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Kate St John
Kate St John
British composer, arranger, producer and instrumentalist
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Boo Hewerdine
Boo Hewerdine
English singer/songwriter
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Eliza Carthy
Eliza Carthy
English folk musician
3
Jim Causley
Jim Causley
British musician
4
Norma Waterson
Norma Waterson
English folk musician
5
Kirsty MacColl
Kirsty MacColl
English singer and songwriter
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Anne Briggs
Anne Briggs
British singer
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Nancy Kerr
Nancy Kerr
British singer
8
Martin Carthy
Martin Carthy
English musician
9
James Yorkston
James Yorkston
Scottish folk musician
10
Ed Harcourt
Ed Harcourt
English singer-songwriter
11
Alasdair Roberts
Alasdair Roberts
British singer
12
The Beautiful South
The Beautiful South
English pop group formed at the end of the 1980s
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Lal Waterson
Lal Waterson
English folksinger and songwriter
14
The Pogues
The Pogues
British celtic punk band
15
David Rotheray
David Rotheray
English rock and pop musician
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The Albion Band
The Albion Band
English electric folk band
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Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl
English folk singer, songwriter, communist, labour activist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer (1915-1989)
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Bombay Bicycle Club
Bombay Bicycle Club
British rock band
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Maddy Prior
Maddy Prior
Folk singer and musician
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Squeeze
Squeeze
British New Wave band
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Dick Gaughan
Dick Gaughan
British musician
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Dave Swarbrick
Dave Swarbrick
English folk musician and singer-songwriter
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Peggy Seeger
Peggy Seeger
American folk singer
24
The Unthanks
The Unthanks
English folk group
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Shirley Bassey
Shirley Bassey
Welsh singer
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Savages
Savages
English rock band
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Kate Rusby
Kate Rusby
English folk singer
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A. L. Lloyd
A. L. Lloyd
Folk musician and song-collector
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Fiona Bevan
Fiona Bevan
British singer-songwriter
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Laura Mvula
Laura Mvula
British recording artist, songwriter and composer
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Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams
British singer and entertainer
32
Andrea Corr
Andrea Corr
Irish musician and songwriter
33
Clive Gregson
Clive Gregson
British singer-songwriter
34
Leona Lewis
Leona Lewis
British singer-songwriter
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Songs of Separation
Songs of Separation
Anglo-Scottish music project
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Eddi Reader
Eddi Reader
Scottish singer-songwriter
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JLS
JLS
English pop/R&B group
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Sandy Denny
Sandy Denny
English singer and songwriter
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June Tabor
June Tabor
British singer
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John McCusker
John McCusker
British musician
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Bishnu Priya
Bishnu Priya
British singer
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Steeleye Span
Steeleye Span
English folk rock band
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Lou Rhodes
Lou Rhodes
British singer
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Madness
Madness
English ska band
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Eleanor McEvoy
Eleanor McEvoy
Irish singer-songwriter
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Olly Murs
Olly Murs
English singer and songwriter
Intro
English singer-songwriter

Kathryn Williams (born 15 February 1974, Liverpool, England) is an English singer-songwriter who to date has released 14 studio albums, written and arranged for a multitude of artists, and was nominated for the 2000 Mercury Music Prize.

Williams released her first album, Dog Leap Stairs, on her own Caw Records label in 1999 with a budget of £80. The follow-up, Little Black Numbers, garnered a Mercury Prize nomination in 2000, bringing her to the attention of a wider public.

Williams has collaborated and recorded with artists including Chris Difford, Ted Barnes, Thea Gilmore, John Martyn, Joel Salakula, Tobias Froberg, Ed Harcourt, James Yorkston, Marry Waterson, Boo Hewerdine, and Paul Smith.

In March 2021 Kathryn published her debut novel 'The Ormering Tide' via Wrecking Ball Press