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008 ShireFolk: Katie Spencer

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Show Notes

It's episode number 8, in this episode, we are talking with Katie Spencer.

“Katie’s guitar playing has echoes of my dear friend the late great Bert Jansch. Like a musical weaver she threads her poetic lyrics through the guitar’s strings and produces little tapestries of song” – Ralph McTell

“Her articulate picking, with suggestions of folk and jazz, frames intelligently written songs and is the backbone to her music.” Guitarist Magazine

Raised in the East Yorkshire flatlands on the fringes of Hull, Katie Spencer’s landscape has always been that of open skies and widening rivers. Industry still shapes the city here. The people, as with the land, are moulded by tides and stark horizons. Stand in the same place for long enough and you can watch the sun rise over the North Sea and then sink into crop fields, glowing auburn in late-summer sun. It is this sense of space and movement that flows through Katie Spencer’s music.

You can follow Katie in numerous ways:

Katie's Webpage: ⁠https://www.katiespencer.net/

Katie's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/KatieSpencer

Katie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katiespencermusic/

Katie's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katiespencermusic/

Katie's Bandcamp: https://katiespencerofficial.bandcamp.com/

To learn more about the 'Humankind Songwriting Retreat' visit:

https://www.ionalane.com/

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