Two young folk artists finding new ways with time steeped traditions & woven story telling.
Holly Clarke, a singer from the Lake District who is steeped in the tradition of ballad singing, is a singer who explores these old songs and finds new ways to perform their unique narratives. A powerful voice that carries and connects the traditions and tales of our times.
Maisie May performs a combination of traditional folk music and original songs. Through writing informed by a range of styles and influences, she combines the personal and political, old, and new. The dichotomy of hard and soft often permeate her work. She is not scared to be confronting in her content and often incorporates political discourse in her writing in subversive but subtle ways.