About

“One of the most incisive, unsettling, revealing and absorbing of all British singer songwriters”
– The Arts Desk

Indie-folk singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer Josienne Clarke has been a Rough Trade-signed artist and a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award-winner – two opposing poles that neatly sum up her inability to be pigeonholed. Drawing on traditional British folk inspirations, but a thoroughly modern, multifaceted artist who follows her own compass. With folk bones and modern nerve, this is stark folk and luminous indie held in clean tension.

Hand-picked as main tour support for folk legend Richard Thompson, she’s shared a stage with Robert Plant and has written songs for the National Theatre. Her varied background and effortless musicality mean a cover of Radiohead is just as likely to appear on the setlist as Nick Drake, amongst a startling and expansive catalogue of original songs, due to release her 12th studio album, Far From Nowhere Autumn 2025, this is a hit list growing weightier year upon year. Hers is a searing songcraft of intimate storytelling, iron discipline, and melodies that don’t let go.

Clarke’s rare authenticity is the main unifying thread running through her career, here is an artist singularly unafraid to express herself via her art and is naturally armed with all the verve and ability to do so – and bring the audience with her.

Press Praise for Josienne Clarke

“Sings like a haunted angel”
– The Financial Times

“Utterly electric”
– Cerys Matthews

“Indie-folk queen asserts her independence”
– Uncut

“Extraordinary”
– Mojo

“Gently exquisite”
– The Observer