About Sam
Sheffield-based Sam Carter is a BBC Folk Award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist. His vivid contemporary songwriting draws on the traditions of English and American folksong, with distinctively English acoustic fingerstyle guitar playing at the heart of his sound.
Sam's new single with fellow BBC Folk Award winner Rowan Rheingans, Bleary Winter, will be released on 6 November 2026. Written by acclaimed songwriter Chris Wood and lyricist Hugh Lupton, the atmospheric new arrangement brings together Rheingans’ distinctive vocals and viola with Carter’s electric guitar in a dark evocation of winter. The single precedes the festive Awake Arise tour this December, on which Sam will appear as a special guest alongside Rowan, Hannah James, Hazel Askew and Sid Goldsmith.
In June 2026 Sam released Sam Carter Sings Nic Jones: Live at Celtic Connections, a live album celebrating the music of the legendary English folk singer. The record reached No. 8 in the Official UK Folk Album Chart, and the accompanying tour included a sold-out performance at Sidmouth Folk Festival attended by Nic Jones himself.
Sam has released six albums under his own name and two with BBC Folk Award-nominated folk-rock band False Lights. His music has featured on BBC Radio 2, 3, 4 and 6 Music, and he has appeared on Later… with Jools Holland. He has performed at Cambridge Folk Festival, Glastonbury, the Barbican, the Royal Festival Hall and Queen Elizabeth Hall, as well as touring internationally in Belgium, Canada, France, Germany and the Netherlands.
Sam’s captivating live performances combine raw honesty, humour and skilled musicianship, establishing him as one of contemporary folk’s most distinctive voices.
For further info, see Sam’s Wikipedia page.
