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Elspeth Anne is a multi-instrumentalist performer reimagining the traditional folk music of the British Isles, drawing in alt country and punk influences to create a mesmeric dark sound of drones and guitar with the voice as the central focus.
Based on the Welsh-English border, her practice is informed by the wilder landscape and the liminal undercurrent of the area. Elspeth’s work has been championed recently by artist and folk researcher Ben Edge and Lankums’ Ian Lynch on his podcast Fire Draw Near. Her third album, Mercy Me, has received highly favourable reviews from the Guardian, KLOF mag and TradFolk, with KLOF mag describing it as “an album full of ideas, but more importantly, full of feeling, a raw, moving triumph.”
“The whole performance is sonically raw, emotionally raw, and arrestingly beautiful. Whether on wry originals or loving renditions of ‘Peggy Gordon’, ‘When I Was A Young Girl’ and ‘The Brisk Lad’, Elspeth Anne’s music is spellbinding” – Emily Doyle, Birmingham Review
