Karine Polwart is a leading Scottish folk artist. After a first class degree in Philosophy and a stint working for the Scottish Women’s Aid movement, she became a full-time musician in 2000.
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Karine currently performs with Annie Grace and Corrina Hewat in the vocal harmony project ’Grace Hewart Polwart’, new Scots-Canadian group ’The Burns Unit’ as well as ’The Karine Polwart Band’ and ’The Karine Polwart Trio’. Her prolific collaborations and bands have included the Battlefield Band, Chris Wood, macAlias, Kris Drever, King Creosote, Malinky, Future Pilot AKA, Roddy Woomble and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. She was a leading member of the ’Darwin Song Project’ and the ’Complete Songs of Robert Burns’ project. A new collaboration with Lau will be released in 2010.
Her album releases are ’Faultlines’ (2003), ’Scribbled in Chalk’ (2006) ’Fairest Floo’er’ (2007) and ’This Earthly Spell (2008). Karine’s music has also been featured on Hollyoaks and The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook.
Karine’s songwriting talent has led to her twice winning ’Best Original Song’ at the BBC Folk Awards as well as Best Album in 2005 for ’Faultlines’.
5 May 2012 - 7 May 2012
Colston Hall, Bristol
Cara Dillon,
Hannah James & Sam Sweeney,
Karine Polwart
Line up to include: Show of Hands + Guests, C...
not confirmed
24 Aug 2012 - 27 Aug 2012
West Midlands Agricultural Showground
Faustus,
Lau,
Benji Kirkpatrick,
Jackie Oates,
Jim Moray,
Jon Boden,
Karine Polwart,
Kate Rusby
Line up to include: Richard Thompson, Kate Ru...
not confirmed
All Karine Polwart gigs
Karine Polwart discography
This Earthly Spell
2008
Fairest Floo’er
2007
Daisy
2006
Full Karine Polwart discography
