SAM CARTER at The Black Swan Folk Club
Support from resident singers and musicians
Presented by: Black Swan Folk Club| 0 | YORK: Black Swan Inn (info) |
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| P | Thursday 15th May, 2025 |
| N | Door time: 7:30pm Start time: 8:00pm |
| . | 14+ (under 18s must be accompanied by an adult) |
| C | Music - Folk/blues/world |
Event information
Back at The Black Swan an evening not to be missed.
“Sam Carter is a brilliant guitarist and songwriter who combines the observational with social comment and personal reflection” — Songlines
Midlands-born Sam Carter is a BBC Folk Award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist renowned for his narrative-rich songwriting, which Uncut described as being “as penetrating as Richard Thompson’s best work”. For over 15 years, he has been stirring audiences from Camden to Canada, from major festivals to intimate clubs. Carter’s expressive fingerpicking led Jon Boden of Bellowhead to call him "the finest English-style fingerpicking guitarist of his generation," while Ivor Novello-winner Nitin Sawhney has praised his "killer voice."
With a discography that spans six solo albums and two releases with the folk-rock band False Lights, Carter’s music reflects a blend of traditional English folk, shape-note singing, and rock. Notable highlights in his career include a spellbinding performance on Later… with Jools Holland, where he played songs from his shape-note-inspired album The No Testament alongside renowned fiddler Sam Sweeney.
