Sam Sweeney

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Sam Sweeney, 2011

Sam Sweeney (born February 27, 1989 in Nottingham ) is a multi-instrumental English folk musician.

Career

Sam Sweeney began playing the violin at the age of six and began performing as a soloist at folk festivals in 2001 . From 2002 to 2010 Sweeney was a member of the folk band Kerfuffle , in which he played fiddle and cajón . After Kerfuffle broke up , Sam Sweeney performed with accordionist and singer Hannah James in the duo Hannah James and Sam Sweeney .

Since 2010 at the latest, Sweeney has also been a member of the award-winning folk band Bellowhead , in which he played the fiddle, bagpipes , viola and other instruments. In 2010 he performed with Jon Boden and the Remnant Kings .

He is also a member of the band of folk singer Fay Hield , originally known as the Fay Hield Trio , but since 2012 with a new, expanded line-up called Fay Hield & The Hurricane Party .

Awards

Sam Sweeney with round arch

Sweeney has received a number of awards including the In The Tradition award and the Wiltshire Folk Association Young Folk Award , which he received twice in a row. He was nominated for the 2004 BBC Young Folk Awards . In 2007 he won one of the five BBC Performing Arts Fund grants that helped him kick off his musical career. Sweeney was also nominated for Musician of the Year at the 2013 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards , which he received in 2015.

Discography

Hannah James and Sam Sweeney

With Kerfuffle

With bellowhead

With Fay Hield

  • Looking Glass (2010)
  • Orfeo (2012)
  • Old Adam (2016)

With Circus Envy

  • A New Dawn (2010)
  • Regret (2011)

With Sam Carter

  • Keepsakes (2009)
  • The No Testement (2012)
  • How The City Sings (2016)

With Rachael McShane

  • No Man's Fool (2010)

With Louise Jordan

  • Born To Wander (2010)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bellowhead Band. In: bellowhead.co.uk. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012 ; accessed on December 2, 2017 (English). Recent affiliation as evidenced by: Sam Sweeney - Fiddle, bagpipes. In: bellowhead.co.uk. January 14, 2016, accessed December 2, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Jon Boden and The Remnant Kings - Concert Stage Friday 27 August 2010 - BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2010 Folk Singer of the Year. In: towerseyfestival.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2010 ; accessed on December 2, 2017 (English).
  3. ↑ a b Sam Sweeney. Folk Musician. Biog. In: samsweeneymusic.co.uk. Archived from the original on June 24, 2014 ; accessed on December 2, 2017 (English).
  4. ↑ All about Sam Sweeney . bright young folk. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
  5. ↑ Sam Sweeney - Biography. In: samsweeneymusic.com. Retrieved December 2, 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Sam Sweeney - Discography - Other. In: samsweeneymusic.co.uk. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on December 2, 2017 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Sweeney, Sam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION multi-instrumental English folk musician
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Nottingham