forms part of Sam’s ‘Old Wow+‘ tour and for which he is releasing a special tour edition of the same title including the full original album together with six special bonus tracks.

Sam Lee plays a unique role in the British music scene. He’s an acclaimed, award-winning inventive singer, a folksong collector, conservationist and founder/director of The Nest Collective who’ve helped shake up the music scene and injected life back into the folk trad and world acoustic scenes. With his critically acclaimed new album, Old Wow, he takes the listener on a truly compelling and emotional journey that takes his work to yet another level.

His 1st release, Ground Of Its Own in 2012, was short-listed for a Mercury Music Prize. Sam’s 2015 album The Fade In Time broke further ground with Lovely Molly winning a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track. He also won Artist of the Year at the 2016 Songlines Magazine Awards. Sam wrote and performed the lead song for Guy Ritchie’s Hollywood film King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.

Old Wow pushes Sam’s music into further remarkable territory with producer Bernard Butler’s (Suede, McAlmont & Butler) electric guitar playing and a rare and gorgeous contribution by Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack). Her spine-tingling vocals were joined on the album by other stellar performers including Cosmo Sheldrake, spoken-word poet Dizraeli and The Gloaming’s Caoimhin O Raghallaigh.

Sam is a committed environmental campaigner whose work includes the annual sell-out Singing With Nightingales helping to highlight the threat to these and other endangered species. In 2019, Sam was musical director for the RSPB campaign Let Nature Sing, which resulted in 3 minutes of bird song entering the Top 20 UK music charts. Sam is a founding member of Music Declares Emergency and is closely involved with Extinction Rebellion. He has recently released his debut book The Nightingale: Notes on a Songbird out now on Century/Penguin Random House.

This performance forms part of Sam’s Old Wow+ tour and for which he is releasing a special tour edition of the same title including the full original album together with 6 special bonus tracks.

Sam Lee plays a unique role in the British music scene. He’s an acclaimed, award-winning inventive singer, a folksong collector, conservationist and founder/director of The Nest Collective who’ve helped shake up the music scene and injected life back into the folk trad and world acoustic scenes. With his critically acclaimed new album, Old Wow, he takes the listener on a truly compelling and emotional journey that takes his work to yet another level.

His 1st release, Ground Of Its Own in 2012, was short-listed for a Mercury Music Prize. Sam’s 2015 album The Fade In Time broke further ground with Lovely Molly winning a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track. He also won Artist of the Year at the 2016 Songlines Magazine Awards. Sam wrote and performed the lead song for Guy Ritchie’s Hollywood film King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.

Old Wow pushes Sam’s music into further remarkable territory with producer Bernard Butler’s (Suede, McAlmont & Butler) electric guitar playing and a rare and gorgeous contribution by Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack). Her spine-tingling vocals were joined on the album by other stellar performers including Cosmo Sheldrake, spoken-word poet Dizraeli and The Gloaming’s Caoimhin O Raghallaigh.

Sam is a committed environmental campaigner whose work includes the annual sell-out Singing With Nightingales helping to highlight the threat to these and other endangered species. In 2019, Sam was musical director for the RSPB campaign Let Nature Sing, which resulted in 3 minutes of bird song entering the Top 20 UK music charts. Sam is a founding member of Music Declares Emergency and is closely involved with Extinction Rebellion. He has recently released his debut book The Nightingale: Notes on a Songbird out now on Century/Penguin Random House.

This performance forms part of Sam’s Old Wow+ tour and for which he is releasing a special tour edition of the same title including the full original album together with 6 special bonus tracks.

Sam Lee plays a unique role in the British music scene. He’s an acclaimed, award-winning inventive singer, a folksong collector, conservationist and founder/director of The Nest Collective who’ve helped shake up the music scene and injected life back into the folk trad and world acoustic scenes. With his critically acclaimed new album, Old Wow, he takes the listener on a truly compelling and emotional journey that takes his work to yet another level.

His 1st release, Ground Of Its Own in 2012, was short-listed for a Mercury Music Prize. Sam’s 2015 album The Fade In Time broke further ground with Lovely Molly winning a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track. He also won Artist of the Year at the 2016 Songlines Magazine Awards. Sam wrote and performed the lead song for Guy Ritchie’s Hollywood film King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.

Old Wow pushes Sam’s music into further remarkable territory with producer Bernard Butler’s (Suede, McAlmont & Butler) electric guitar playing and a rare and gorgeous contribution by Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack). Her spine-tingling vocals were joined on the album by other stellar performers including Cosmo Sheldrake, spoken-word poet Dizraeli and The Gloaming’s Caoimhin O Raghallaigh.

Sam is a committed environmental campaigner whose work includes the annual sell-out Singing With Nightingales helping to highlight the threat to these and other endangered species. In 2019, Sam was musical director for the RSPB campaign Let Nature Sing, which resulted in 3 minutes of bird song entering the Top 20 UK music charts. Sam is a founding member of Music Declares Emergency and is closely involved with Extinction Rebellion. He has recently released his debut book The Nightingale: Notes on a Songbird out now on Century/Penguin Random House.

This performance forms part of Sam’s Old Wow+ tour and for which he is releasing a special tour edition of the same title including the full original album together with 6 special bonus tracks.

Part of Manchester Folk Festival

Sam Lee plays a unique role in the British music scene. A highly inventive and original singer, folk-song interpreter, passionate conservationist, song collector and successful creator of live events. Alongside his organisation, The Nest Collective, Sam has shaken up the music scene, breaking boundaries between folk and contemporary music and the assumed places and ways folksong is appreciated. Sam has helped develop its ecosystem, inviting in a new listenership interrogating what the messages in these old songs hold for us today.

With his latest critically acclaimed album, Old Wow, Sam has summonsed up a truly compelling and emotional record that takes his work to yet another level. Likewise in 2021, Sam releases his debut novel The Nightingale, notes on a songbird, telling the epic tale of this highly endangered bird and its place in culture folklore, folksong, music and literature throughout the millennia.

Celebrated cellist Sarah Smout hails from Yorkshire, and has toured internationally with acts including Michael Chapman, Bridget St. John, The Mediaeval Baebes, Rachel Ries, King Creosote, Rosie Doonan, Jess Morgan, and Gren Bartley. Her session work has also appeared on dozens of critically acclaimed albums in the folk, acoustic, and singer-songwriter scenes.

As a singer and poet in her own right, it was only a matter of time before she began a solo career. Her songs are original, beautifully crafted and touching, spinning poetry driven lyrics inspired by landscape and sea, and exploring themes like home, land, love and climate change. Her song Arctic Ground was used by Greenpeace for a Save the Arctic campaign video, which depicts the tremendous efforts of protestors and native tribes against oil drilling.

In 2019 Sarah appeared at Primavera Sound (Barcelona), Glastonbury, Green Man, Shambala, Larmer Tree, Costa del Folk and many more.

Sam Lee plays a unique role in the British music scene. He’s an acclaimed, award-winning inventive singer, a folksong collector, conservationist and founder/director ofThe Nest Collective who’ve helped shake up the music scene and injected life back intothe folk trad and world acoustic scenes. With his critically acclaimed new album, ‘Old Wow’, he takes the listener on a truly compelling and emotional journey that takes his work to yet another level.

His 1st release, ‘Ground Of Its Own’ in 2012, was short-listed for a Mercury Music Prize. Sam’s 2015 album ‘The Fade In Time’ broke further ground with ‘Lovely Molly’ winning a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track. He also won Artist of the Year at the 2016 Songlines Magazine Awards. Sam wrote and performed the lead song for Guy Ritchie’s Hollywood film ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’.

‘Old Wow’ pushes Sam’s music into further remarkable territory with producer Bernard Butler’s (Suede, McAlmont & Butler) electric guitar playing and a rare and gorgeous contribution by Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack). Her spine-tingling vocals were joined on the album by other stellar performers including Cosmo Sheldrake, spoken-word poet Dizraeli and The Gloaming’s Caoimhin O Raghallaigh.

Sam is a committed environmental campaigner whose work includes the annual sell-out ‘Singing With Nightingales’ helping to highlight the threat to these and other endangered species. In 2019, Sam was musical director for the RSPB campaign ‘Let Nature Sing’, whichresulted in 3 minutes of bird song entering the Top 20 UK music charts. Sam is a founding member of Music Declares Emergency and is closely involved with Extinction Rebellion. He has recently released his debut book ‘The Nightingale: Notes on a Songbird’ out now on Century/Penguin Random House.

This performance forms part of Sam’s ‘Old Wow+’ tour and for which he is releasing a special tour edition of the same title including the full original album together with 6 special bonus tracks

Sam Lee plays a unique role in the British music scene. He’s an acclaimed, award-winning inventive singer, a folksong collector, conservationist and founder/director of The Nest Collective who’ve helped shake up the music scene and injected life back into the folk trad and world acoustic scenes. With his critically acclaimed new album, ‘Old Wow’, he takes the listener on a truly compelling and emotional journey that takes his work to yet another level.

His 1st release, ‘Ground Of Its Own’ in 2012, was short-listed for a Mercury Music Prize. Sam’s 2015 album ‘The Fade In Time’ broke further ground with 'Lovely Molly' winning a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track. He also won Artist of the Year at the 2016 Songlines Magazine Awards. Sam wrote and performed the lead song for Guy Ritchie’s Hollywood film ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’.

‘Old Wow’ pushes Sam’s music into further remarkable territory with producer Bernard Butler’s (Suede, McAlmont & Butler) electric guitar playing and a rare and gorgeous contribution by Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack). Her spine-tingling vocals were joined on the album by other stellar performers including Cosmo Sheldrake, spoken-word poet Dizraeli and The Gloaming’s Caoimhin O Raghallaigh.

Sam is a committed environmental campaigner whose work includes the annual sell-out ‘Singing With Nightingales’ helping to highlight the threat to these and other endangered species. In 2019, Sam was musical director for the RSPB campaign ‘Let Nature Sing’, which resulted in 3 minutes of bird song entering the Top 20 UK music charts. Sam is a founding member of Music Declares Emergency and is closely involved with Extinction Rebellion. He has recently released his debut book ‘The Nightingale: Notes on a Songbird’ out now on Century/Penguin Random House.

This performance forms part of Sam’s ‘Old Wow+‘ tour and for which he is releasing a special tour edition of the same title including the full original album together with 6 special bonus tracks.

Sam Lee plays a unique role in the British music scene. He’s an acclaimed, awardwinning inventive singer, a folksong collector, conservationist and founder/director of The Nest Collective who’ve helped shake up the music scene and injected life back into the folk trad and world acoustic scenes. With his critically acclaimed new album, ‘Old Wow’, he takes the listener on a truly compelling and emotional journey that takes his work to yet another level.

