KATIE SPENCER
Sublime combinación de Folk y Jazz por la excepcional guitarrista británica.
Katie Spencer es una portentosa guitarrista y compositora británica, alabada por su atractiva mezcla de Folk y Jazz. Su nuevo álbum, What Love Is, es una sublime colección de canciones producidas por Matt Ingram (Laura Marling,The Staves), grabado en Londres con destacados músicos como Giacomo Smith (clarinete), Max Clilverd (pedal steel), Tom Mason (contrabajo) y el propio Matt Ingram (batería, sintetizador). El álbum es melódicamente sofisticado, pasando con soltura de paisajes sonoros abiertos con tintes jazzísticos, influidos por Pharoah Sanders y John Abercrombie, al estilo Folk Barroco por el que sus fans la admiran.
La música de Katie Spencer es fascinante e imaginativa. Su anterior disco The Edge of The Land alcanzó el puesto 14 en las Listas Folk Británicas por su claridad cristalina y la intimidad de su poética. Una pura exquisitez tanto por su altura como guitarrista como por las melodías ensoñadoras. Katie se siente conectada al idealismo Folk y Progresivo de los primeros 70 de artistas como Michael Chapman, Sandy Denny, Bert Jansch, Joni Mitchell y James Taylor.
Raised in the East Yorkshire flatlands on the fringes of Hull (UK), Katie Spencer’s landscape has always been that of open skies and widening rivers. It is this sense of space and movement that flows through her assured guitar style and songwriting. Now, as Katie steps into this new era with a third album, her focus turns to those deeper inner spaces, inviting the listener to engage with her heartfelt and intricately-crafted songs. Her writing, and most notably her guitar playing stems from a time when the steel-stringed instrument was truly finding its voice. Artists like Joni Mitchell, Judee Sill, Julie Byrne and perhaps most evidently Michael Chapman, weave into her sound. Katie absorbs these influences into her songwriting and with her distinctive deep vibrato and crystal-clear guitar style, she makes the music inimitably her own.
Katie released her third album What Love Is in October 2025; an intimate collection of ten brand-new songs produced by Matt Ingram (Laura Marling, The Staves). It reached #12 in the Official Folk Albums Chart upon release. Recorded in London’s Urchin Studios and featuring prominent players Giacomo Smith (clarinet), Max Clilverd (pedal steel), Tom Mason (double bass) and Matt Ingram (drums, synth). What Love Is evokes the spirit of Joni Mitchell’s finest later works, always honouring without emulating. Lyrically mature and at times pastoral; the album is melodically sophisticated and unflinchingly honest. She moves effortlessly from wide-open jazz-tinged soundscapes, influenced by Pharoah Sanders and John Abercrombie, through to the folk-baroque fingerpicking style that her fans admire her for.
“Una guitarrista folk de talla mundial” – fRoots
“Como una hilandera, Katie teje letras poéticas con las cuerdas de la guitarra y produce pequeños tapices musicales” – Ralph McTell
“Una de las artistas más satisfactorias y fascinantes que he encontrado en mucho tiempo”. RnR Magazine ★★★★★
“Katie Spencer sits gracefully in a vocal nook between Sandy Denny, Linda Thompson and, to conjure a name we hear less often these days, Bridget St John.” Prog Magazine
“A timeless English folk album, perfect for the still calm of a Sunday morning.” Shindig! ✮✮✮✮
“The way Katie plays is never contrived, showy or imitative; it sounds true … a world-class folk guitarist.” fRoots
“Her articulate picking, with suggestions of folk and jazz, frames intelligently written songs and is the backbone to her music.” Guitarist Magazine
“One of the most satisfying and spellbinding singer-songwriter collections I’ve encountered in some time.” RnR Magazine ✮✮✮✮✮
“Imaginative imagery supported by compelling music that summons up the best of early 70s folk, fluently delivered with its own contemporary power. An outstanding writer and musician.” Record Collector ✮✮✮✮
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