Holly Clarke

Holly Clarke is a traditional singer from the Lake District who draws on old ballads and archive field recordings. A BBC Young Folk Award semi-finalist in 2016, she studied folk and traditional music at Newcastle University. She sings with guitar and mandolin and leads Holly and the Reivers, whose album mixing old time banjo, Scottish fiddle and British and Irish ballads was supported by a Bert Jansch Foundation award. Her tunes have been played by Catriona Macdonald.