His 1st release, ‘Ground Of Its Own’ in 2012, was short-listed for a Mercury Music Prize. Sam’s 2015 album ‘The Fade In Time’ broke further ground with 'Lovely Molly' winning a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track. He also won Artist of the Year at the 2016 Songlines Magazine Awards. Sam wrote and performed the lead song for Guy Ritchie’s Hollywood film ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’.

‘Old Wow’ pushes Sam’s music into further remarkable territory with producer Bernard Butler’s (Suede, McAlmont & Butler) electric guitar playing and a rare and gorgeous contribution by Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack). Her spine-tingling vocals were joined on the album by other stellar performers including Cosmo Sheldrake, spoken-word poet Dizraeli and The Gloaming’s Caoimhin O Raghallaigh.

Sam is a committed environmental campaigner whose work includes the annual sellout ‘Singing With Nightingales’ helping to highlight the threat to these and other endangered species. In 2019, Sam was musical director for the RSPB campaign ‘Let Nature Sing’, which resulted in 3 minutes of bird song entering the Top 20 UK music charts. Sam is a founding member of Music Declares Emergency and is closely involved with Extinction Rebellion. He has recently released his debut book ‘The Nightingale: Notes on a Songbird’ out now on Century/Penguin Random House.

This performance forms part of Sam’s Old Wow+ tour and for which he is releasing a special tour edition of the same title including the full original album together with 6 special bonus tracks

Sam Lee plays a unique role in the British music scene. He’s an acclaimed, award-winning inventive singer, a folksong collector, conservationist and founder/director of The Nest Collective who’ve helped shake up the music scene and injected life back into the folk trad and world acoustic scenes. With his critically acclaimed new album, ‘Old Wow’, he takes the listener on a truly compelling and emotional journey that takes his work to yet another level.

His 1st release, ‘Ground Of Its Own’, in 2012, was shortlisted for a Mercury Music Prize. Sam’s 2015 album ‘The Fade In Time’ broke further ground, with ‘Lovely Molly’ winning a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track. He also won Artist of the Year at the 2016 Songlines Magazine Awards. Sam wrote and performed the lead song for Guy Ritchie’s Hollywood film ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’.

‘Old Wow’ pushes Sam’s music into further remarkable territory with producer Bernard Butler’s (Suede, McAlmont & Butler) electric guitar playing and a rare and gorgeous contribution by Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack). Her spine-tingling vocals were joined on the album by other stellar performers including Cosmo Sheldrake, spoken-word poet Dizraeli and The Gloaming’s Caoimhin O Raghallaigh.

Sam is a committed environmental campaigner whose work includes the annual sell-out ‘Singing With Nightingales’, helping to highlight the threat to these and other endangered species. In 2019, Sam was musical director for the RSPB campaign ‘Let Nature Sing’, which resulted in 3 minutes of bird song entering the Top 20 UK music charts. Sam is a founding member of Music Declares Emergency and is closely involved with Extinction Rebellion. He has recently released his debut book ‘The Nightingale: Notes on a Songbird’, published by Century/Penguin Random House.

This performance forms part of Sam’s ‘Old Wow+‘ tour and for which he is releasing a special tour edition of the same title including the full original album together with six special bonus tracks.

Join us in this beautiful setting for a concert from this Mercury-nominated singer, folksong collector, and conservationist who has helped shake up the music scene and injected life back into the folk trad and world acoustic scenes. With Sam Lee's critically acclaimed new album, ‘Old Wow’ produced by Bernard Butler, he takes the listener on a truly compelling and emotional journey that takes his work to yet another level.

Sam is a committed environmental campaigner whose work includes the annual sell-out ‘Singing With Nightingales’ helping to highlight the threat to these and other endangered species. In 2019, Sam was musical director for the RSPB campaign ‘Let Nature Sing’, which resulted in 3 minutes of bird song entering the Top 20 UK music charts. Sam is a founding member of Music Declares Emergency and is closely involved with Extinction Rebellion. He has recently released his debut book ‘The Nightingale: Notes on a Songbird’ out now on Century/Penguin Random House.

This performance forms part of Sam’s ‘Old Wow+‘ tour and for which he is releasing a special tour edition of the same title including the full original album together with 6 special bonus tracks

Sam Lee plays a unique role in the British music scene. He’s an acclaimed, award-winning inventive singer, a folksong collector, conservationist and founder/director of The Nest Collective who’ve helped shake up the music scene and injected life back into the folk trad and world acoustic scenes. With his critically acclaimed new album, ‘Old Wow’, he takes the listener on a truly compelling and emotional journey that takes his work to yet another level.

His 1st release, ‘Ground Of Its Own’, in 2012, was shortlisted for a Mercury Music Prize. Sam’s 2015 album ‘The Fade In Time’ broke further ground, with ‘Lovely Molly’ winning a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track. He also won Artist of the Year at the 2016 Songlines Magazine Awards. Sam wrote and performed the lead song for Guy Ritchie’s Hollywood film ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’.

‘Old Wow’ pushes Sam’s music into further remarkable territory with producer Bernard Butler’s (Suede, McAlmont & Butler) electric guitar playing and a rare and gorgeous contribution by Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack). Her spine-tingling vocals were joined on the album by other stellar performers including Cosmo Sheldrake, spoken-word poet Dizraeli and The Gloaming’s Caoimhin O Raghallaigh.

Sam is a committed environmental campaigner whose work includes the annual sell-out ‘Singing With Nightingales’, helping to highlight the threat to these and other endangered species. In 2019, Sam was musical director for the RSPB campaign ‘Let Nature Sing’, which resulted in 3 minutes of bird song entering the Top 20 UK music charts. Sam is a founding member of Music Declares Emergency and is closely involved with Extinction Rebellion. He has recently released his debut book ‘The Nightingale: Notes on a Songbird’, published by Century/Penguin Random House.

This performance forms part of Sam’s ‘Old Wow+‘ tour and for which he is releasing a special tour edition of the same title including the full original album together with six special bonus tracks.

Sam Lee plays a unique role in the British music scene. He’s an acclaimed, award-winning inventive singer, a folksong collector, conservationist and founder/director ofThe Nest Collective who’ve helped shake up the music scene and injected life back into the folk trad and world acoustic scenes. With his critically acclaimed new album, ‘Old Wow’, he takes the listener on a truly compelling and emotional journey that takes his work to yet another level.

His 1st release, ‘Ground Of Its Own’ in 2012, was short-listed for a Mercury Music Prize. Sam’s 2015 album ‘The Fade In Time’ broke further ground with 'Lovely Molly' winning a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track. He also won Artist of the Year at the 2016 Songlines Magazine Awards. Sam wrote and performed the lead song for Guy Ritchie’s Hollywood film ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’.

‘Old Wow’ pushes Sam’s music into further remarkable territory with producer Bernard Butler’s (Suede, McAlmont & Butler) electric guitar playing and a rare and gorgeous contribution by Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack). Her spine-tingling vocals were joined on the album by other stellar performers including Cosmo Sheldrake, spoken-word poet Dizraeli and The Gloaming’s Caoimhin O Raghallaigh.

Sam is a committed environmental campaigner whose work includes the annual sell-out ‘Singing With Nightingales’ helping to highlight the threat to these and other endangered species. In 2019, Sam was musical director for the RSPB campaign ‘Let Nature Sing’, which resulted in 3 minutes of bird song entering the Top 20 UK music charts. Sam is a founding member of Music Declares Emergency and is closely involved with Extinction Rebellion. He has recently released his debut book ‘The Nightingale: Notes on a Songbird’ out now on Century/Penguin Random House.

This performance forms part of Sam’s‘Old Wow+‘ tour and for which he is releasing a special tour edition of the same title including the full original album together with 6 special bonus tracks.

Mercury Prize nominated folk singer, conservationist, song collector, award winning promoter, broadcaster and activist Sam Lee plays a unique role in the British music scene. A highly inventive and original singer, folk song interpreter, passionate conservationist, song collector and successful creator of live events we're delighted that he will be joining us in the intimate setting of the Goldmark Front Room.

Sam Lee's first release, ‘Ground Of Its Own’ in 2012, was short-listed for a Mercury Music Prize. Sam’s 2015 album ‘The Fade In Time’ broke further ground with 'Lovely Molly' winning a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track. He also won Artist of the Year at the 2016 Songlines Magazine Awards. Sam wrote and performed the lead song for Guy Ritchie’s Hollywood film ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’.

Performing for a second time in the intimate Goldmark Front Room and joined by piano, double bass, violin and drums.

60 tickets only!

Sam Lee plays a unique role in the British music scene. He’s an acclaimed, award-winning inventive singer, a folksong collector, conservationist and founder/director of The Nest Collective who’ve helped shake up the music scene and injected life back into the folk trad and world acoustic scenes. With his critically acclaimed new album, ‘Old Wow’, he takes the listener on a truly compelling and emotional journey that takes his work to yet another level.

His 1st release, ‘Ground Of Its Own’, in 2012, was shortlisted for a Mercury Music Prize. Sam’s 2015 album ‘The Fade In Time’ broke further ground, with ‘Lovely Molly’ winning a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track. He also won Artist of the Year at the 2016 Songlines Magazine Awards. Sam wrote and performed the lead song for Guy Ritchie’s Hollywood film ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’.

‘Old Wow’ pushes Sam’s music into further remarkable territory with producer Bernard Butler’s (Suede, McAlmont & Butler) electric guitar playing and a rare and gorgeous contribution by Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack). Her spine-tingling vocals were joined on the album by other stellar performers including Cosmo Sheldrake, spoken-word poet Dizraeli and The Gloaming’s Caoimhin O Raghallaigh.

Sam is a committed environmental campaigner whose work includes the annual sell-out ‘Singing With Nightingales’, helping to highlight the threat to these and other endangered species. In 2019, Sam was musical director for the RSPB campaign ‘Let Nature Sing’, which resulted in 3 minutes of bird song entering the Top 20 UK music charts. Sam is a founding member of Music Declares Emergency and is closely involved with Extinction Rebellion. He has recently released his debut book ‘The Nightingale: Notes on a Songbird’, published by Century/Penguin Random House.

This performance forms part of Sam’s ‘Old Wow+‘ tour and for which he is releasing a special tour edition of the same title including the full original album together with six special bonus tracks.

Sam Lee plays a unique role in the British music scene. A highly inventive and original singer, folk song interpreter, a passionate conservationist, committed song collector and a successful creator of live events. With his latest album, Old Wow, he’s summonsed up a truly compelling and emotional album that takes his work to yet another level.

Lee’s debut folk album, Ground of its Own was shortlisted for the 2012 Mercury Music Award. His second album The Fade in Time won the Songlines Music Awards in the Europe category. In 2017, director Guy Ritchie chose him to write the lead song ‘The Devil and The Huntsman’ for his epic Hollywood fantasy King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.

