Sam Lee
Sam Lee is a London singer, visual artist, promoter, educator, actor, and survival skills instructor whose traditional folk sound is forged from the same roaring hearth as U.K. luminaries like Martin Carthy, Nic Jones, and the Watersons. He emerged in 2012 with an acclaimed debut album Ground of Its Own, which was shortlisted for the 2012 Mercury Music Award. Subsequent efforts Old Wow (2020) and Songdreaming (2024) saw Lee working with producer Bernard Butler (Suede), who, along with arranger James Keay, helped Lee expand his traditional folk oeuvre into uncharted sonic territories. In addition to his solo work, Lee is a traditional music specialist, scholar, and mastermind behind the eclectic folk club and promotional network the Nest Collective.
The North West London native fell under the spell of traditional folk music while completing a four-year apprenticeship in his early twenties under the tutelage of legendary Scottish archivist/balladeer Stanley Robertson. In 2010 he founded the folk club The Magpie's Nest, which later changed its name to The Nest Collective. Sourcing material from English, Gypsy, Irish, and Scottish traveler communities, Lee's debut album, Ground of Its Own, was released in 2012. Produced by Gerry Diver and featuring mixes from Nick Drake engineer John Wood, the album was nominated for that year's esteemed Mercury Prize. Released under the moniker Sam Lee and Friends, the More for the Rise EP arrived in 2014, followed in 2016 by his sophomore full-length effort, the cosmopolitan Fade in Time, which incorporated elements of Bollywood, Polynesian textures, and contemporary classical music into the mix. Shifting stylistic gears once again, Lee enlisted Bernard Butler to produce his third LP, Old Wow, which pushed guitar (both electric and acoustic) to the fore and featured guest appearances by the Gloaming's Caoimhin Ó Raghallaigh, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer Cosmo Sheldrake, spoken word poet Dizraeli, and the Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser.
Lee re-summoned Butler and frequent collaborator, arranger, and composer James Keay for 2024's Songdreaming, a bold and bucolic collection of songs rooted in the natural world and our complicated place within it. The set utilized Lee's familiar foundation of double bass, percussion, electric guitar, and violin, fleshing out his eclectic, neo-traditionalist folk sound with Arabic Qanun, Swedish Nyckelharpa, droning soundscapes, and the London-based transgender choir Trans Voices.
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The One (feat. CC Beats)
Soul - Editado por The Vibe Check LLC el 13 abr. 2023
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10 Cents and Counting
Country - Editado por Sam Lee el 1 oct. 2022
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Sam Lee: Hullucination (Live)
Sam Lee, Francesca Simmons, James Keay
Clásica - Editado por NMC Recordings el 20 abr. 2018
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Big Bang Bomb Site (Roaming Soundtrack)
Pop - Editado por Cooking Vinyl Limited el 29 mar. 2021
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The Falcon – Singing with Nightingales
Pop - Editado por Cooking Vinyl Limited el 30 abr. 2021
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The Tan Yard Side - Singing with Nightingales
Pop - Editado por Cooking Vinyl Limited el 26 mar. 2021
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Ain't Anyone but You
Country - Editado por Sam Lee el 18 jul. 2022
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