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SAM LEE plays a unique role in the British music scene. A Mercury prize nominated singer, highly inventive and original arranger, folksong interpreter, passionate conservationist, song collector and creator of live events. Sam’s work as an artist has shaken up the music scene breaking boundaries between traditional and contemporary music and the assumed places and ways folksong is appreciated. Sam’s voice has helped challenge what old songs hold for us today. The latest album songdreaming was released in March 2024, and it was awarded the European Album of the Year by Songlines magazine.
Sam's a regular radio and TV broadcaster, film soundtrack composer and has provided songs for several major feature films. As a change-maker in the music industry he is a co-founder of Music Declares Emergency, and the pioneering artist to work with leading environmental charity Earthpercent to whom a portion of proceeds of the current album will be donated.
Sam has performed around the world at big festivals and venues such as Glastonbury, Roskilde, Rudolstadt, Colours of Ostrava, Celtic Connections, WOMADelaide, Globalfest New York and Victoriateatern in Malmö plus EtnoSoi! festival in Helsinki.
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