Sam Lee’s newest album ‘Old Wow’ (2020), produced by Barnard Butler, introduces a dramatic change of musical direction where, for the first time, Sam includes the instrument most notably absent from his recording career, the guitar and electric guitar. With Old Wow he has re-worked traditional songs to create what he describes as “a timeless bridge, music that can be looking both backward and forwards, and a soulful accompaniment to an urgent need to fall back in love with nature if we are to know how to protect it”.

Sam Lee plays a unique role in the British music scene. A highly inventive and original singer, folk song interpreter, a passionate conservationist, committed song collector and a successful creator of live events. With his latest album, Old Wow, he’s summonsed up a truly compelling and emotional album that takes his work to yet another level.

Lee’s debut folk album, Ground of its Own was shortlisted for the 2012 Mercury Music Award. His second album The Fade in Time won the Songlines Music Awards in the Europe category. In 2017, director Guy Ritchie chose him to write the lead song ‘The Devil and The Huntsman’ for his epic Hollywood fantasy King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.

Sam Lee’s newest album ‘Old Wow’ (2020), produced by Barnard Butler, introduces a dramatic change of musical direction where, for the first time, Sam includes the instrument most notably absent from his recording career, the guitar and electric guitar. With Old Wow he has re-worked traditional songs to create what he describes as “a timeless bridge, music that can be looking both backward and forwards, and a soulful accompaniment to an urgent need to fall back in love with nature if we are to know how to protect it”.

Sam Lee plays a unique role in the British music scene. He’s an acclaimed, award-winning inventive singer, a folksong collector, conservationist and founder/director of The Nest Collective who’ve helped shake up the music scene and injected life back into the folk trad and world acoustic scenes. With his critically acclaimed new album, ‘Old Wow’, he takes the listener on a truly compelling and emotional journey that takes his work to yet another level.

His 1st release, ‘Ground Of Its Own’ in 2012, was short-listed for a Mercury Music Prize. Sam’s 2015 album ‘The Fade In Time’ broke further ground with 'Lovely Molly' winning a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track. He also won Artist of the Year at the 2016 Songlines Magazine Awards. Sam wrote and performed the lead song for Guy Ritchie’s Hollywood film ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’.

‘Old Wow’ pushes Sam’s music into further remarkable territory with producer Bernard Butler’s (Suede, McAlmont & Butler) electric guitar playing and a rare and gorgeous contribution by Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack). Her spine-tingling vocals were joined on the album by other stellar performers including Cosmo Sheldrake, spoken-word poet Dizraeli and The Gloaming’s Caoimhin O Raghallaigh.

Sam is a committed environmental campaigner whose work includes the annual sell-out ‘Singing With Nightingales’ helping to highlight the threat to these and other endangered species. In 2019, Sam was musical director for the RSPB campaign ‘Let Nature Sing’, which resulted in 3 minutes of bird song entering the Top 20 UK music charts. Sam is a founding member of Music Declares Emergency and is closely involved with Extinction Rebellion. He has recently released his debut book ‘The Nightingale: Notes on a Songbird’ out now on Century/Penguin Random House.

This performance forms part of Sam’s ‘Old Wow+‘ tour and for which he is releasing a special tour edition of the same title including the full original album together with 6 special bonus tracks

Sam Lee plays a unique role in the British music scene. He’s an acclaimed, award-winning inventive singer, a folksong collector, conservationist and founder/director of The Nest Collective who’ve helped shake up the music scene and injected life back into the folk trad and world acoustic scenes. With his critically acclaimed new album, ‘Old Wow’, he takes the listener on a truly compelling and emotional journey that takes his work to yet another level.

His 1st release, ‘Ground Of Its Own’, in 2012, was shortlisted for a Mercury Music Prize. Sam’s 2015 album ‘The Fade In Time’ broke further ground, with ‘Lovely Molly’ winning a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track. He also won Artist of the Year at the 2016 Songlines Magazine Awards. Sam wrote and performed the lead song for Guy Ritchie’s Hollywood film ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’.

‘Old Wow’ pushes Sam’s music into further remarkable territory with producer Bernard Butler’s (Suede, McAlmont & Butler) electric guitar playing and a rare and gorgeous contribution by Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack). Her spine-tingling vocals were joined on the album by other stellar performers including Cosmo Sheldrake, spoken-word poet Dizraeli and The Gloaming’s Caoimhin O Raghallaigh.

Sam is a committed environmental campaigner whose work includes the annual sell-out ‘Singing With Nightingales’, helping to highlight the threat to these and other endangered species. In 2019, Sam was musical director for the RSPB campaign ‘Let Nature Sing’, which resulted in 3 minutes of bird song entering the Top 20 UK music charts. Sam is a founding member of Music Declares Emergency and is closely involved with Extinction Rebellion. He has recently released his debut book ‘The Nightingale: Notes on a Songbird’, published by Century/Penguin Random House.

This performance forms part of Sam’s ‘Old Wow+‘ tour and for which he is releasing a special tour edition of the same title including the full original album together with six special bonus tracks.

Sam Lee plays a unique role in the British music scene. He’s an acclaimed, award-winning inventive singer, a folksong collector, conservationist and founder/director of The Nest Collective who’ve helped shake up the music scene and injected life back into the folk trad and world acoustic scenes. With his critically acclaimed new album, ‘Old Wow’, he takes the listener on a truly compelling and emotional journey that takes his work to yet another level.

His 1st release, ‘Ground Of Its Own’, in 2012, was shortlisted for a Mercury Music Prize. Sam’s 2015 album ‘The Fade In Time’ broke further ground, with ‘Lovely Molly’ winning a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Best Traditional Track. He also won Artist of the Year at the 2016 Songlines Magazine Awards. Sam wrote and performed the lead song for Guy Ritchie’s Hollywood film ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’.

‘Old Wow’ pushes Sam’s music into further remarkable territory with producer Bernard Butler’s (Suede, McAlmont & Butler) electric guitar playing and a rare and gorgeous contribution by Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack). Her spine-tingling vocals were joined on the album by other stellar performers including Cosmo Sheldrake, spoken-word poet Dizraeli and The Gloaming’s Caoimhin O Raghallaigh.

Sam is a committed environmental campaigner whose work includes the annual sell-out ‘Singing With Nightingales’, helping to highlight the threat to these and other endangered species. In 2019, Sam was musical director for the RSPB campaign ‘Let Nature Sing’, which resulted in 3 minutes of bird song entering the Top 20 UK music charts. Sam is a founding member of Music Declares Emergency and is closely involved with Extinction Rebellion. He has recently released his debut book ‘The Nightingale: Notes on a Songbird’, published by Century/Penguin Random House.

This performance forms part of Sam’s ‘Old Wow+‘ tour and for which he is releasing a special tour edition of the same title including the full original album together with six special bonus tracks.

Presented as part of FolkeFest 2022 - a blazing double headline gig from Mercury-Prize nominated folk musician Sam Lee and spellbinding Scottish singer-songwriter Rachel Sermanni. Sam and Rachel will be performing with London Contemporary Voices choir and acclaimed violinist and composer Anna Phoebe and celebrated folk singer Martha Tilston complete the line-up, whilst folk recorder pioneer Finn Collinson will delight in The Clearing before auditorium doors open.

Nieuwe reeks concerten in de kerken van het Merodegebied

Stilaan een klassieker voor de meerwaardezoeker: de kerkconcerten van Merodefestival, dit jaar de vijfde editie.

Verras jezelf en ontdek de wereld met Ierse Sean Nos-zang, Engelse folk, Waalse gitaarvirtuozen, een Zweeds-Deens-Finse samenwerking, innovatieve klanken uit Bretagne, Schotland of Italië, naast muzikanten van bij ons, vaak in originele combinaties.

En dat alles in unieke locaties, namelijk de bijzondere kerken van het Merodegebied.

Zo zijn er concerten in de kerken van Langdorp, Wolfsdonk, Zichem, Herselt, Testelt en Engsbergen.

Join Sam on the 19th June at 3.45pm in Glasgow’s gorgeous Kelvingrove Park for the first Dandelion Festival – a three-day spectacular of live music, performances, talks, workshops and food that’s open to everyone and completely free.

Sam will be performing as part of the BBC’s Go Green initiative. Radio 2 will present a musical celebration of ‘Our World’ in this unique event at Great Yarmouth’s Hippodrome Circus, with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Orchestras Live. Taking place on June 24th 7:00pm.

Join Sam @ Croissant Neuf on the 25th of June at 3pm

Two of the UK's most genre-defying musicians unite for this co-headline show for our Woolwich Words & Sounds season. Join us to experience two unique takes on time-honoured musical traditions from around the globe.

Cambridge Folk Festival is one of the longest running folk festivals in the world. Held each year since 1965 it attracts around fourteen thousand people, many of whom return year after year.

The Festival is renowned for its unique atmosphere and its eclectic mix of music, the best traditional folk artists from the UK and Ireland rub shoulders with cutting edge contemporary acts, the finest American country, blues and roots artists, acclaimed singer songwriters, famous names and world music stars.

WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance) is an international arts festival. The central aim of WOMAD is to celebrate the world's many forms of music, arts and dance.

Medicine is a registered Community Interest Company (C.I.C). All profits will go to help empower indigenous peoples to preserve and protect their land, traditions, and wisdom.
Our vision is a world where nature is cherished, peace is revered and difference is celebrated; where humankind has reclaimed the gifts of gratitude, reciprocity, and guardianship for all life.
Medicine is about interweaving communities and bridging cultures – wisdom keepers, indigenous communities visionaries, artists, and solutionaries of all traditions to inspire and ignite a deeper understanding of how we can tread lightly, and live harmoniously as we support each other in the creation of the world we want to see – an equitable and thriving world.

The Festival celebrates and explores great collaborative music, within the context of a magnificent National Park.

Passionate about breaking down barriers and making music accessible to everyone, we have developed a strong reputation for bringing communities and artists together, promoting culture through the medium of friendship. It has consistently refused to compromise despite the constraints of the pandemic, being one of the few festivals to go ahead to full live audiences in both 2020 and 2021.

Each year a new theme takes the listener on a musical quest during a fortnight in August when the glorious heather is in full bloom and the moors are at their most majestic. Artists are ensconced within the National Park, rehearsing as part of a truly holistic experience - whilst audiences are able to enjoy picnics within the grounds of Welburn Manor, around the concerts, as well as exploring the region via the churches.

Sam Lee is one of the most prominent figures on the contemporary British folk scene. A singer, folk song collector, activist, promoter and mover and shaker of the folk revival movement, he is breathing new life into old folk songs with his novel arrangements. His first album Ground Of Its Own was nominated for the Mercury Prize and he won the main BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for the track Lovely Molly from his second album. In 2016 he was named Artist of the Year in the Songlines Magazine Awards and in the same year he wrote and sang the theme song for Guy Ritchie’s Hollywood film King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.

