We catch Kelly Oliver at Cranleigh Art Centre, midway through a sixteen date tour supporting her accomplished new Album “Botany Bay”. Her vocal clarity and strength were evident, and the stripped back production of the show only served to enhance this.
It’s often the case that emergent young folk singers start out mining traditional folk roots before sewing their own crop, in reversing the cycle and visiting them directly here…she proves herself very much in command of rather than in thrall to them.
Watch Botany Bay, the title track of Kelly Oliver’s forthcoming new album set for release this month on September 28th – a release full of freshness which does the English folk song tradition proud.
Our Song of the Day comes from Kelly Oliver with Lay Our Heavy Heads, a track taken from her new album Bedlam which is released March 6th via Folkstock Records.
Kelly Oliver has created an album which crosses musical boundaries, full of thought-provoking lyrics and musical arrangements this is sure to attract a wider mainstream audience to her already rapidly growing fan-base.
A very special evening of music was held at St Pancras Old Church recently featuring Ange Hardy and Lukas Drinkwater, Kelly Oliver and Minnie Birch. Read Roy’s live review with photos from Rob.
We have a video premiere today from Kelly Oliver for ‘Miles To Tralee’, her new single, inspired by her Grandmother’s story of moving from Ireland to London after the war in order to find work. Watch it here.
For our latest ‘FRUK Presents’ Under the Apple Tree Session with Bob Harris we sent Tobias Ben Jacob & Lukas Drinkwater feat. Kelly Oliver to the studio. Together they performed a beautiful version of Bob Dylan’s ‘Boots of Spanish Leather’. Watch it here.
We have a track premiere today from the wonderful Kelly Oliver. Jericho is Kelly’s first single off her second album due out this summer and features a number of guest musicians including Ciaran Algar. The single is out on 11th May 2015 via Folkstock Records.
For our latest photo / interview feature Rob catches up with Kelly Oliver whose debut album ‘This Land’ was included in the Telegraph’s ‘Top Folk Albums of The Year’.
