Midlands-born Sam Carter is a BBC Folk Award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist. Known for his lyrical storytelling, Uncut once described his songs as being "as penetrating as Richard Thompson's best work". 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.