His latest album Old Wow was produced by Bernard Butler (Suede) with special guests Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack), Cosmo Sheldrake & Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh (The Gloaming). He hosts an annual nightly Singing with the Nightingales, and has published a book about nightingales, The Nightingale. Sam is a founder and member of Music Declares Emergency and works closely with Extinction Rebellion.

Part of Sam Lee's Europe Tour
Sam Lee plays a unique role in the British music scene, as in addition to being a recognized and original folk singer, he is also active as a folk song collector, conservationist and founder-director of The Nest Collective folk club. Starting from the English folk tradition and the songs of the wandering gypsies, it preserves and renews the mentioned song traditions, but at the same time, like the House of Music, it also places great emphasis on music pedagogy. The Mercury Prize-nominated singer-musician is coming to Budapest this time with material from his latest release, 2021's Old Wow+ .

Grammy and Peabody Award-winning singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega announces an extensive UK tour for February and March 2023, including a Royal Festival Hall show in London taking place on Thursday 2 March 2023

Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since the release of her self-titled, critically acclaimed 1985 debut album, she has given sold-out concerts in many of the world’s best-known venues. Known for performances that convey deep emotion, Vega’s distinctive, “clear, unwavering voice” (Rolling Stone) has been described as “a cool, dry sandpaper-brushed near-whisper” by The Washington Post, with NPR Music noting that she “has been making vital, inventive music” throughout the course of her decades-long career.

Bearing the stamp of a masterful storyteller who “observes the world with a clinically poetic eye” (The New York Times), Vega’s songs have tended to focus on city life, ordinary people and real-world subjects. Notably succinct and understated, her work is immediately recognizable—as utterly distinct and thoughtful as it was when her voice was first heard on the radio over 30 years ago.

Opening for Suzanne Vega is Sam Lee. Since he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with his first album, Sam Lee has taken a world of old songs and given them a sharp new focus. He's received rave reviews for his first book The Nightingale, published by Penguin. On tour with Suzanne Vega, Sam Lee will be featuring songs from his forthcoming album produced by Bernard Butler.

Grammy and Peabody Award-winning singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega announces an extensive UK tour for February and March 2023, including a Royal Festival Hall show in London taking place on Thursday 2 March 2023

Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since the release of her self-titled, critically acclaimed 1985 debut album, she has given sold-out concerts in many of the world’s best-known venues. Known for performances that convey deep emotion, Vega’s distinctive, “clear, unwavering voice” (Rolling Stone) has been described as “a cool, dry sandpaper-brushed near-whisper” by The Washington Post, with NPR Music noting that she “has been making vital, inventive music” throughout the course of her decades-long career.

Bearing the stamp of a masterful storyteller who “observes the world with a clinically poetic eye” (The New York Times), Vega’s songs have tended to focus on city life, ordinary people and real-world subjects. Notably succinct and understated, her work is immediately recognizable—as utterly distinct and thoughtful as it was when her voice was first heard on the radio over 30 years ago.

Opening for Suzanne Vega is Sam Lee. Since he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with his first album, Sam Lee has taken a world of old songs and given them a sharp new focus. He's received rave reviews for his first book The Nightingale, published by Penguin. On tour with Suzanne Vega, Sam Lee will be featuring songs from his forthcoming album produced by Bernard Butler.

Grammy and Peabody Award-winning singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega announces an extensive UK tour for February and March 2023, including a Royal Festival Hall show in London taking place on Thursday 2 March 2023

Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since the release of her self-titled, critically acclaimed 1985 debut album, she has given sold-out concerts in many of the world’s best-known venues. Known for performances that convey deep emotion, Vega’s distinctive, “clear, unwavering voice” (Rolling Stone) has been described as “a cool, dry sandpaper-brushed near-whisper” by The Washington Post, with NPR Music noting that she “has been making vital, inventive music” throughout the course of her decades-long career.

Bearing the stamp of a masterful storyteller who “observes the world with a clinically poetic eye” (The New York Times), Vega’s songs have tended to focus on city life, ordinary people and real-world subjects. Notably succinct and understated, her work is immediately recognizable—as utterly distinct and thoughtful as it was when her voice was first heard on the radio over 30 years ago.

Opening for Suzanne Vega is Sam Lee. Since he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with his first album, Sam Lee has taken a world of old songs and given them a sharp new focus. He's received rave reviews for his first book The Nightingale, published by Penguin. On tour with Suzanne Vega, Sam Lee will be featuring songs from his forthcoming album produced by Bernard Butler.

Grammy and Peabody Award-winning singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega announces an extensive UK tour for February and March 2023, including a Royal Festival Hall show in London taking place on Thursday 2 March 2023

Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since the release of her self-titled, critically acclaimed 1985 debut album, she has given sold-out concerts in many of the world’s best-known venues. Known for performances that convey deep emotion, Vega’s distinctive, “clear, unwavering voice” (Rolling Stone) has been described as “a cool, dry sandpaper-brushed near-whisper” by The Washington Post, with NPR Music noting that she “has been making vital, inventive music” throughout the course of her decades-long career.

Bearing the stamp of a masterful storyteller who “observes the world with a clinically poetic eye” (The New York Times), Vega’s songs have tended to focus on city life, ordinary people and real-world subjects. Notably succinct and understated, her work is immediately recognizable—as utterly distinct and thoughtful as it was when her voice was first heard on the radio over 30 years ago.

Opening for Suzanne Vega is Sam Lee. Since he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with his first album, Sam Lee has taken a world of old songs and given them a sharp new focus. He's received rave reviews for his first book The Nightingale, published by Penguin. On tour with Suzanne Vega, Sam Lee will be featuring songs from his forthcoming album produced by Bernard Butler.

Grammy and Peabody Award-winning singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega announces an extensive UK tour for February and March 2023, including a Royal Festival Hall show in London taking place on Thursday 2 March 2023

Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since the release of her self-titled, critically acclaimed 1985 debut album, she has given sold-out concerts in many of the world’s best-known venues. Known for performances that convey deep emotion, Vega’s distinctive, “clear, unwavering voice” (Rolling Stone) has been described as “a cool, dry sandpaper-brushed near-whisper” by The Washington Post, with NPR Music noting that she “has been making vital, inventive music” throughout the course of her decades-long career.

Bearing the stamp of a masterful storyteller who “observes the world with a clinically poetic eye” (The New York Times), Vega’s songs have tended to focus on city life, ordinary people and real-world subjects. Notably succinct and understated, her work is immediately recognizable—as utterly distinct and thoughtful as it was when her voice was first heard on the radio over 30 years ago.

Opening for Suzanne Vega is Sam Lee. Since he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with his first album, Sam Lee has taken a world of old songs and given them a sharp new focus. He's received rave reviews for his first book The Nightingale, published by Penguin. On tour with Suzanne Vega, Sam Lee will be featuring songs from his forthcoming album produced by Bernard Butler.

Grammy and Peabody Award-winning singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega announces an extensive UK tour for February and March 2023, including a Royal Festival Hall show in London taking place on Thursday 2 March 2023

Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since the release of her self-titled, critically acclaimed 1985 debut album, she has given sold-out concerts in many of the world’s best-known venues. Known for performances that convey deep emotion, Vega’s distinctive, “clear, unwavering voice” (Rolling Stone) has been described as “a cool, dry sandpaper-brushed near-whisper” by The Washington Post, with NPR Music noting that she “has been making vital, inventive music” throughout the course of her decades-long career.

Bearing the stamp of a masterful storyteller who “observes the world with a clinically poetic eye” (The New York Times), Vega’s songs have tended to focus on city life, ordinary people and real-world subjects. Notably succinct and understated, her work is immediately recognizable—as utterly distinct and thoughtful as it was when her voice was first heard on the radio over 30 years ago.

Opening for Suzanne Vega is Sam Lee. Since he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with his first album, Sam Lee has taken a world of old songs and given them a sharp new focus. He's received rave reviews for his first book The Nightingale, published by Penguin. On tour with Suzanne Vega, Sam Lee will be featuring songs from his forthcoming album produced by Bernard Butler.

Grammy and Peabody Award-winning singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega announces an extensive UK tour for February and March 2023, including a Royal Festival Hall show in London taking place on Thursday 2 March 2023

Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since the release of her self-titled, critically acclaimed 1985 debut album, she has given sold-out concerts in many of the world’s best-known venues. Known for performances that convey deep emotion, Vega’s distinctive, “clear, unwavering voice” (Rolling Stone) has been described as “a cool, dry sandpaper-brushed near-whisper” by The Washington Post, with NPR Music noting that she “has been making vital, inventive music” throughout the course of her decades-long career.

Bearing the stamp of a masterful storyteller who “observes the world with a clinically poetic eye” (The New York Times), Vega’s songs have tended to focus on city life, ordinary people and real-world subjects. Notably succinct and understated, her work is immediately recognizable—as utterly distinct and thoughtful as it was when her voice was first heard on the radio over 30 years ago.

Opening for Suzanne Vega is Sam Lee. Since he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with his first album, Sam Lee has taken a world of old songs and given them a sharp new focus. He's received rave reviews for his first book The Nightingale, published by Penguin. On tour with Suzanne Vega, Sam Lee will be featuring songs from his forthcoming album produced by Bernard Butler.

Grammy and Peabody Award-winning singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega announces an extensive UK tour for February and March 2023, including a Royal Festival Hall show in London taking place on Thursday 2 March 2023

Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since the release of her self-titled, critically acclaimed 1985 debut album, she has given sold-out concerts in many of the world’s best-known venues. Known for performances that convey deep emotion, Vega’s distinctive, “clear, unwavering voice” (Rolling Stone) has been described as “a cool, dry sandpaper-brushed near-whisper” by The Washington Post, with NPR Music noting that she “has been making vital, inventive music” throughout the course of her decades-long career.

Bearing the stamp of a masterful storyteller who “observes the world with a clinically poetic eye” (The New York Times), Vega’s songs have tended to focus on city life, ordinary people and real-world subjects. Notably succinct and understated, her work is immediately recognizable—as utterly distinct and thoughtful as it was when her voice was first heard on the radio over 30 years ago.

Opening for Suzanne Vega is Sam Lee. Since he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with his first album, Sam Lee has taken a world of old songs and given them a sharp new focus. He's received rave reviews for his first book The Nightingale, published by Penguin. On tour with Suzanne Vega, Sam Lee will be featuring songs from his forthcoming album produced by Bernard Butler.

