KARINE POLWART

I am so very chuffed to be longlisted for SAY Award again this year alongside a bunch of great Scottish albums.

Making the Scottish Songbook album was a wee excavation of personal memory and social history. Lying on the floor…

Dates in October this year have been rescheduled to October 2021 due to ongoing restrictions, and NEW DATES have been added in London, Birmingham, Bury and Cardiff.

TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

Scottish dates to be announced soon.

We are each other’s wind resistance, a human skein. 
And we’re not going to make it on our own. 

from Wind Resistance 

Dear people, 

I hope you’re with the ones you love, in the places you know and understand best.  

…

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We are all delighted to reveal that Karine's (mostly) spoken-word poem I Burn But I am Not Consumed (with music by herself and brother Steven) from Laws Of Motion was chosen as Best Original Track 2019 at the BBC Radio…

Some lovely reviews have started to come in for Scottish Songbook which is released on Friday August 2nd!!

OBSERVER ★★★★ : “A personal testimony from Caledonia’s reigning folk queen”

MOJO ★★★★ : “Heart-stopping...Affecting…Beguiling” 

SCOTTISH EXPRESS ★★★★ : “Polwart surprises and…

We  are delighted to announce that Karine, Inge and Steven's album LAWS OF MOTION has made the longlist of the SAY AWARD amongst this incredible bunch of albums.

Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert – Here Lies The Body 
Aidan O’Rourke…

So chuffed that my and Steven's song I Burn But I am Not Consumed has been nominated for the 2019 BBC Folk Awards Best Original Track amongst these beauties

• Blackbird - Lisa O'Neil
• I Burn But I Am Not Consumed…

CHANCE by BIG COUNTRY

Our second video for my Scottish Songbook. Big Country’s Chance. 

Thanks to Sandy Butler on camera, to this gorgeous generous band & to Douglas & Jane Anne at Soundhouse for the venue.

Wait for the wee…

Jen Frankwell is the visual artist, leatherworker and sporran maker who created the artwork for Karine’s latest album, The Scottish Songbook, in which she re-interprets Scottish pop songs from the past 50 years.

Listen to them chat here...

TINY DESK 
Karine Polwart Trio 
April 10, 2019

WATCH IT HERE

Scottish singer, songwriter and essayist Karine Polwart seldom comes stateside. She prefers to limit air travel in order to minimize her carbon footprint. She took exception, however, to fly…

Pleased to reveal the next of our monthly singles from The Scottish Songbook album is the beautiful Waterboy's song, The Whole Of The Moon.

You can listen or download it here.

Or you can watch the new video here.

Here's the next entry in my Scottish Songbook - our spin on another classic - Women of the World' originally by Mr Ivor Cutler with the lead vocals taken by Louis Abbott.