About me...

 

I am a folk singer. With every project I undertake I challenge and explore what this means, engaging both with the ancient and vibrant material of the tradition and with the modern day and all it has to offer and present.

In my work I feel a responsibility to join the dots - between old and new, the personal and the political, the supernatural and the real, the ‘normal’ and the ‘other - in order to tell pertinent stories. 

What this means in practice is that I take part in work with all kinds of cultural and academic organisations, and collaborate with artists and professionals of many mediums - painters, authors, sound artists, theatre makers, community projects, feminist groups, activists, poets, costume designers, filmmakers…

Folksong is song can be in its perfect place sung to one person at a kitchen table. Or on a stage to thousands. It can be passed on and tell often the harshest truths in a way that a glitzier music industry rarely tolerates. It can tell our darkest stories and fuel our lightest moments. 

In my work I perform to small rooms, big stages, in forest clearings...and continually channel, challenge and interpret the tradition of which I am a part.

I hope to meet you along the way

Kirsty x