Grammy and Peabody Award-winning singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega announces an extensive UK tour for February and March 2023, including a Royal Festival Hall show in London taking place on Thursday 2 March 2023

Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since the release of her self-titled, critically acclaimed 1985 debut album, she has given sold-out concerts in many of the world’s best-known venues. Known for performances that convey deep emotion, Vega’s distinctive, “clear, unwavering voice” (Rolling Stone) has been described as “a cool, dry sandpaper-brushed near-whisper” by The Washington Post, with NPR Music noting that she “has been making vital, inventive music” throughout the course of her decades-long career.

Bearing the stamp of a masterful storyteller who “observes the world with a clinically poetic eye” (The New York Times), Vega’s songs have tended to focus on city life, ordinary people and real-world subjects. Notably succinct and understated, her work is immediately recognizable—as utterly distinct and thoughtful as it was when her voice was first heard on the radio over 30 years ago.

Opening for Suzanne Vega is Sam Lee. Since he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with his first album, Sam Lee has taken a world of old songs and given them a sharp new focus. He's received rave reviews for his first book The Nightingale, published by Penguin. On tour with Suzanne Vega, Sam Lee will be featuring songs from his forthcoming album produced by Bernard Butler.

Grammy and Peabody Award-winning singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega announces an extensive UK tour for February and March 2023, including a Royal Festival Hall show in London taking place on Thursday 2 March 2023

Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since the release of her self-titled, critically acclaimed 1985 debut album, she has given sold-out concerts in many of the world’s best-known venues. Known for performances that convey deep emotion, Vega’s distinctive, “clear, unwavering voice” (Rolling Stone) has been described as “a cool, dry sandpaper-brushed near-whisper” by The Washington Post, with NPR Music noting that she “has been making vital, inventive music” throughout the course of her decades-long career.

Bearing the stamp of a masterful storyteller who “observes the world with a clinically poetic eye” (The New York Times), Vega’s songs have tended to focus on city life, ordinary people and real-world subjects. Notably succinct and understated, her work is immediately recognizable—as utterly distinct and thoughtful as it was when her voice was first heard on the radio over 30 years ago.

Opening for Suzanne Vega is Sam Lee. Since he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with his first album, Sam Lee has taken a world of old songs and given them a sharp new focus. He's received rave reviews for his first book The Nightingale, published by Penguin. On tour with Suzanne Vega, Sam Lee will be featuring songs from his forthcoming album produced by Bernard Butler.

Grammy and Peabody Award-winning singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega announces an extensive UK tour for February and March 2023, including a Royal Festival Hall show in London taking place on Thursday 2 March 2023

Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since the release of her self-titled, critically acclaimed 1985 debut album, she has given sold-out concerts in many of the world’s best-known venues. Known for performances that convey deep emotion, Vega’s distinctive, “clear, unwavering voice” (Rolling Stone) has been described as “a cool, dry sandpaper-brushed near-whisper” by The Washington Post, with NPR Music noting that she “has been making vital, inventive music” throughout the course of her decades-long career.

Bearing the stamp of a masterful storyteller who “observes the world with a clinically poetic eye” (The New York Times), Vega’s songs have tended to focus on city life, ordinary people and real-world subjects. Notably succinct and understated, her work is immediately recognizable—as utterly distinct and thoughtful as it was when her voice was first heard on the radio over 30 years ago.

Opening for Suzanne Vega is Sam Lee. Since he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with his first album, Sam Lee has taken a world of old songs and given them a sharp new focus. He's received rave reviews for his first book The Nightingale, published by Penguin. On tour with Suzanne Vega, Sam Lee will be featuring songs from his forthcoming album produced by Bernard Butler.

Grammy and Peabody Award-winning singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega announces an extensive UK tour for February and March 2023, including a Royal Festival Hall show in London taking place on Thursday 2 March 2023

Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since the release of her self-titled, critically acclaimed 1985 debut album, she has given sold-out concerts in many of the world’s best-known venues. Known for performances that convey deep emotion, Vega’s distinctive, “clear, unwavering voice” (Rolling Stone) has been described as “a cool, dry sandpaper-brushed near-whisper” by The Washington Post, with NPR Music noting that she “has been making vital, inventive music” throughout the course of her decades-long career.

Bearing the stamp of a masterful storyteller who “observes the world with a clinically poetic eye” (The New York Times), Vega’s songs have tended to focus on city life, ordinary people and real-world subjects. Notably succinct and understated, her work is immediately recognizable—as utterly distinct and thoughtful as it was when her voice was first heard on the radio over 30 years ago.

Opening for Suzanne Vega is Sam Lee. Since he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with his first album, Sam Lee has taken a world of old songs and given them a sharp new focus. He's received rave reviews for his first book The Nightingale, published by Penguin. On tour with Suzanne Vega, Sam Lee will be featuring songs from his forthcoming album produced by Bernard Butler.

Grammy and Peabody Award-winning singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega announces an extensive UK tour for February and March 2023, including a Royal Festival Hall show in London taking place on Thursday 2 March 2023

Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since the release of her self-titled, critically acclaimed 1985 debut album, she has given sold-out concerts in many of the world’s best-known venues. Known for performances that convey deep emotion, Vega’s distinctive, “clear, unwavering voice” (Rolling Stone) has been described as “a cool, dry sandpaper-brushed near-whisper” by The Washington Post, with NPR Music noting that she “has been making vital, inventive music” throughout the course of her decades-long career.

Bearing the stamp of a masterful storyteller who “observes the world with a clinically poetic eye” (The New York Times), Vega’s songs have tended to focus on city life, ordinary people and real-world subjects. Notably succinct and understated, her work is immediately recognizable—as utterly distinct and thoughtful as it was when her voice was first heard on the radio over 30 years ago.

Opening for Suzanne Vega is Sam Lee. Since he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with his first album, Sam Lee has taken a world of old songs and given them a sharp new focus. He's received rave reviews for his first book The Nightingale, published by Penguin. On tour with Suzanne Vega, Sam Lee will be featuring songs from his forthcoming album produced by Bernard Butler.

Grammy and Peabody Award-winning singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega announces an extensive UK tour for February and March 2023, including a Royal Festival Hall show in London taking place on Thursday 2 March 2023

Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. Since the release of her self-titled, critically acclaimed 1985 debut album, she has given sold-out concerts in many of the world’s best-known venues. Known for performances that convey deep emotion, Vega’s distinctive, “clear, unwavering voice” (Rolling Stone) has been described as “a cool, dry sandpaper-brushed near-whisper” by The Washington Post, with NPR Music noting that she “has been making vital, inventive music” throughout the course of her decades-long career.

Bearing the stamp of a masterful storyteller who “observes the world with a clinically poetic eye” (The New York Times), Vega’s songs have tended to focus on city life, ordinary people and real-world subjects. Notably succinct and understated, her work is immediately recognizable—as utterly distinct and thoughtful as it was when her voice was first heard on the radio over 30 years ago.

Opening for Suzanne Vega is Sam Lee. Since he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with his first album, Sam Lee has taken a world of old songs and given them a sharp new focus. He's received rave reviews for his first book The Nightingale, published by Penguin. On tour with Suzanne Vega, Sam Lee will be featuring songs from his forthcoming album produced by Bernard Butler.

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Join Sam Lee & band at the Wilderness Festival.

Since its inception in 1986, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival (SHMF) has been among the most spectacular international cultural events in the world. Instead of renowned concerts taking place in the usual concert halls and opera houses, they are set in beautiful castles and manors, in barns and stalls, in the most spectacular churches of Schleswig-Holstein and even in unusual locations such as shipyards and industrial halls.

Since its inception in 1986, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival (SHMF) has been among the most spectacular international cultural events in the world. Instead of renowned concerts taking place in the usual concert halls and opera houses, they are set in beautiful castles and manors, in barns and stalls, in the most spectacular churches of Schleswig-Holstein and even in unusual locations such as shipyards and industrial halls.

How many traditional English folk singers do you know who come from North London, studied at Chelsea School of Art, worked as a forager and wilderness expert while moonlighting as a burlesque dancer – until a chance encounter led to the door of the great Scottish Traveller singer Stanley Robertson, and an extraordinary four-year apprenticeship into the arcane, living world of traditional song that few outside the Traveller and Gypsy communities have ever experienced?

new solo piano album in 20 years, Underwater, a collection of 12 newly-composed solo piano tracks. Einaudi announces a run of UK arena dates in October. All shows will be performed with his live band.

Einaudi says of the shows: ‘While I enjoy the period of contemplation, learning, inspiration and hard work that goes into the composing and recording process, it is in the live arena in communion with the audience that my work really comes alive.’

The release of Underwater followed some astounding achievements for Einaudi with the release of soundtracks to Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe-winning films Nomadland and The Father (which include tracks from his chart-topping 2019 release ‘Seven Days Walking’), and the compilation album ‘Cinema’, featuring his composition achievements in film and TV.

Einaudi has quietly become one of the most successful musicians in the world. His hauntingly beautiful and evocative music tops the classical charts worldwide, particularly here in the UK and in his home country Italy. He has performed to huge crowds at the world’s most prestigious venues; in 2022 alone he sold out three nights at Eventim Apollo followed by three nights at the Royal Albert Hall.

Opening for Ludovico Einaudi is Sam Lee. Since he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with his first album, Sam Lee has taken a world of old songs and given them a sharp new focus. He’s an acclaimed, award-winning inventive singer, folksong collector, conservationist and founder/director of The Nest Collective who’ve helped shake up the music scene and injected life back into the folk trad and world acoustic scenes. He's received rave reviews for his first book The Nightingale, published by Penguin.

The most-streamed classical artist of all time, Ludovico Einaudi returned last year with his first new solo piano album in 20 years, Underwater, a collection of 12 newly-composed solo piano tracks. Einaudi announces a run of UK arena dates in October. All shows will be performed with his live band.

Einaudi says of the shows: ‘While I enjoy the period of contemplation, learning, inspiration and hard work that goes into the composing and recording process, it is in the live arena in communion with the audience that my work really comes alive.’

The release of Underwater followed some astounding achievements for Einaudi with the release of soundtracks to Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe-winning films Nomadland and The Father (which include tracks from his chart-topping 2019 release ‘Seven Days Walking’), and the compilation album ‘Cinema’, featuring his composition achievements in film and TV.

Einaudi has quietly become one of the most successful musicians in the world. His hauntingly beautiful and evocative music tops the classical charts worldwide, particularly here in the UK and in his home country Italy. He has performed to huge crowds at the world’s most prestigious venues; in 2022 alone he sold out three nights at Eventim Apollo followed by three nights at the Royal Albert Hall.

Opening for Ludovico Einaudi is Sam Lee. Since he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with his first album, Sam Lee has taken a world of old songs and given them a sharp new focus. He’s an acclaimed, award-winning inventive singer, folksong collector, conservationist and founder/director of The Nest Collective who’ve helped shake up the music scene and injected life back into the folk trad and world acoustic scenes. He's received rave reviews for his first book The Nightingale, published by Penguin.

