kate young

Scottish singer Kate Young’s solo debut Umbelliferæ is an album full of ambition, but Young never lets that ambition blind her to the importance of her message or the sheer delight of her songcraft. Umbelliferæ is the work of years: a wise, joyous epic.

Our Song of the Day is Kate Young’s ‘Mountain’, the first single from her new album Umbelliferæ. Watch the stunning video accompanying the single, which she made and co-directed with Ruth Barrie at Waltzer Films.

The Folk Effect returns on 16 June at 7pm featuring some of the finest names in UK folk, including Ríoghnach Connolly, Kate Young, Ellie Gowers, Lisa Knapp, Gwilym Bowen Rhys and Jackie Oates.

Watch Kathryn Tickell and The Darkening performing live in concert at Get North 2018 festival. They are performing at a number of festivals this summer including Sidmouth Folk Week.

Rob Bridge talks to Elly Lucas about her stunning photography and she takes us behind the scenes of some of her folkie photo shoots- Emily Mae Winters, Lucy Ward, Hannah Sanders, Kate Young and Jess Morgan – Elly also reveals that she has a new musical project on the way.

We talk to Scottish folk musician and composer Kate Young about her involvement in a new TWELFTH NIGHT production directed by the award-winning Jo Davies. The play runs from 13 April – 20 May at the Royal Exchange.

The beginning of 2016 saw the release of the Songs of Separation album, a project featuring Jenny Hill, Eliza Carthy, Hannah James, Hannah Read, Hazel Askew, Jenn Butterworth, Karine Polwart, Kate Young, Mary Macmaster and Rowan Rheingans. To mark its end a final film was commissioned called ‘The Album and Beyond,’ watch it here.

Songs of Separation is a superlative and essential record, from its initial concept through to the final result; it’s a huge accomplishment by anybody’s standards and all involved have every right to feel justifiably proud of their achievement.

Watch the new video on the making of Songs of Separation ft: Eliza Carthy, Karine Polwart, Rowan Rheingans, Mary Macmaster, Hannah Read, Kate Young, Jenn Butterworth, Hazel Askew, Hannah James and Jenny Hill

Our Song of the Day is taken from the forthcoming lead single for Songs of Separation. Listen to ‘Echo Mocks the Corncrake’ featuring the wonderful karine Polwart.

Watch the new live video from Kate Young of Kate in the Kettle for ‘Paper Rose’ which she performs with Marit Fält (VAMM). This was a favourite track we highlighted from her recent album ‘Swimmings of the Head’. Don’t miss her Spring tour in May which includes a performance at Lau-Land Bristol.

This June ten Scottish and English folk musicians will head to the west coast Isle of Eigg to make an album together that reflects on the issue of ‘separation’ in its many forms, through traditional song. They include Karine Polwart, Eliza Carthy, Mary Macmaster, Hannah James and more.