The most-streamed classical artist of all time, Ludovico Einaudi returned last year with his first new solo piano album in 20 years, Underwater, a collection of 12 newly-composed solo piano tracks. Einaudi announces a run of UK arena dates in October. All shows will be performed with his live band.

Einaudi says of the shows: ‘While I enjoy the period of contemplation, learning, inspiration and hard work that goes into the composing and recording process, it is in the live arena in communion with the audience that my work really comes alive.’

The release of Underwater followed some astounding achievements for Einaudi with the release of soundtracks to Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe-winning films Nomadland and The Father (which include tracks from his chart-topping 2019 release ‘Seven Days Walking’), and the compilation album ‘Cinema’, featuring his composition achievements in film and TV.

Einaudi has quietly become one of the most successful musicians in the world. His hauntingly beautiful and evocative music tops the classical charts worldwide, particularly here in the UK and in his home country Italy. He has performed to huge crowds at the world’s most prestigious venues; in 2022 alone he sold out three nights at Eventim Apollo followed by three nights at the Royal Albert Hall.

Opening for Ludovico Einaudi is Sam Lee. Since he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with his first album, Sam Lee has taken a world of old songs and given them a sharp new focus. He’s an acclaimed, award-winning inventive singer, folksong collector, conservationist and founder/director of The Nest Collective who’ve helped shake up the music scene and injected life back into the folk trad and world acoustic scenes. He's received rave reviews for his first book The Nightingale, published by Penguin.

The most-streamed classical artist of all time, Ludovico Einaudi returned last year with his first new solo piano album in 20 years, Underwater, a collection of 12 newly-composed solo piano tracks. Einaudi announces a run of UK arena dates in October. All shows will be performed with his live band.

Einaudi says of the shows: ‘While I enjoy the period of contemplation, learning, inspiration and hard work that goes into the composing and recording process, it is in the live arena in communion with the audience that my work really comes alive.’

The release of Underwater followed some astounding achievements for Einaudi with the release of soundtracks to Oscar, BAFTA, and Golden Globe-winning films Nomadland and The Father (which include tracks from his chart-topping 2019 release ‘Seven Days Walking’), and the compilation album ‘Cinema’, featuring his composition achievements in film and TV.

Einaudi has quietly become one of the most successful musicians in the world. His hauntingly beautiful and evocative music tops the classical charts worldwide, particularly here in the UK and in his home country Italy. He has performed to huge crowds at the world’s most prestigious venues; in 2022 alone he sold out three nights at Eventim Apollo followed by three nights at the Royal Albert Hall.

Opening for Ludovico Einaudi is Sam Lee. Since he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize with his first album, Sam Lee has taken a world of old songs and given them a sharp new focus. He’s an acclaimed, award-winning inventive singer, folksong collector, conservationist and founder/director of The Nest Collective who’ve helped shake up the music scene and injected life back into the folk trad and world acoustic scenes. He's received rave reviews for his first book The Nightingale, published by Penguin.

ALICE præsenterer det prisbelønnede folk-vidunder Sam Lee for første gang i landet. Hans bløde baryton spinder en tydelig tråd til forgængere som Bert Jansch og Nick Drake, og hans musikalske interesse for fuglestemmer forbinder arven med en højaktuel økokritisk tilgang. Live er Sam Lee kendt for at skabe magiske øjeblikke med kontrabas, violin og klaver. Oplev en engagerende musiker, som fornyer britisk folk og hæver stemmen i kampen for klimaretfærdighed.

Sam Lee er svær at komme udenom på nutidens britiske folkscene. En glimmer-regn af priser, udmærkelser og årslisteplaceringer er drysset ned musikeren, forfatteren og miljøaktivisten siden debuten i 2012: Hans første album “Ground of Its Own” blev nomineret til den prestigiøse Mercury Music Prize, og siden er tilslutningen kun tiltaget. Sam Lee er en nidkær indsamler af folkesange fra særligt romani-folket, men breder også folkemusikkens sociale engagement ud til at omfatte solidaritet med andre arter. Det har skaffet ham stor anerkendelse som miljøaktivistisk kunstner og samtidsrelevant bidragsyder til britisk musiktradition.

I 2019 røg en optagelse af fuglekvidder ind på den britiske singlehitliste. Sam Lee havde bygget et studie i en skov, hvor han indspillede musik akkompagneret af nattergale. Projektet "Singing With Nightingales" sætter fokus på, at en verdens mest berømte og elskede sangstemmer vil være totalt uddød inden for de næste 30 år, hvis den globale opvarmning fortsætter. Som han har sagt i et interview: “Whether I visit a nightingale or record an elder singing some ancient song, it’s the same thing … It just happens to be a different language of song.”

Skønheden og skrøbeligheden af den natur, der bor i os selv, er emnet for hans anmelderroste og fyldigt orkestrerede fjerde album “Old Wow”. Pladen er smukt produceret af Suede-guitaristen Bernard Butler, ligesom Cocteau Twins-vokalisten Elizabeth Frasier udlåner sin overjordiske vokal på nummeret “The Moon Shines Bright”. Sam Lee bringer sin musik til ALICE med et fyldigt live-setup, der inkluderer klaver, violin og kontrabas.

Sam Lee indtager en unik rolle på den britiske folk-musikscene!

Han er en anerkendt, prisvindende og opfindsom sanger, en dedikeret samler af folkesange, konservator og promotor af live-begivenheder som grundlægger/direktør for The Nest Collective, der bl.a. har hjulpet med at ryste musikscenen og indsprøjtet liv tilbage i folkemusiktraditionen.

Hans første udgivelse, ‘Ground Of Its Own’ fra 2012, blev nomineret til en Mercury Music Prize. Hans anden udgivelse der bl.a. indeholdt nummeret ‘Lovely Molly’ vandt en BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for bedste traditionelle nummer. Samtidig blev han kåret som årets kunstner ved Songlines Magazine Awards 2016, året hvor han også skrev og spillede hovedsangen ’The Devil & the Huntsman’ til Guy Ritchies Hollywood-film ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’. Nummeret har i dag rundet 18 mio. streams på spotify.

På sit seneste album ‘Old Wow’ inkluderer han for første gang elektrisk guitar, spillet af albummets producer Bernard Butler (Suede). Albummet byder også på særlige gæsteoptrædener fra Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins, Massive Attack) og Cosmo Sheldrake & Caoimhin O’Raghallaigh (The Gloaming).

Når han gæster Dexter for første gang den 11. november 2023 bliver det med hans prisbelønnede trio.

Mercury Prize nominated folk singer, conservationist, song collector, and activist Sam Lee returns to The Met.
March 2024 sees the release of Sam Lee’s fourth studio album, Songdreaming, the follow up to 2020’s Old Wow, an album variously described as “A dazzling fusion of nature and song” (The Observer) and a “sublime album that demands to be heard in the 21st century” (The Daily Telegraph) amidst a host of critical acclaim.

Songdreaming represents the latest stage in the development of Sam Lee’s music, from its roots in traditional folk song to a new way of imagining and performing these old songs, making them relevant for a modern audience.

The album sees Sam continue his work with producer Bernard Butler and long term collaborator, arranger and composer James Keay in creating an album rich in musicality and invention, building on the backbone of double bass, percussion and violin with a world of instrumentation including the Arabic Qanoon, Swedish Nyckelharpa and more. In doing so, Sam delivers an album that ranges from more immediately identifiable acoustic songs to drone soundscapes to the electric guitar and gospel choir propelled lead single, Meeting Is A Pleasant Place which features the recording debut of Trans Voices, a London based transgender choir.

With a lyrical focus on the perilous state of the natural world that has informed Sam’s work since his debut, Songdreaming represents the most expansive and fully realised Sam Lee album to date, capable of switching from the beautiful balladry of Sweet Girl McRee to the gospel tinges of Leaves Of Life and the whiteout noise close of album opener Bushes and Briars. It is a full expression of Sam Lee as an artist and of his relationship to his muse, the natural world. As he notes:

“I wanted to sing a vision of what a conversation between us and the land could be, to restore and inspire a practice of songful immersion in nature that brings with it healing, something we need now more than ever.”

March 2024 sees the release of Sam Lee’s fourth studio album, ‘Songdreaming’, the follow up to 2020’s ‘Old Wow’, an album variously described as ‘A dazzling fusion of nature and song’ (The Observer) and a ‘sublime album that demands to be heard in the 21st century’ (The Daily Telegraph) amidst a host of critical acclaim.

‘Songdreaming’ represents the latest stage in the development of Sam Lee’s music, from its roots in traditional folk song to a new way of imagining and performing these old songs, making them relevant for a modern audience.

March 2024 sees the release of Sam Lee’s fourth studio album, Songdreaming, the follow-up to 2020’s Old Wow, an album variously described as ‘A dazzling fusion of nature and song’ (The Observer) and a ‘sublime album that demands to be heard in the 21st century’ (The Daily Telegraph) amidst a host of critical acclaim.

Songdreaming represents the latest stage in the development of Sam Lee’s music, from its roots in traditional folk song to a new way of imagining and performing these old songs, making them relevant for a modern audience.

The album sees Sam continue his work with producer Bernard Butler and long-term collaborator, arranger and composer James Keay in creating an album rich in musicality and invention, building on the backbone of double bass, percussion and violin with a world of instrumentation including the Arabic Qanoon, Swedish Nyckelharpa and more. In doing so, Sam delivers an album that ranges from more immediately identifiable acoustic songs to drone soundscapes to the electric guitar and gospel choir-propelled lead single, Meeting Is A Pleasant Place which features the recording debut of Trans Voices, a London-based transgender choir.

With a lyrical focus on the perilous state of the natural world that has informed Sam’s work since his debut, Songdreaming represents the most expansive and fully realised Sam Lee album to date, capable of switching from the beautiful balladry of Sweet Girl McRee to the gospel tinges of Leaves Of Life and the whiteout noise close of album opener Bushes and Briars. It is a full expression of Sam Lee as an artist and of his relationship to his muse, the natural world. As he notes:

‘I wanted to sing a vision of what a conversation between us and the land could be, to restore and inspire a practice of songful immersion in nature that brings with it healing, something we need now more than ever’

March 2024 sees the release of Sam Lee’s fourth studio album, ‘Songdreaming’, the follow up to 2020’s ‘Old Wow’, an album variously described as ‘A dazzling fusion of nature and song’ (The Observer) and a ‘sublime album that demands to be heard in the 21st century’ (The Daily Telegraph) amidst a host of critical acclaim.

‘Songdreaming’ represents the latest stage in the development of Sam Lee’s music, from its roots in traditional folk song to a new way of imagining and performing these old songs, making them relevant for a modern audience.

The album sees Sam continue his work with producer Bernard Butler and long term collaborator, arranger and composer James Keay in creating an album rich in musicality and invention, building on the backbone of double bass, percussion and violin with a world of instrumentation including the Arabic Qanoon, Swedish Nyckelharpa and more. In doing so, Sam delivers an album that ranges from more immediately identifiable acoustic songs to drone soundscapes to the electric guitar and gospel choir propelled lead single, ‘Meeting Is A Pleasant Place’ which features the recording debut of Trans Voices, a London based transgender choir.

With a lyrical focus on the perilous state of the natural world that has informed Sam’s work since his debut, ‘Songdreaming’ represents the most expansive and fully realised Sam Lee album to date, capable of switching from the beautiful balladry of ‘Sweet Girl McRee’ to the gospel tinges of ‘Leaves Of Life’ and the whiteout noise close of album opener ‘Bushes and Briars’. It is a full expression of Sam Lee as an artist and of his relationship to his muse, the natural world. As he notes:

“I wanted to sing a vision of what a conversation between us and the land could be, to restore and inspire a practice of songful immersion in nature that brings with it healing, something we need now more than ever'

March 2024 sees the release of Sam Lee’s fourth studio album, ‘Songdreaming’, the follow up to 2020’s ‘Old Wow’, an album variously described as ‘A dazzling fusion of nature and song’ (The Observer) and a ‘sublime album that demands to be heard in the 21st century’ (The Daily Telegraph) amidst a host of critical acclaim.

‘Songdreaming’ represents the latest stage in the development of Sam Lee’s music, from its roots in traditional folk song to a new way of imagining and performing these old songs, making them relevant for a modern audience.

The album sees Sam continue his work with producer Bernard Butler and long term collaborator, arranger and composer James Keay in creating an album rich in musicality and invention, building on the backbone of double bass, percussion and violin with a world of instrumentation including the Arabic Qanoon, Swedish Nyckelharpa and more. In doing so, Sam delivers an album that ranges from more immediately identifiable acoustic songs to drone soundscapes to the electric guitar and gospel choir propelled lead single, ‘Meeting Is A Pleasant Place’ which features the recording debut of Trans Voices, a London based transgender choir.

With a lyrical focus on the perilous state of the natural world that has informed Sam’s work since his debut, ‘Songdreaming’ represents the most expansive and fully realised Sam Lee album to date, capable of switching from the beautiful balladry of ‘Sweet Girl McRee’ to the gospel tinges of ‘Leaves Of Life’ and the whiteout noise close of album opener ‘Bushes and Briars’. It is a full expression of Sam Lee as an artist and of his relationship to his muse, the natural world. As he notes:

'I wanted to sing a vision of what a conversation between us and the land could be, to restore and inspire a practice of songful immersion in nature that brings with it healing, something we need now more than ever'

March 2024 sees the release of Sam Lee’s fourth studio album, ‘Songdreaming’, the follow up to 2020’s ‘Old Wow’, an album variously described as ‘A dazzling fusion of nature and song’ (The Observer) and a ‘sublime album that demands to be heard in the 21st century’ (The Daily Telegraph) amidst a host of critical acclaim.

‘Songdreaming’ represents the latest stage in the development of Sam Lee’s music, from its roots in traditional folk song to a new way of imagining and performing these old songs, making them relevant for a modern audience.

The album sees Sam continue his work with producer Bernard Butler and long term collaborator, arranger and composer James Keay in creating an album rich in musicality and invention, building on the backbone of double bass, percussion and violin with a world of instrumentation including the Arabic Qanoon, Swedish Nyckelharpa and more. In doing so, Sam delivers an album that ranges from more immediately identifiable acoustic songs to drone soundscapes to the electric guitar and gospel choir propelled lead single, ‘Meeting Is A Pleasant Place’ which features the recording debut of Trans Voices, a London based transgender choir.

With a lyrical focus on the perilous state of the natural world that has informed Sam’s work since his debut, ‘Songdreaming’ represents the most expansive and fully realised Sam Lee album to date, capable of switching from the beautiful balladry of ‘Sweet Girl McRee’ to the gospel tinges of ‘Leaves Of Life’ and the whiteout noise close of album opener ‘Bushes and Briars’. It is a full expression of Sam Lee as an artist and of his relationship to his muse, the natural world. As he notes:

'I wanted to sing a vision of what a conversation between us and the land could be, to restore and inspire a practice of songful immersion in nature that brings with it healing, something we need now more than ever'

March 2024 sees the release of Sam Lee’s fourth studio album, ‘Songdreaming’, the follow up to 2020’s ‘Old Wow’, an album variously described as ‘A dazzling fusion of nature and song’ (The Observer) and a ‘sublime album that demands to be heard in the 21st century’ (The Daily Telegraph) amidst a host of critical acclaim.

‘Songdreaming’ represents the latest stage in the development of Sam Lee’s music, from its roots in traditional folk song to a new way of imagining and performing these old songs, making them relevant for a modern audience.

The album sees Sam continue his work with producer Bernard Butler and long term collaborator, arranger and composer James Keay in creating an album rich in musicality and invention, building on the backbone of double bass, percussion and violin with a world of instrumentation including the Arabic Qanoon, Swedish Nyckelharpa and more. In doing so, Sam delivers an album that ranges from more immediately identifiable acoustic songs to drone soundscapes to the electric guitar and gospel choir propelled lead single, ‘Meeting Is A Pleasant Place’ which features the recording debut of Trans Voices, a London based transgender choir.

With a lyrical focus on the perilous state of the natural world that has informed Sam’s work since his debut, ‘Songdreaming’ represents the most expansive and fully realised Sam Lee album to date, capable of switching from the beautiful balladry of ‘Sweet Girl McRee’ to the gospel tinges of ‘Leaves Of Life’ and the whiteout noise close of album opener ‘Bushes and Briars’. It is a full expression of Sam Lee as an artist and of his relationship to his muse, the natural world. As he notes:

'I wanted to sing a vision of what a conversation between us and the land could be, to restore and inspire a practice of songful immersion in nature that brings with it healing, something we need now more than ever'

March 2024 sees the release of Sam Lee’s fourth studio album, ‘Songdreaming’, the follow up to 2020’s ‘Old Wow’, an album variously described as ‘A dazzling fusion of nature and song’ (The Observer) and a ‘sublime album that demands to be heard in the 21st century’ (The Daily Telegraph) amidst a host of critical acclaim.

‘Songdreaming’ represents the latest stage in the development of Sam Lee’s music, from its roots in traditional folk song to a new way of imagining and performing these old songs, making them relevant for a modern audience.

March 2024 sees the release of Sam Lee’s fourth studio album, ‘Songdreaming’, the follow up to 2020’s ‘Old Wow’, an album variously described as ‘A dazzling fusion of nature and song’ (The Observer) and a ‘sublime album that demands to be heard in the 21st century’ (The Daily Telegraph) amidst a host of critical acclaim.

‘Songdreaming’ represents the latest stage in the development of Sam Lee’s music, from its roots in traditional folk song to a new way of imagining and performing these old songs, making them relevant for a modern audience.

The album sees Sam continue his work with producer Bernard Butler and long term collaborator, arranger and composer James Keay in creating an album rich in musicality and invention, building on the backbone of double bass, percussion and violin with a world of instrumentation including the Arabic Qanoon, Swedish Nyckelharpa and more. In doing so, Sam delivers an album that ranges from more immediately identifiable acoustic songs to drone soundscapes to the electric guitar and gospel choir propelled lead single, ‘Meeting Is A Pleasant Place’ which features the recording debut of Trans Voices, a London based transgender choir.

With a lyrical focus on the perilous state of the natural world that has informed Sam’s work since his debut, ‘Songdreaming’ represents the most expansive and fully realised Sam Lee album to date, capable of switching from the beautiful balladry of ‘Sweet Girl McRee’ to the gospel tinges of ‘Leaves Of Life’ and the whiteout noise close of album opener ‘Bushes and Briars’. It is a full expression of Sam Lee as an artist and of his relationship to his muse, the natural world. As he notes:

'I wanted to sing a vision of what a conversation between us and the land could be, to restore and inspire a practice of songful immersion in nature that brings with it healing, something we need now more than ever'

Ear Trumpet Music Presents: Sam Lee. Seated Show at The Lantern, Bristol Beacon, Trenchyard St, BS15AR- All Ages (Under 18s to be accompanied by a responsible adult)

March 2024 sees the release of Sam Lee’s fourth studio album, ‘Songdreaming’, the follow up to 2020’s ‘Old Wow’, an album variously described as ‘A dazzling fusion of nature and song’ (The Observer) and a ‘sublime album that demands to be heard in the 21st century’ (The Daily Telegraph) amidst a host of critical acclaim.

‘Songdreaming’ represents the latest stage in the development of Sam Lee’s music, from its roots in traditional folk song to a new way of imagining and performing these old songs, making them relevant for a modern audience.

The album sees Sam continue his work with producer Bernard Butler and long term collaborator, arranger and composer James Keay in creating an album rich in musicality and invention, building on the backbone of double bass, percussion and violin with a world of instrumentation including the Arabic Qanoon, Swedish Nyckelharpa and more. In doing so, Sam delivers an album that ranges from more immediately identifiable acoustic songs to drone soundscapes to the electric guitar and gospel choir propelled lead single, ‘Meeting Is A Pleasant Place’ which features the recording debut of Trans Voices, a London based transgender choir.

With a lyrical focus on the perilous state of the natural world that has informed Sam’s work since his debut, ‘Songdreaming’ represents the most expansive and fully realised Sam Lee album to date, capable of switching from the beautiful balladry of ‘Sweet Girl McRee’ to the gospel tinges of ‘Leaves Of Life’ and the whiteout noise close of album opener ‘Bushes and Briars’. It is a full expression of Sam Lee as an artist and of his relationship to his muse, the natural world. As he notes:

“I wanted to sing a vision of what a conversation between us and the land could be, to restore and inspire a practice of songful immersion in nature that brings with it healing, something we need now more than ever"

March 2024 sees the release of Sam Lee’s fourth studio album, ‘Songdreaming’, the follow up to 2020’s ‘Old Wow’, an album variously described as ‘A dazzling fusion of nature and song’ (The Observer) and a ‘sublime album that demands to be heard in the 21st century’ (The Daily Telegraph) amidst a host of critical acclaim.

‘Songdreaming’ represents the latest stage in the development of Sam Lee’s music, from its roots in traditional folk song to a new way of imagining and performing these old songs, making them relevant for a modern audience.

The album sees Sam continue his work with producer Bernard Butler and long term collaborator, arranger and composer James Keay in creating an album rich in musicality and invention, building on the backbone of double bass, percussion and violin with a world of instrumentation including the Arabic Qanoon, Swedish Nyckelharpa and more. In doing so, Sam delivers an album that ranges from more immediately identifiable acoustic songs to drone soundscapes to the electric guitar and gospel choir propelled lead single, ‘Meeting Is A Pleasant Place’ which features the recording debut of Trans Voices, a London based transgender choir.

With a lyrical focus on the perilous state of the natural world that has informed Sam’s work since his debut, ‘Songdreaming’ represents the most expansive and fully realised Sam Lee album to date, capable of switching from the beautiful balladry of ‘Sweet Girl McRee’ to the gospel tinges of ‘Leaves Of Life’ and the whiteout noise close of album opener ‘Bushes and Briars’. It is a full expression of Sam Lee as an artist and of his relationship to his muse, the natural world. As he notes:

'I wanted to sing a vision of what a conversation between us and the land could be, to restore and inspire a practice of songful immersion in nature that brings with it healing, something we need now more than ever'

March 2024 sees the release of Sam Lee’s fourth studio album, ‘Songdreaming’, the follow up to 2020’s ‘Old Wow’, an album variously described as ‘A dazzling fusion of nature and song’ (The Observer) and a ‘sublime album that demands to be heard in the 21st century’ (The Daily Telegraph) amidst a host of critical acclaim.

‘Songdreaming’ represents the latest stage in the development of Sam Lee’s music, from its roots in traditional folk song to a new way of imagining and performing these old songs, making them relevant for a modern audience.

The album sees Sam continue his work with producer Bernard Butler and long term collaborator, arranger and composer James Keay in creating an album rich in musicality and invention, building on the backbone of double bass, percussion and violin with a world of instrumentation including the Arabic Qanoon, Swedish Nyckelharpa and more. In doing so, Sam delivers an album that ranges from more immediately identifiable acoustic songs to drone soundscapes to the electric guitar and gospel choir propelled lead single, ‘Meeting Is A Pleasant Place’ which features the recording debut of Trans Voices, a London based transgender choir.

With a lyrical focus on the perilous state of the natural world that has informed Sam’s work since his debut, ‘Songdreaming’ represents the most expansive and fully realised Sam Lee album to date, capable of switching from the beautiful balladry of ‘Sweet Girl McRee’ to the gospel tinges of ‘Leaves Of Life’ and the whiteout noise close of album opener ‘Bushes and Briars’. It is a full expression of Sam Lee as an artist and of his relationship to his muse, the natural world. As he notes:

'I wanted to sing a vision of what a conversation between us and the land could be, to restore and inspire a practice of songful immersion in nature that brings with it healing, something we need now more than ever'

March 2024 sees the release of Sam Lee’s fourth studio album, ‘Songdreaming’, the follow up to 2020’s ‘Old Wow’, an album variously described as ‘A dazzling fusion of nature and song’ (The Observer) and a ‘sublime album that demands to be heard in the 21st century’ (The Daily Telegraph) amidst a host of critical acclaim.

‘Songdreaming’ represents the latest stage in the development of Sam Lee’s music, from its roots in traditional folk song to a new way of imagining and performing these old songs, making them relevant for a modern audience.

The album sees Sam continue his work with producer Bernard Butler and long term collaborator, arranger and composer James Keay in creating an album rich in musicality and invention, building on the backbone of double bass, percussion and violin with a world of instrumentation including the Arabic Qanoon, Swedish Nyckelharpa and more. In doing so, Sam delivers an album that ranges from more immediately identifiable acoustic songs to drone soundscapes to the electric guitar and gospel choir propelled lead single, ‘Meeting Is A Pleasant Place’ which features the recording debut of Trans Voices, a London based transgender choir.

With a lyrical focus on the perilous state of the natural world that has informed Sam’s work since his debut, ‘Songdreaming’ represents the most expansive and fully realised Sam Lee album to date, capable of switching from the beautiful balladry of ‘Sweet Girl McRee’ to the gospel tinges of ‘Leaves Of Life’ and the whiteout noise close of album opener ‘Bushes and Briars’. It is a full expression of Sam Lee as an artist and of his relationship to his muse, the natural world. As he notes:

'I wanted to sing a vision of what a conversation between us and the land could be, to restore and inspire a practice of songful immersion in nature that brings with it healing, something we need now more than ever'

March 2024 sees the release of Sam Lee’s fourth studio album, ‘Songdreaming’, the follow up to 2020’s ‘Old Wow’, an album variously described as ‘A dazzling fusion of nature and song’ (The Observer) and a ‘sublime album that demands to be heard in the 21st century’ (The Daily Telegraph) amidst a host of critical acclaim.

‘Songdreaming’ represents the latest stage in the development of Sam Lee’s music, from its roots in traditional folk song to a new way of imagining and performing these old songs, making them relevant for a modern audience.

The album sees Sam continue his work with producer Bernard Butler and long term collaborator, arranger and composer James Keay in creating an album rich in musicality and invention, building on the backbone of double bass, percussion and violin with a world of instrumentation including the Arabic Qanoon, Swedish Nyckelharpa and more. In doing so, Sam delivers an album that ranges from more immediately identifiable acoustic songs to drone soundscapes to the electric guitar and gospel choir propelled lead single, ‘Meeting Is A Pleasant Place’ which features the recording debut of Trans Voices, a London based transgender choir.

With a lyrical focus on the perilous state of the natural world that has informed Sam’s work since his debut, ‘Songdreaming’ represents the most expansive and fully realised Sam Lee album to date, capable of switching from the beautiful balladry of ‘Sweet Girl McRee’ to the gospel tinges of ‘Leaves Of Life’ and the whiteout noise close of album opener ‘Bushes and Briars’. It is a full expression of Sam Lee as an artist and of his relationship to his muse, the natural world. As he notes:

'I wanted to sing a vision of what a conversation between us and the land could be, to restore and inspire a practice of songful immersion in nature that brings with it healing, something we need now more than ever'

March 2024 sees the release of Sam Lee’s fourth studio album, ‘Songdreaming’, the follow up to 2020’s ‘Old Wow’, an album variously described as ‘A dazzling fusion of nature and song’ (The Observer) and a ‘sublime album that demands to be heard in the 21st century’ (The Daily Telegraph) amidst a host of critical acclaim.

‘Songdreaming’ represents the latest stage in the development of Sam Lee’s music, from its roots in traditional folk song to a new way of imagining and performing these old songs, making them relevant for a modern audience.

The album sees Sam continue his work with producer Bernard Butler and long term collaborator, arranger and composer James Keay in creating an album rich in musicality and invention, building on the backbone of double bass, percussion and violin with a world of instrumentation including the Arabic Qanoon, Swedish Nyckelharpa and more. In doing so, Sam delivers an album that ranges from more immediately identifiable acoustic songs to drone soundscapes to the electric guitar and gospel choir propelled lead single, ‘Meeting Is A Pleasant Place’ which features the recording debut of Trans Voices, a London based transgender choir.

With a lyrical focus on the perilous state of the natural world that has informed Sam’s work since his debut, ‘Songdreaming’ represents the most expansive and fully realised Sam Lee album to date, capable of switching from the beautiful balladry of ‘Sweet Girl McRee’ to the gospel tinges of ‘Leaves Of Life’ and the whiteout noise close of album opener ‘Bushes and Briars’. It is a full expression of Sam Lee as an artist and of his relationship to his muse, the natural world. As he notes:

'I wanted to sing a vision of what a conversation between us and the land could be, to restore and inspire a practice of songful immersion in nature that brings with it healing, something we need now more than ever'

March 2024 sees the release of Sam Lee’s fourth studio album, ‘Songdreaming’, the follow up to 2020’s ‘Old Wow’, an album variously described as ‘A dazzling fusion of nature and song’ (The Observer) and a ‘sublime album that demands to be heard in the 21st century’ (The Daily Telegraph) amidst a host of critical acclaim.

‘Songdreaming’ represents the latest stage in the development of Sam Lee’s music, from its roots in traditional folk song to a new way of imagining and performing these old songs, making them relevant for a modern audience.

The album sees Sam continue his work with producer Bernard Butler and long term collaborator, arranger and composer James Keay in creating an album rich in musicality and invention, building on the backbone of double bass, percussion and violin with a world of instrumentation including the Arabic Qanoon, Swedish Nyckelharpa and more. In doing so, Sam delivers an album that ranges from more immediately identifiable acoustic songs to drone soundscapes to the electric guitar and gospel choir propelled lead single, ‘Meeting Is A Pleasant Place’ which features the recording debut of Trans Voices, a London based transgender choir.

With a lyrical focus on the perilous state of the natural world that has informed Sam’s work since his debut, ‘Songdreaming’ represents the most expansive and fully realised Sam Lee album to date, capable of switching from the beautiful balladry of ‘Sweet Girl McRee’ to the gospel tinges of ‘Leaves Of Life’ and the whiteout noise close of album opener ‘Bushes and Briars’. It is a full expression of Sam Lee as an artist and of his relationship to his muse, the natural world. As he notes:

'I wanted to sing a vision of what a conversation between us and the land could be, to restore and inspire a practice of songful immersion in nature that brings with it healing, something we need now more than ever'

March 2024 sees the release of Sam Lee’s fourth studio album, ‘Songdreaming’, the follow up to 2020’s ‘Old Wow’, an album variously described as ‘A dazzling fusion of nature and song’ (The Observer) and a ‘sublime album that demands to be heard in the 21st century’ (The Daily Telegraph) amidst a host of critical acclaim.

‘Songdreaming’ represents the latest stage in the development of Sam Lee’s music, from its roots in traditional folk song to a new way of imagining and performing these old songs, making them relevant for a modern audience.

The album sees Sam continue his work with producer Bernard Butler and long term collaborator, arranger and composer James Keay in creating an album rich in musicality and invention, building on the backbone of double bass, percussion and violin with a world of instrumentation including the Arabic Qanoon, Swedish Nyckelharpa and more. In doing so, Sam delivers an album that ranges from more immediately identifiable acoustic songs to drone soundscapes to the electric guitar and gospel choir propelled lead single, ‘Meeting Is A Pleasant Place’ which features the recording debut of Trans Voices, a London based transgender choir.

With a lyrical focus on the perilous state of the natural world that has informed Sam’s work since his debut, ‘Songdreaming’ represents the most expansive and fully realised Sam Lee album to date, capable of switching from the beautiful balladry of ‘Sweet Girl McRee’ to the gospel tinges of ‘Leaves Of Life’ and the whiteout noise close of album opener ‘Bushes and Briars’. It is a full expression of Sam Lee as an artist and of his relationship to his muse, the natural world. As he notes:

'I wanted to sing a vision of what a conversation between us and the land could be, to restore and inspire a practice of songful immersion in nature that brings with it healing, something we need now more than ever'

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